Board support

The nRF Connect SDK provides board definitions for all Nordic Semiconductor devices. In addition, you can define custom boards.

Board names

The following tables list all boards and build targets for Nordic Semiconductor’s hardware platforms.

Boards included in sdk-zephyr

The following boards are defined in the zephyr/boards/arm/ folder. Also see the Supported Boards section in the Zephyr documentation.

Hardware platform	PCA number	Board name	Build target
nRF52 DK (nRF52832)	PCA10040	nrf52dk_nrf52832	nrf52dk_nrf52832
		nrf52dk_nrf52810	nrf52dk_nrf52810
		nrf52dk_nrf52805	nrf52dk_nrf52805
nRF52833 DK	PCA10100	nrf52833dk_nrf52833	nrf52833dk_nrf52833
		nrf52833dk_nrf52820	nrf52833dk_nrf52820
nRF52840 DK	PCA10056	nrf52840dk_nrf52840	nrf52840dk_nrf52840
		nrf52840dk_nrf52811	nrf52840dk_nrf52811
nRF52840 Dongle	PCA10059	nrf52840dongle_nrf52840	nrf52840dongle_nrf52840
Thingy:52	PCA20020	thingy52_nrf52832	thingy52_nrf52832
nRF21540 DK	PCA10112	nrf21540dk_nrf52840	nrf21540dk_nrf52840
nRF5340 DK	PCA10095	nrf5340dk_nrf5340	nrf5340dk_nrf5340_cpunet nrf5340dk_nrf5340_cpuapp nrf5340dk_nrf5340_cpuapp_ns
nRF9160 DK	PCA10090	nrf9160dk_nrf9160	nrf9160dk_nrf9160 nrf9160dk_nrf9160_ns
		nrf9160dk_nrf52840	nrf9160dk_nrf52840

Boards included in sdk-nrf

The following boards are defined in the nrf/boards/arm/ folder.

Hardware platform	PCA number	Board name	Build target
nRF Desktop Gaming Mouse	PCA20041	nrf52840gmouse_nrf52840	nrf52840gmouse_nrf52840
nRF Desktop Mouse	PCA20044	nrf52dmouse_nrf52832	nrf52dmouse_nrf52832
nRF Desktop Mouse	PCA20045	nrf52810dmouse_nrf52810	nrf52810dmouse_nrf52810
nRF Desktop Keyboard	PCA20037	nrf52kbd_nrf52832	nrf52kbd_nrf52832
nRF Desktop Dongle	PCA10111	nrf52833dongle_nrf52833	nrf52833dongle_nrf52833
nRF Desktop Dongle	PCA10114	nrf52820dongle_nrf52820	nrf52820dongle_nrf52820
Thingy:91	PCA20035	thingy91_nrf9160	thingy91_nrf9160 thingy91_nrf9160_ns
		thingy91_nrf52840	thingy91_nrf52840

The nRF21540 EK shield is defined in the nrf/boards/shields folder.

Custom boards

Defining your own board is a very common step in application development, since applications are typically designed to run on boards that are not directly supported by the nRF Connect SDK, given that they are typically custom designs and not available publicly. To define your own board, you can use the following Zephyr guides as reference, since boards are defined in the nRF Connect SDK just as they are in Zephyr:

• Custom Board, Devicetree and SOC Definitions is a guide to adding your own custom board to the Zephyr build system.

• Board Porting Guide is a complete guide to porting Zephyr to your own board.

One of the nRF Connect SDK applications that lets you add custom boards is nRF Desktop. See Integrating your own hardware in the application documentation for details.