User manual

NXP Semiconductors

AN11480

Quick Start Up Guide for EXPLORE NFC working with Raspberry Pi

AN11480

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Rev. 1.0 — 17 December 2013

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1. Introduction

This document gives a description on how to get started with the provided software

packages in conjunction with the EXPLORE-NFC board and the Raspberry Pi Model B.

This document provides a step by step guide to the installation procedure of the software

and the hardware.

Fig 1. EXPLORE-NFC and MIFARE Ultralight card

1.1 What is EXPLORE-NFC?

EXPLORE-NFC is a high performance fully NFC compliant expansion board for the

Raspberry Pi. Based on the NXP PN512 solution, EXPLORE-NFC meets compliance

with Reader mode, P2P mode and Card emulation standards. The board features an

integrated high performance antenna and offers a flexible SPI interface. Software

packages supporting all these features are described within this manual.

1.2 What is a Raspberry Pi?

The Raspberry Pi is a credit card sized computer. The initial idea behind it was to

develop a small and cheap computer to be used by kids all over the world to learn

programming. In the end it became very popular among developers all over the world.

The heart of the Raspberry Pi is a SoC (System on Chip). This contains an ARM11

running at 700 MHz and a graphics processor that is capable of BluRay quality playback,