13.56MHz PN532 NFC

Overview

PN532 is a highly integrated non-contact read-write chip, which contains the 80C51 microcontroller core (this 8051 user cannot program it, it is a low-level communication protocol stack for built-in NFC), which integrates each of the 13.56MHz an active / passive contactless communication method and protocol.

The PN532 transmission module supports 6 different working modes:

Reader mode, support ISO / IEC 14443A / MIFARE Mechanism
Reader mode, supports FeliCa mechanism
Reader mode, support ISO / IEC 14443B mechanism
Card operation mode, support ISO 14443A / MIFARE Mechanism
Card operation mode, FeliCa mechanism
ISO / IEC18092, ECM340 point-to-point

This is a NFC motherboard based on PN532 operating in the 13.56MHz frequency range. It supports three communication interfaces: I2C, SPI, and UART.

NFC (Near Field Communication) is a wireless technology allows contactless point-to-point data communication between devices within a short distance of 10 cm. It is widely used in applications such as access control system, smart tickets, meal card, etc.

Based on the popular NFC controller PN532 with multi interface options, this motherboard will easily enable NFC function for your Raspberry Python/C, STM32, Arduino.

Features

Standard Raspberry Pi 40PIN GPIO extension header, supports Raspberry Pi series boards.
Onboard PN532 chip, supports various NFC/RFID cards like MIFARE/NTAG2xx, etc.
Three interface options: I2C, SPI, and UART, configured via jumpers and switches.
Breakout control pins, for easily connecting with host boards like STM32/Arduino.
Comes with development resources and manual (examples for Raspberry Python/C, STM32, Arduino)

Note

This module can only be used to write/read NFC card whose password is known, it cannot be used for decrypting encrypted NFC card. For example, the default password of all blocks of Mifare Classic card is 0xFFFFFFFFFFFF. the Mifare card can be written/read only when the default password isn't changed
This module can not be used to copy card, unless that the card use default password.
This module can not be used to simulate NFC card. Because ID of NFC card are 4 bytes, because of security policy of PN532, it will set the first byte of simulate card to 0x08. For more details, please refer to http://www.nfc-tools.org/index.php?title=PN53x%E3%80%82

Applications

Contactless payment system
Bluetooth and WiFi devices chaining
Social sharing function like sharing contacts, photos, and videos
Smart phone NFC app

Specifications

NFC Controller: PN532
Operating Voltage: 3.3V/5V
Operating Frequency: 13.56MHz
Communication Interfaces: I2C, SPI, UART (default)
Default Baudrate: 115200 bps

What's on Board

Testing by PC

You can quick test the module by connecting it to PC with USB to TTL module instead of Raspberry Pi

1. Hardware connection

PN532 NFC HAT	USB to TTL Module
3V3	3.3V
GND	GND
TX	RX
RX	TX

2. Set L0 to L and L1 to L by jumpers
3. Connect USB to TTL Module to PC by USB cable
4. Open Serial assistant software, set it

Key	Value
Baud rate	115200
Data bits	8
Stop bits	1
Parity	None
Flow control	None

5. Check "HEX SEND" and "HEX SHOW"
6. Select correct serial port and open
7. Send data below to wake up FN532 module:

55 55 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 03 FD D4 14 01 17 00

(Please refer to PN532 User Manual HSU wake up condition Chapter)
The response from PN532 module should be:

00 00 FF 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 02 FE D5 15 16 00

8. Send data below to scan Mifare Classic card（The blue card provided, hereafter called as "card"）

00 00 FF 04 FC D4 4A 01 00 E1 00

Closing card to coil part of module, module scan it and response:

00 00 FF 0C F4 D5 4B 01 01 00 04 08 04 XXXXXXXXXX 00

XXXXXXXXXX in response data is ID (3 bytes) and checksum (1 byte) of card.(Please refer to PN532 User Manual InListPassiveTarget Chapter）

Demos

PN532 NFC HAT supports UART, I2C and SPI interface. You can use them according to your situation.After connecting PN532 NFC HAT (hereafter called as PN532) to Raspberry PI, then set the L1, L0 jumpers and DIP switch for different interfaces.

Choose the interface：

UART: By default, UART interface of Raspberry Pi is used for Sheell debugging. If you use serial port for degbugging, you need to add an USB to TTL module for communicating just like what we do on #Testing by PC. In this case, the serial port is mapped as ttyUSB0 instead of ttyS0
I2C: Raspberry Pi doesn't supports I2C Clock Stretching. However, PN532 may use Clock Stretching (slaver pull-down SCL pin of I2C interface). Clock Stretching cause that Raspberry Pi cannot control all I2C devices, therefore, if you need to connect other i2C device, we do not recommend you to use I2C interface.
SPI: We use D4 (BCM) pin as Chip select pin of SPI interface. Take care about GPIO conflict.

Raspberry Pi

Download demo code from #Resources, unzip and copy raspberrypi folder to /home/pi of Raspberry Pi. You can firstly copy it to /boot of SD card, then copy it to /home/pi.

SPI Interface

1. Set L0 toL and L1 to H by jumpers

2. Connect RSTPDN->D20 by jumper

3. Set DIP switch to

SCK	MISO	MOSI	NSS	SCL	SDA	RX	TX
ON	ON	ON	ON	OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF

4. Connect PN532 NFC HAT to Raspberry Pi

Connect PN532 NFC HAT to Raspberry Pi via SPI interface

PN532 NFC HAT	Raspberry Pi (BCM)
SCK	SCK
MISO	MISO
MOSI	MOSI
NSS	P4 (D4)

5. Enable SPI interface

Open Terminal of Raspberry Pi，use command: sudo raspi-config

Choose Interfacing Options -> SPI -> Yes

6. Run demo codes（Use example_get_uid.py and rpi_get_uid.c as example）

Open Terminal, navigate to directory of demo codes

cd ~/raspberrypi/

1) python code：

Enter directory of python codes:

cd ~/raspberrypi/python/

Modify example_get_uid.py file，set the initialize code as:

pn532 = PN532_SPI(debug=False, reset=20, cs=4)
#pn532 = PN532_I2C(debug=False, reset=20, req=16)
#pn532 = PN532_UART(debug=False, reset=20)

Save after modifying, then run the codes with command:

python3 example_get_uid.py

2) C codes：

Enter directory of c code: cd ~/raspberrypi/c/example/

Modify rpi_get_uid.c file, set initialize code as：

PN532_SPI_Init(&pn532);
//PN532_I2C_Init(&pn532);
//PN532_UART_Init(&pn532);

Save and compile：sudo make

Run the code：

./rpi_get_uid.exe

7. Expected result：Close card to coil part of PN532, the UID of card is read

UART interface

1. Set L0 to L and L1 to L by jumpers

2. Connecting RSTPDN ->D20 by jumper

3. Set DIP switch to

SCK	MISO	MOSI	NSS	SCL	SDA	RX	TX
OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF	ON	ON

4. Connect PN532 to Raspberry Pi

Connect PN532 NFC HAT to Raspberry Pi via UART interface

PN532 NFC HAT	Raspberry Pi
RX	TX
TX	RX

5. Enable Serial port. By default, serial port is used for Shell debugging.

Open Terminal of Raspberry PI and run command: sudo raspi-config

Choose Interfacing Options-> Serial -> No -> Yes

【Note】You need to restart Raspberry Pi after enabling serial port

6. Run demo codes（Use example_get_uid.py and rpi_get_uid.c as examples）

Open Terminal and navigate to directory of demo codes：

cd ~/raspberrypi/

1) python code：

Enter directory of python code:

cd ~/raspberrypi/python/

Modify example_get_uid.py file, set initialize code to：

#pn532 = PN532_SPI(debug=False, reset=20, cs=4)
#pn532 = PN532_I2C(debug=False, reset=20, req=16)
pn532 = PN532_UART(debug=False, reset=20)

Save.Then run code by command:

python3 example_get_uid.py 2) C code：

Enter directory of c code:

cd ~/raspberrypi/c/example/

Modify rpi_get_uid.c file, set initialize code to：

//PN532_SPI_Init(&pn532);
//PN532_I2C_Init(&pn532);
PN532_UART_Init(&pn532);

Save then compile code: sudo make

Run code：

./rpi_get_uid.exe

7. Expected result：Close card to coil part of PN532, the UID of card is read

If demo code of UART run failed, you can test serial port by this example cd ~/raspberrypi/python/ python3 example_uart_hex.py Enter data and sent, data sent and received should be printed on terminal as expected. e.g. sent data below to wake up PN532：

55 55 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 03 FD D4 14 01 17 00

The response data should be：

00 00 FF 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 02 FE D5 15 16 00

I2C interface

1. Set K0 as H, L1 as L by jumpers

2. Connect RSTPDN ->D20 and INT0 -> D16(avoid from Clock Stretching) by jumpers

3. Set DIP switch to

SCK	MISO	MOSI	NSS	SCL	SDA	RX	TX
OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF	ON	ON	OFF	OFF

PN532 NFC HAT-3.jpg 4. Connect PN532 to Raspberry Pi

Connect PN532 NFC HAT to Raspberry Pi via I2C interface

PN532 NFC HAT	Raspberry Pi
SCL	SCL
SDA	SDA

5. Enable I2C interface

Open Terminal of Raspberry Pi and run command: sudo raspi-config

Choose Interfacing Options-> I2C -> Yes

6. Run code（Use example_get_uid.py and rpi_get_uid.c as examples）

Open ternimal and navigate to directory of demo codes:

cd ~/raspberrypi/

1) python code：

Enter directory of python code： cd ~/raspberrypi/python/

Modify example_get_uid.py file, set initialize code to:

#pn532 = PN532_SPI(debug=False, reset=20, cs=4)
pn532 = PN532_I2C(debug=False, reset=20, req=16)
#pn532 = PN532_UART(debug=False, reset=20)

Save, then run code

python3 example_get_uid.py 2) C code：

Enter directory of c code：cd ~/raspberrypi/c/example/

Modify rpi_get_uid.c file, set initialize code to：

//PN532_SPI_Init(&pn532);
PN532_I2C_Init(&pn532);
//PN532_UART_Init(&pn532);

Save then compile codes：sudo make

Run code:

./rpi_get_uid.exe

7. Expected result：Close card to coil part of PN532, the UID of card is read

Arduino

1. Make sure that you have installed Arduino IDE in your PC

2. Create a new folder in ...\Arduino\libraries (Installation directory of Arduino IDE) and named it as pn532

3. Copy files pn532.c, pn532.h, pn532_uno.cpp and pn532_uno.h to ...\Arduino\libraries\pn532 from Arduino demo codes

4. Demo codes is under examples\arduino (demo codes you download) directory

5. Herein we take Arduino UNO board as example

SPI interface

1. Set L0 to L and L1 to H by hy jumpers

2. Set DIP switch to：

SCK	MISO	MOSI	NSS	SCL	SDA	RX	TX
ON	ON	ON	ON	OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF

3. Connect PN532 NFC HAT to Arduino UNO:

Connect PN532 NFC HAT to Arduino UNO via SPI interface

PN532 NFC HAT	Arduino UNO
SCK	D13
MISO	D12
MOSI	D11
NSS	D4

4. Run codes（Use examples\arduino\uno_get_uid\ uno_get_uid.ino as examples）：

Open uno_get_uid.ino file, set initialize code to：

PN532_SPI_Init(&pn532);
//PN532_I2C_Init(&pn532);

Compile and upload codes to Arduino UNO

Open Serial monitor, press Reset button of Arduino Uno to reset

5. Expected result: close card to coil part of PN532, the UID of card is read and printed.

I2C interface

1. Set L0 to L and L1 to H by jumpers

2. Set DIP switch to

SCK	MISO	MOSI	NSS	SCL	SDA	RX	TX
OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF	ON	ON	OFF	OFF

3. Connect PN532 NFC HAT to Arduino UNO

Connect PN532 NFC HAT to Arduino UNO via I2C interface

PN532 NFC HAT	Arduino UNO
SCL	A5
SDA	A4

4. Run code（Use examples\arduino\uno_get_uid\ uno_get_uid.ino as example）：

Open uno_get_uid.ino file, set initialize code to：

//PN532_SPI_Init(&pn532);
PN532_I2C_Init(&pn532);

Compile and upload codes to Arduino UNO board

Open Serial monitor, press Reset button of Arduino UNO board to reset.

5. Expected result: close card to coil part of PN532, the UID of card is read and printed.

STM32

The development board used here is Open103C which is based on STM32F103CBT6.

Download project

1. Open project by keil software（...\MDK-ARM\pn532_stm32.uvprojx），Click Rebuild to compile project.

2. Choose programmer：Options for Target -> Debug-> Use，default: ST-Link Debugger。

3. Choose download method：Options for Target -> Debug -> Settings -> Debug -> Port，Default: JTAG.

4. Connect Open board to PC by programmer. Note that you should power Open board separately.

5. Click Download to download project.

Hardware connection

SPI connecting

1. Set L0 to L and L1 to H by jumpers

2. Set DIP switch to

SCK MISO MOSI NSS SCL SDA RX TX ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 3. Connect PN632 to Open103C board

Connect PN532 NFC HAT to STM32F via SPI interface PN532 NFC HAT STM32F103CBT6 SCK PA5 MISO PA6 MOSI PA7 NSS PA4 PN532 NFC HAT-5.png

I2C connecting

1. Set L0 to L and L1 to H by jumpers

2. Set DIP switch to

SCK MISO MOSI NSS SCL SDA RX TX OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF 3. Connect PN632 to Open103C board

Connect PN532 NFC HAT to STM32F via I2C interface PN532 NFC HAT STM32F103CBT6 SCL PB6 SDA PB7

Software setting

Open project and choose the interface according to interface used. recompile and download

// PN532_SPI_Init(&pn532);
PN532_I2C_Init(&pn532);

4. Connect USB to TTL module to UART1 interface (PA9->RX, PA10->TX） of STM32 and PC.

5. Open serial assistant software, and reset Open103C

6. Expected result: close card to coil part of PN532, the UID of card is read and printed.

Documents

Media:pn532_datasheet.pdf

Media:pn532_user_manual.pdf

Media:NTAG213_215_216.pdf

Media:MF1S50YYX_V1.pdf

PN532_code.zip

13.56MHz PN532 NFC

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Overview

Features

Note

Applications

Specifications

What's on Board

Testing by PC

Demos

Raspberry Pi

SPI Interface

UART interface

I2C interface

Arduino

SPI interface

I2C interface

STM32

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Hardware connection

SPI connecting

I2C connecting

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