Revision as of 18:39, 6 March 2014

How to use a PN532 board with Arduino to make a reader compatible with libnfc

Libnfc

Download libnfc 1.7.1

git clone https://code.google.com/p/libnfc/
cd libnfc
git checkout libnfc-1.7.1

Download this patch:

--- libnfc/drivers/pn532_uart.c	(unpatched)
+++ libnfc/drivers/pn532_uart.c	(patched)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #include "chips/pn53x-internal.h"
 #include "uart.h"
 
-#define PN532_UART_DEFAULT_SPEED 115200
+#define PN532_UART_DEFAULT_SPEED 230400
 #define PN532_UART_DRIVER_NAME "pn532_uart"
 
 #define LOG_CATEGORY "libnfc.driver.pn532_uart"
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ pn532_uart_wakeup(nfc_device *pnd)
   const uint8_t pn532_wakeup_preamble[] = { 0x55, 0x55, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };
   int res = uart_send(DRIVER_DATA(pnd)->port, pn532_wakeup_preamble, sizeof(pn532_wakeup_preamble), 0);
   CHIP_DATA(pnd)->power_mode = NORMAL; // PN532 should now be awake
+  sleep(4);
   return res;
 }

This can be done with

wget "http://nfc-tools.org/index.php?title=Libnfc:Arduino&action=raw&anchor=pn532_uart.patch"

Then apply it:

patch -p0 < pn532_uart.patch

Compile with pn532_uart driver (or all drivers if you remove "--with-drivers=..."):

./configure --with-drivers=pn532_uart --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=/usr
make clean all

and install it on your system:

sudo make install

(if libnfc was installed before, it should be deleted before installing it)

TODO ONGOING

Above steps are available in this script libnfc_arduino.sh

set config

(maybe sudo)

mkdir /etc/nfc
mkdir -p /etc/nfc/devices.d
touch /etc/nfc/libnfc.conf

and /etc/nfc/libnfc.conf should look like this:

# Allow device auto-detection (default: true)
# Note: if this auto-detection is disabled, user has to set manually a device
# configuration using file or environment variable
allow_autoscan = false

# Allow intrusive auto-detection (default: false)
# Warning: intrusive auto-detection can seriously disturb other devices
# This option is not recommended, user should prefer to add manually his device.
allow_intrusive_scan = false

# Set log level (default: error)
# Valid log levels are (in order of verbosity): 0 (none), 1 (error), 2 (info), 3 (debug)
# Note: if you compiled with --enable-debug option, the default log level is "debug"
log_level = 2

# Manually set default device (no default)
# To set a default device, you must set both name and connstring for your device
# Note: if autoscan is enabled, default device will be the first device available in device list.
device.name = "PN532 NFC Board on Arduino"
device.connstring = "pn532_uart:/dev/ttyACM0:230400"

(maybe /dev/ttyACM0 is not your arduino port)

Arduino

download

(we only need the arduino files)

svn checkout http://mfocuino.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/nfcreader/arduino/ uartnfc

now you have the lib and the sketch for your arduino :)

change baudrate

in the uartnfc.ino file:

void setup(void)
{
  Serial.begin(921600); //460800, 115200
  Serial.flush();
  nfc.begin();
}

change to:

void setup(void)
{
  Serial.begin(230400); //115200, 230400(, 460800, 921600)
  Serial.flush();
  nfc.begin();
}

upload

I used the Arduino IDE.

pins

maybe some solder work should be done to use SPI, if not this should work:

 Arduino       PN532 board (SPI)
 Pin 13  <-->  SCK
 Pin 12  <-->  MISO
 Pin 11  <-->  MOSI (/SDA/TX)
 Pin 10  <-->  SS   (/NSS/SCL/RX)
 GND     <-->  GND
 3,3V    <-->  3,3V (VCC)

Test

root@kali:~# nfc-list
nfc-list uses libnfc libnfc-1.7.0-91-g491db20
NFC device: pn532_uart:/dev/ttyACM0 opened
1 ISO14443A passive target(s) found:
ISO/IEC 14443A (106 kbps) target:
    ATQA (SENS_RES): 00  04  
       UID (NFCID1): a5  09  fd  e5  
      SAK (SEL_RES): 08  

Links

http://code.google.com/p/mfocuino/
http://www.libnfc.org/community/topic/1169/how-to-connect-a-pn532-nfc-modul-to-an-arduino-to-use-libnfc-with-it/
http://regnerischernachmittag.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/libnfc-mit-arduino-nfc-shield-nutzen/ (german)
http://robospatula.blogspot.de/2014/01/configure-install-libnfc-linux-PN532-breakout-board.html
http://www.elechouse.com/elechouse/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=90_93&products_id=2205