.. _thingy53_nrf5340: Thingy:53 ######### Overview ******** Zephyr uses the thingy53_nrf5340 board configuration for building for the Thingy:53 board. The board has the nRF5340 MCU processor, a set of environmental sensors, a pushbutton, and RGB LED. The nRF5340 is a dual-core SoC based on the Arm® Cortex®-M33 architecture, with: * a full-featured Arm Cortex-M33F core with DSP instructions, FPU, and Armv8-M Security Extension, running at up to 128 MHz, referred to as the **application core** * a secondary Arm Cortex-M33 core, with a reduced feature set, running at a fixed 64 MHz, referred to as the **network core**. The nrf5340dk_nrf5340_cpuapp build target provides support for the application core on the nRF5340 SoC. The nrf5340dk_nrf5340_cpunet build target provides support for the network core on the nRF5340 SoC. The `Nordic Semiconductor Infocenter`_ contains the processor's information and the datasheet. Programming and Debugging ************************* Flashing ======== Flashing Zephyr onto Thingy:53 requires an external J-Link programmer. The programmer is attached to the P9 programming header. Debugging ========= Thingy:53 does not have an on-board J-Link debug IC as some other nRF5 development boards, however, instructions from the :ref:`nordic_segger` page also apply to this board, with the additional step of connecting an external debugger. A development board with a Debug out connector such as the :ref:`nrf5340dk_nrf5340` can be used as a debugger with Thingy:53. References ********** .. target-notes:: .. _Nordic Semiconductor Infocenter: http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/