Podcast EP295: How Nordic Semiconductor Enables World-Class Wireless Products with Sam Presley
Dan is joined by Sam Presley, technical product manager at Nordic Semiconductor. With a background in electronics engineering, embedded firmware development and consumer products development, his current areas of expertise are hardware and software for IoT applications, with a special focus on enabling product manufacturers to build the next-generation of secure connected products. Sam has been instrumental in the launch of Nordic’s latest SoCs.
Sam describes Nordic’s product portfolio and how it enables customers to build world-class ultra-low power wireless products. Sam discusses the broad portfolio Nordic offers as well as support for efficient software stacks for applications such as Bluetooth Low Energy, Bluetooth Mesh, and Zigbee.
Dan explores the new nRF54L15 ultra-low-power wireless SoC product from Nordic with Sam. This product is the largest memory option in the nRF54L series, with 1.5 MB NVM and 256 KB RAM. It is targeted at more demanding applications, while still being cost-optimized for high-volume scenarios.
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