NFC 6 Click is a compact add-on board that contains an NFC transceiver for contactless communication. This board features the ST25R95, a near-field communication transceiver from STMicroelectronics. It supports reader and writer operating modes and emulates ISO/IEC 14443-3 Type A cards. The RF communications are done over the 13.56MHz. The transceiver features tag detection mode, field detection mode, transmission and reception modes, and more.
- Author : Stefan Filipovic
- Date : Sep 2023.
- Type : SPI type
We provide a library for the NFC 6 Click as well as a demo application (example), developed using MikroElektronika compilers. The demo can run on all the main MikroElektronika development boards.
Package can be downloaded/installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.
This library contains API for NFC 6 Click driver.
nfc6_cfg_setup
Config Object Initialization function.
void nfc6_cfg_setup ( nfc6_cfg_t *cfg );
nfc6_init
Initialization function.
err_t nfc6_init ( nfc6_t *ctx, nfc6_cfg_t *cfg );
nfc6_default_cfg
Click Default Configuration function.
err_t nfc6_default_cfg ( nfc6_t *ctx );
nfc6_send_command
This function sends a desired command by using SPI serial interface.
err_t nfc6_send_command ( nfc6_t *ctx, uint8_t cmd, uint8_t *data_in, uint8_t len );
nfc6_read_data
This function reads a response data bytes by using SPI serial interface.
err_t nfc6_read_data ( nfc6_t *ctx, uint8_t *data_out, uint16_t buffer_size, uint16_t *rx_len );
nfc6_read_mifare_tag_uid
This function reads the UID of a MIFARE ISO14443-A type tags with 4-byte or 7-byte UIDs.
err_t nfc6_read_mifare_tag_uid ( nfc6_t *ctx, uint8_t *tag_uid, uint8_t *tag_uid_len );
This example demonstrates the use of NFC 6 Click board by reading MIFARE ISO/IEC 14443 type A tag UID.
The demo application is composed of two sections :
Initializes the driver and logger, performs the Click default configuration and reads the device ID.
void application_init ( void )
{
log_cfg_t log_cfg; /**< Logger config object. */
nfc6_cfg_t nfc6_cfg; /**< Click config object. */
/**
* Logger initialization.
* Default baud rate: 115200
* Default log level: LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
* @note If USB_UART_RX and USB_UART_TX
* are defined as HAL_PIN_NC, you will
* need to define them manually for log to work.
* See @b LOG_MAP_USB_UART macro definition for detailed explanation.
*/
LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
log_info( &logger, " Application Init " );
// Click initialization.
nfc6_cfg_setup( &nfc6_cfg );
NFC6_MAP_MIKROBUS( nfc6_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
if ( SPI_MASTER_ERROR == nfc6_init( &nfc6, &nfc6_cfg ) )
{
log_error( &logger, " Communication init." );
for ( ; ; );
}
if ( NFC6_ERROR == nfc6_default_cfg ( &nfc6 ) )
{
log_error( &logger, " Default configuration." );
for ( ; ; );
}
uint8_t device_id[ 13 ] = { 0 };
nfc6_send_command ( &nfc6, NFC6_CMD_IDN, NULL, NULL );
if ( NFC6_OK == nfc6_read_data ( &nfc6, device_id, sizeof ( device_id ), NULL ) )
{
log_printf ( &logger, " Device ID: %s\r\n", device_id );
}
log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
}
If there's a tag detected, it reads its UID and displays it on the USB UART every 500ms.
void application_task ( void )
{
uint8_t tag_uid[ NFC6_TAG_UID_MAX_LEN ] = { 0 };
uint8_t tag_uid_len = 0;
if ( NFC6_OK == nfc6_read_mifare_tag_uid ( &nfc6, tag_uid, &tag_uid_len ) )
{
log_printf( &logger, " TAG UID: " );
for ( uint8_t cnt = 0; cnt < tag_uid_len; cnt++ )
{
log_printf( &logger, "0x%.2X ", ( uint16_t ) tag_uid[ cnt ] );
}
log_printf( &logger, "\r\n----------------------------------\r\n" );
Delay_ms ( 500 );
}
}
Only ISO14443-A type tags with 4-byte or 7-byte UIDs are compatible with this example. We recommend MIKROE-1475 - an RFiD tag 13.56MHz compliant with ISO14443-A standard.
The full application code, and ready to use projects can be installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.
Other Mikroe Libraries used in the example:
- MikroSDK.Board
- MikroSDK.Log
- Click.NFC6
Additional notes and informations
Depending on the development board you are using, you may need USB UART Click, USB UART 2 Click or RS232 Click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. UART terminal is available in all MikroElektronika compilers.