---
title: "nRF7002 DK vs EK vs EB Hands-On"
description: "In August 2022, Nordic Semiconductor announced its first Wi-Fi product. The nRF7002 is a dual-band (2.4 and 5 GHz) Wi-Fi 6 compatible companion IC. It does not have a…"
canonical: "https://www.baldengineer.com/nrf7002-dk-vs-ek-vs-eb-hands-on.html"
author: "James Lewis"
date: "2024-02-01T13:53:00Z"
lastmod: "2024-06-05T16:45:25Z"
categories: ["blog","reviews","workbench-wednesdays","videos"]
tags: ["element14","nordic-semiconductor","nrf70","nrf7002","rf","spectrum-analyzer","wi-fi","wi-fi-6","zephyr"]
---

# nRF7002 DK vs EK vs EB Hands-On


In August 2022, Nordic Semiconductor announced its first Wi-Fi product. The nRF7002 is a dual-band (2.4 and 5 GHz) Wi-Fi 6 compatible companion IC. It does not have a general-purpose microcontroller built-in. Instead, Nordic intends for you to combine it with another microcontroller, like one of their nRF52 or nRF53-series system on chip (SoC).

Nordic and the element14 Community sent me an nRF7002 Development Kit (DK), Evaluation Kit (EK), and some nRF7002 QFNs. I reviewed the nRF70 variants in this video and looked at the various boards. As the thumbnail suggests, I connected the Wi-FI transceiver to a [FPC1500 spectrum analyzer](/fpc1500-review.html).

You might be wondering what I am doing with the nRF7002 QFNs. Well, there is a big hint near the end of the video! You'll have to watch it to see.

For more information, check out the [post on the element 14 community](https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/workbenchwednesdays/w/documents/28406/hands-on-with-nordic-s-nrf7002-dk-ek-and-eb-boards---workbench-wednesdays-82).