nRF9161

Next-gen cellular IoT SiP with DECT NR+ support, LTE-M/NB-IoT modem, and GNSS. Enhanced successor to the nRF9160 with improved power efficiency.

Full Zephyr RTOS / nRF Connect SDK support. FirmwareMaestro generates Zephyr-native projects (prj.conf, CMakeLists.txt, Devicetree overlays) targeting this MCU.

Next-gen cellular IoT SiP with DECT NR+ support, LTE-M/NB-IoT modem, and GNSS. Enhanced successor to the nRF9160 with improved power efficiency.

Specifications

Spec	Value
Flash	1MB
Ram	256KB
Core	ARM Cortex-M33
MaxClock	64 MHz
Gpio	32

Wireless Protocols

lte-m, nb-iot, gnss, dect-nr-plus

Hardware Features

arm-cortex-m33, trustzone, integrated-modem, gps, dect-nr-plus, low-power

Vendor

Nordic Semiconductor — SDKs: nRF Connect SDK, Zephyr RTOS

Recommended Use Cases

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Smart Agriculture Sensor

Solar-powered field sensor monitoring soil moisture, temperature, light levels, and weather conditions with long-range cellular or LoRa connectivity.

Ready-Made Solutions

nRF9161 Cellular Asset Tracker

Build a next-generation cellular GPS asset tracker with the nRF9161 — combining LTE-M/NB-IoT, GNSS, and DECT NR+ in a single SiP with improved power efficiency over the nRF9160.

nRF9161 Smart Agriculture Monitor

Build a DECT NR+ and cellular agricultural monitoring station with the nRF9161 — combining long-range cellular reporting with local DECT mesh for multi-sensor field networks.