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nRF52840 Smart Lock

Build a secure BLE smart door lock with the nRF52840 — featuring encrypted pairing, NFC tap-to-unlock, guest access management, and tamper detection.

Build a secure BLE smart door lock with the nRF52840 — featuring encrypted pairing, NFC tap-to-unlock, guest access management, and tamper detection.

Why This Combination

The nRF52840's CryptoCell-310 hardware security accelerator and NFC-A tag capability make it purpose-built for secure access control applications.

Key Protocols

ble, nfc

What FirmwareMaestro Generates

For this solution, FirmwareMaestro produces a complete project package:

  • Product Requirements (PRD)
  • Firmware Architecture
  • Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) design
  • State Machine specification
  • Code Scaffold (main.c, prj.conf, CMakeLists.txt, Kconfig)
  • Devicetree overlay for the target board
  • AI-pair-programming .cursorrules
  • Build and flash instructions

See the Code Scaffolds guide for details.

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