Integration Guide

nRF9160 module
3.2 Pin assignment
The following figure illustrates the nRF9160 pinout. For more information, see Pin assignments in nRF9160
Product Specification.
Figure 2: nRF9160 pinout, top (seen through module)
3.3 Pin description
Pin descriptions are provided in the following table. The table can be found in Pin assignments in the
nRF9160 Product Specification, excluding some information that is relevant for the nRF9160 hardware
design.
Pin no Pin name Function Description
1 GND_Shield Power Microshield GND, connect strongly to module GND
2 P0.05 GPIO Digital I/O, VDD_GPIO level
3 P0.06 GPIO Digital I/O, VDD_GPIO level
4 P0.07 GPIO Digital I/O, VDD_GPIO level
5-9 GND_Shield Power Microshield GND, connect strongly to module GND
10 Reserved Can be used to improve mechanical rigidity. Solder to main board but do not
connect electrically.
11 GND_Shield Power Microshield GND, connect strongly to module GND
12 VDD_GPIO Power GPIO power supply input and logic level for GPIOs
13 DEC0 Power Module internal power supply decoupling option.
14 GND_Shield Power Microshield GND, connect strongly to module GND
15 P0.08 GPIO Digital I/O, VDD_GPIO level
16 P0.09 GPIO Digital I/O, VDD_GPIO level
17 GND_Shield Power Microshield GND, connect strongly to module GND
18 P0.10 GPIO Digital I/O, VDD_GPIO level
19 P0.11 GPIO Digital I/O, VDD_GPIO level
20 P0.12 GPIO Digital I/O, VDD_GPIO level
21 GND_Shield Power Microshield GND, connect strongly to module GND
22 VDD2 Power RFFE power supply input. Tie to the same voltage level as VDD1.
23 P0.13 GPIO Digital I/O and analog input, VDD_GPIO level
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