Datasheet

NXP Semiconductors

AN11211

Blueboard Quick Startup Guide

2. Hardware overview of the Demo Reader

The demo reader is made up of 2 separate boards:

• A CLEV663B demo board (called Blueboard) provided by NXP. This board has

connectors which are designed to exactly fit the ones of the companion, the

LPCXpresso LPC 1227 and the LPCXpresso LPC 1769 development boards.

• A commercial LPCXpresso LPC 1769 development board (12NC: 935291912598,

Type: OM13000+598) which can be provided by NXP or bought directly on the

market. See Ref. [11]

Once the two boards are joined via the connectors, the demo reader is ready for use.

2.1 RC663 demo board (Blueboard)

Fig 1. Picture of RC663 demo board

The RC663 demo board embeds the contactless communication transceiver IC RC663

with all its elements needed for transmission: EMC filter, matching network and the

antenna. The RC663 supports different kind of contactless communication methods and

protocols at 13.56 MHz:

• Reader/Writer mode supporting ISO/IEC14443A/MIFARE,

• Reader/Writer mode supporting ISO/IEC14443B,

• Reader/Writer mode supporting FeliCa scheme,

• Passive initiator mode according to NFCIP-1

• Reader/writer supporting ISO/IEC 15693,

• Refer to the data sheet of this IC [3]

for more details

Thanks to the relevant solder bridge, the host link of the RC663 demo board can be

configured for:

• Serial UART,

• I

• SPI

The voltage of the power supply VDD, the pad supply PDD and the transmitter supply

can also be configured independently to 3.3 V or 5 V using the solder bridges.

Application note

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Rev. 1.9 — 1 December 2014

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