OpenThread memory requirements

This page provides information about the layout and the amount of flash memory and RAM that is required by samples that use the OpenThread stack. Use these values to see whether your application has enough space for running on particular platforms for different application configurations.

How to read the tables

The memory requirement tables list flash memory and RAM requirements for the Thread CLI sample that was built with OpenThread pre-built libraries.

The values change depending on device type and hardware platform. Moreover, take into account the following considerations:

• The sample was compiled using:

  • The default prj.conf configuration file and the corresponding Kconfig options CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_NORDIC_LIBRARY and CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_THREAD_VERSION selected. See the Select OpenThread libraries documentation for more information on the Kconfig choices.

  • The CONFIG_ASSERT Kconfig option set to n.

• Values for the Thread CLI sample, which works with all OpenThread calls, are the highest possible for the OpenThread stack using the master image library configuration.

The tables provide memory requirements for the following device type variants:

• FTD - Full Thread Device.

• MTD - Minimal Thread Device.

Some tables also list a master variant, which is an FTD with additional features, such as being able to have the commissioner or border router commissioning roles. See Thread device types for more information on device types, and OpenThread commissioning for more information on commissioning roles.

nRF5340 DK RAM and flash memory requirements

The following tables present memory requirements for samples running on the nRF5340 DK (nrf5340dk) with the software cryptography support provided by the nrf_oberon crypto library module.

Single protocolMultiprotocol

nRF5340 single protocol Thread 1.3 memory requirements

	FTD	MTD
ROM OT stack + App [kB]	330	275
ROM Bluetooth LE stack [kB]	0	0
Persistent storage [kB]	32	32
Free ROM [kB]	662	717
RAM OT stack + App [kB]	100	90
RAM Bluetooth LE stack [kB]	0	0
Free RAM [kB]	412	422

nRF52840 DK RAM and flash memory requirements

The following tables present memory requirements for samples running on the nRF52840 DK (nrf52840dk_nrf52840) with the software cryptography support provided by the nrf_oberon crypto library module.

Single protocolMultiprotocol

nRF52840 single protocol Thread 1.3 memory requirements

	master	FTD	MTD
ROM OT stack + App [kB]	454	360	305
ROM Bluetooth LE stack [kB]	0	0	0
Persistent storage [kB]	32	32	32
Free ROM [kB]	538	632	687
RAM OT stack + App [kB]	101	93	83
RAM Bluetooth LE stack [kB]	0	0	0
Free RAM [kB]	155	163	173