The reference design contains a NFC link to a PDA or Android smartphone. The magnetic energy of the NFC reader / writer of the Android phone is high enough to supply the reference PCB with MCU and E-Paper label. The PCB holds a System on Chip (NFC antenna interface, embedded MCU, EEprom and SPI interface), a further MCU and the E-paper label. The E-Paper label is connected with the main MCU by SPI. The text string will be forwarded wireless from the smart phone to the E-Paper on the reference PCB. The whole application does not need a battery or power supply, because the power is delivered by the magnetic field of the NFC antenna. If you have 38 seconds left, then have a look on the Youtube video.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-8GpkncVFQ
NFC interface features
- ISO 14443A compliant to Level-4
- NFCIP-1 target at 106 kb/s
- 1k bit EEPROM (928 bits of user memory)
- Configurable wake-up interrupt (after tag is selected or using proprietary command)
- Powered from external magnetic field with the possibility to draw up to 5mA
- 7 byte UID
- User configurable regulated voltage extracted from external magnetic field
- Bit rates from 106 Kbps till 848 Kbps
- Integrated resonant capacitor
- Integrated buffer capacitor
- 4-wire Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) with 32 byte FIFO
- Wide SPI power supply range (1.65V to 3.6V)
- Wide temperature range: -40ºC to 85ºC
- Available as die, WL-CSP or in MLPD-10 (3x3mm) package
Applications for the NFC interface
The NFC SoC is ideal for applications like passive wake-up, multipurpose RF interface to a micro controller, low power or passive programming, ultra low power data logger, RFID programmable configuration EEPROM, ISO 14443A smart card, NFC Forum Tag Type 4, and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi pairing.
If you plan an own wireless application around a smartphone (e.g. NFC, Classic Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy or WI-Fi) and need advice, consulting, prototyping or development then do not hesitate to drop an email to harald.naumann (at) gsm-modem.de