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NXP Semiconductors

AN11480

Quick Start Up Guide for EXPLORE NFC working with Raspberry Pi

AN11480

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5. Login to the Raspberry Pi and starting the software

This section describes how to compile and run the software for the EXPLORE-NFC

demo board. The steps shown here are especially for the Polling project. In principle the

description can be transferred to the other projects easily. The only procedural

differences will be the naming of the folders.

5.1 Login to the Raspberry Pi

1. Type in username and password, whereas the username is pi and the

password is raspberry.

2. After the command line appears type in startx and hit [Enter]. Wait until the

graphical desktop environment has finished loading.

5.2 Activate SPI

If this is the first start, the configuration menu for the Raspberry Pi will appear

automatically. Otherwise type the following command to open that menu:

sudo raspi-config .

The option to activate SPI can be found as follows:

Advanced Options  SPI  <Yes>.

Now reboot your Raspberry Pi by typing the following command:

sudo reboot .

5.3 Install additional required software from the package repository

To compile the projects, cmake has to be installed. This can be done by issuing the

command

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cmake

Note: Your Raspberry Pi has to be connected to the internet in order to obtain the

required packages.

5.4 Starting the Polling software

1. Copy the zip compressed project onto an USB Stick.

2. Connect the USB Stick with the software project to the Raspberry Pi and unzip

the project to the home folder of the pi user.

3. Start the terminal emulator with double clicking on the symbol LXTerminal on

the desktop.

4. Change into the correct directory (in this example it is ~/card_polling/build) with

the command

cd ~/card_polling/build

5. Configure the software with the command cmake ../source

6. Compile the project with the command make

7. Start the polling application with the command ./card_polling