The nRF52840 MDK USB Dongle is a small and low-cost development platform enabled by the nRF52840 multiprotocol SoC in a convenient USB dongle form factor.

The USB Dongle is fully multiprotocol capable with full protocol concurrency. It has protocol support for Bluetooth 5, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee, IEEE 802.15.4, ANT and 2.4 GHz proprietary stacks.

Alternatively the USB Dongle can act as a Network Co-Processor(NCP) with a simple connection to a PC or other USB enabled device.

Features:

Low-cost USB dongle supporting Bluetooth 5, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee, IEEE 802.15.4, ANT and 2.4 GHz proprietary stacks
Shipped with USB enabled bootloader and OpenThread NCP firmware
Programming via nRF Connect for Desktop or nRFUtil
OpenThread Border Router supported
Thread Network Sniffer with Wireshark
Thread Topology Monitor

Specifications:

Nordic nRF52840 System-on-Chip
ARM® Cortex®-M4F processor optimized for ultra-low power operation
Combining Bluetooth 5, Bluetooth Mesh, Thread, IEEE 802.15.4, ANT and 2.4GHz proprietary
On-chip USB 2.0 (Full speed) controller
ARM TrustZone® Cryptocell 310 security subsystem
1 MB FLASH and 256 kB RAM
1 user-programmable button
1 user-programmable RGB LED
Integrated 2.4 GHz chip antenna
Convenient USB dongle form factor
Product Dimensions: 2.0" x 0.83" x 0.3" (50.8mm x 21.1mm x 7.6mm)
Product Weight: 6.0g (0.21oz)