Nordic Semiconductor has revolutionized the performance and battery life of healthcare wearables, meeting the demands for ultra-small size and low power in remote patient monitoring and home healthcare.

Nordic announced on the 5th that it has released the low-voltage Bluetooth LE SoC 'nRF54LV10A'.

Featuring an ultra-compact design and excellent power efficiency, this product is optimized for next-generation medical devices such as wearable biosensors and continuous glucose monitors, and development support is currently available.

The global wearable medical device market is growing rapidly.

According to Grand View Research, the market size is expected to expand from $42.74 billion in 2024 to $168.29 billion in 2030.

With the rapidly increasing demand for remote patient monitoring and home healthcare, ultra-small, low-power designs are becoming essential, and the nRF54LV10A is attracting attention as a solution that meets these needs.

“Power efficiency and miniaturization are key for implementing continuous glucose monitors and wearable biosensors,” says Oyvind Strom, Senior Vice President of Short Range Wireless Technology at Nordic Semiconductor. “The nRF54LV10A addresses the integration, performance, and battery life of medical devices.” “It sets a new standard for life extension,” he said.

The nRF54LV10A is the fifth product in the nRF54L series, supports a 1.2V to 1.7V supply voltage range, and offers an ultra-low power hibernation mode of less than 50nA.

It is the smallest chip-scale package in the series, measuring only 1.9 x 2.3 mm.

It integrates a 128MHz Arm® Cortex®-M33 processor, a RISC-V coprocessor, a 2.4GHz radio, 1MB non-volatile memory (NVM), and 192KB RAM, and realizes 30-50% lower power consumption than the previous generation nRF52 series in typical Bluetooth LE application cases.

Security features essential for healthcare applications have also been enhanced. They support secure boot, firmware updates, storage protection, and an Arm TrustZone®-based execution environment. Tamper-detecting sensors and cryptographic accelerators also provide protection against side-channel attacks. This design prioritizes the protection of patient data and personal information.

The nRF54LV10A is the world's first Bluetooth LE SoC to simultaneously support low-voltage and Bluetooth Channel Sounding. This enables precise distance measurement, indoor positioning, and user detection, making it particularly useful in healthcare environments requiring patient location tracking.

With this launch, the nRF54L series expands its lineup to include a specialized low-voltage model (nRF54LV10A), the nRF54LM20A for large memory applications, and a range of high-performance multiprotocol SoCs including the nRF54L15, nRF54L10, and nRF54L05. Developers will have the flexibility to optimize product size, power, and functionality, reflecting Nordic's developer-centric philosophy.

The nRF54LV10A SoC is available for development now via the nRF Connect SDK, with production scheduled to begin in Q2 2026. Early access to development kits and samples is available through Nordic sales.