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PN512
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1. Introduction
This document describes the functionality and electrical specifications of the
transceiver IC PN512.
The PN512 is a highly integrated transceiver IC for contactless communication at
13.56 MHz. This transceiver IC utilizes an outstanding modulation and demodulation
concept completely integrated for different kinds of contactless communication methods
and protocols at 13.56 MHz.

1.1 Different available versions
The PN512 is available in three versions:

• PN5120A0HN1/C2 (HVQFN32) and PN5120A0HN/C2 (HVQFN40), hereafter named
as version 2.0

• PN512AA0HN1/C2 (HVQFN32) and PN512AA0HN1/C2BI (HVQFN32 with Burn In),
hereafter named as industrial version, fulfilling the automotive qualification stated in
AEC-Q100 grad 3 from the Automotive Electronics Council, defining the critical stress
test qualification for automotive integrated circuits (ICs).

• PN5120A0HN1/C1(HVQFN32) and PN5120A0HN/C1 (HVQFN40), hereafter named
as version 1.0
The data sheet describes the functionality for the industrial version and version 2.0. The
differences of the version 1.0 to the version 2.0 are summarized in Section 21. The
industrial version has only differences within the outlined characteristics and limitations.

2. General description
The PN512 transceiver ICs support 4 different operating modes

•
•
•
•

Reader/Writer mode supporting ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE and FeliCa scheme
Reader/Writer mode supporting ISO/IEC 14443B
Card Operation mode supporting ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE and FeliCa scheme
NFCIP-1 mode

Enabled in Reader/Writer mode for ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE, the PN512’s internal
transmitter part is able to drive a reader/writer antenna designed to communicate with
ISO/IEC 14443A/ MIFARE cards and transponders without additional active circuitry. The
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decoding circuitry for signals from ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE compatible cards and
transponders. The digital part handles the complete ISO/IEC 14443A framing and error
detection (Parity & CRC).
The PN512 supports MIFARE 1K or MIFARE 4K emulation products. The PN512 supports
contactless communication using MIFARE higher transfer speeds up to 424 kbit/s in both
directions.
Enabled in Reader/Writer mode for FeliCa, the PN512 transceiver IC supports the FeliCa
communication scheme. The receiver part provides a robust and efficient implementation
of the demodulation and decoding circuitry for FeliCa coded signals. The digital part
handles the FeliCa framing and error detection like CRC. The PN512 supports contactless
communication using FeliCa Higher transfer speeds up to 424 kbit/s in both directions.
The PN512 supports all layers of the ISO/IEC 14443B reader/writer communication
scheme, given correct implementation of additional components, like oscillator, power
supply, coil etc. and provided that standardized protocols, e.g. like ISO/IEC 14443-4
and/or ISO/IEC 14443B anticollision are correctly implemented.
In Card Operation mode, the PN512 transceiver IC is able to answer to a reader/writer
command either according to the FeliCa or ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE card interface
scheme. The PN512 generates the digital load modulated signals and in addition with an
external circuit the answer can be sent back to the reader/writer. A complete card
functionality is only possible in combination with a secure IC using the S2C interface.
Additionally, the PN512 transceiver IC offers the possibility to communicate directly to an
NFCIP-1 device in the NFCIP-1 mode. The NFCIP-1 mode offers different communication
mode and transfer speeds up to 424 kbit/s according to the Ecma 340 and ISO/IEC 18092
NFCIP-1 Standard. The digital part handles the complete NFCIP-1 framing and error
detection.
Various host controller interfaces are implemented:

•
•
•
•

8-bit parallel interface1
SPI interface
serial UART (similar to RS232 with voltage levels according pad voltage supply)
I2C interface.

A purchaser of this NXP IC has to take care for appropriate third party patent licenses.

1.

8-bit parallel Interface only available in HVQFN40 package.

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3. Features and benefits
 Highly integrated analog circuitry to demodulate and decode responses
 Buffered output drivers for connecting an antenna with the minimum number of
external components
 Integrated RF Level detector
 Integrated data mode detector
 Supports ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE
 Supports ISO/IEC 14443 B Read/Write modes
 Typical operating distance in Read/Write mode up to 50 mm depending on the
antenna size and tuning
 Typical operating distance in NFCIP-1 mode up to 50 mm depending on the antenna
size and tuning and power supply
 Typical operating distance in ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE card or FeliCa Card Operation
mode of about 100 mm depending on the antenna size and tuning and the external
field strength
 Supports MIFARE 1K or MIFARE 4K emulation encryption in Reader/Writer mode
 ISO/IEC 14443A higher transfer speed communication at 212 kbit/s and 424 kbit/s
 Contactless communication according to the FeliCa scheme at 212 kbit/s and
424 kbit/s
 Integrated RF interface for NFCIP-1 up to 424 kbit/s
 S2C interface
 Additional power supply to directly supply the smart card IC connected via S2C
 Supported host interfaces
 SPI up to 10 Mbit/s
 I2C-bus interface up to 400 kBd in Fast mode, up to 3400 kBd in High-speed mode
 RS232 Serial UART up to 1228.8 kBd, with voltage levels dependant on pin
voltage supply
 8-bit parallel interface with and without Address Latch Enable
 FIFO buffer handles 64 byte send and receive
 Flexible interrupt modes
 Hard reset with low power function
 Power-down mode per software
 Programmable timer
 Internal oscillator for connection to 27.12 MHz quartz crystal
 2.5 V to 3.6 V power supply
 CRC coprocessor
 Programmable I/O pins
 Internal self-test

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4. Quick reference data
Table 1.

Quick reference data

Symbol

Parameter

Conditions

VDDA

analog supply voltage

VDDD

digital supply voltage

VDD(PVDD)  VDDA = VDDD = VDD(TVDD);
VSSA = VSSD = VSS(PVSS) = VSS(TVSS) = 0 V

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

[1][2]

2.5

-

3.6

V

[3]

1.6

-

3.6

V

1.6

-

3.6

V

-

5

A

VDD(TVDD) TVDD supply voltage
VDD(PVDD) PVDD supply voltage
VDD(SVDD) SVDD supply voltage
power-down current

Ipd

VSSA = VSSD = VSS(PVSS) = VSS(TVSS) = 0 V
VDDA = VDDD = VDD(TVDD) = VDD(PVDD) = 3 V
hard power-down; pin NRSTPD set LOW

[4]

-

soft power-down; RF level detector on

[4]

-

-

10

A

IDDD

digital supply current

pin DVDD; VDDD = 3 V

-

6.5

9

mA

IDDA

analog supply current

pin AVDD; VDDA = 3 V, CommandReg register’s
RcvOff bit = 0

-

7

10

mA

pin AVDD; receiver switched off; VDDA = 3 V,
CommandReg register’s RcvOff bit = 1

-

3

5

mA

[5]

-

-

40

mA

[6][7][8]

-

60

100

mA

+85

C

15

A

IDD(PVDD)

PVDD supply current

pin PVDD

IDD(TVDD)

TVDD supply current

pin TVDD; continuous wave

Tamb

ambient temperature

HVQFN32, HVQFN40

30

lndustrial version:
Ipd

power-down current

Tamb

ambient temperature

VDDA = VDDD = VDD(TVDD) = VDD(PVDD) = 3 V
hard power-down; pin NRSTPD set LOW

[4]

soft power-down; RF level detector on

[4]

HVQFN32

-

-

-

-

30

A

40

-

+90

C

[1]

Supply voltages below 3 V reduce the performance in, for example, the achievable operating distance.

[2]

VDDA, VDDD and VDD(TVDD) must always be the same voltage.

[3]

VDD(PVDD) must always be the same or lower voltage than VDDD.

[4]

Ipd is the total current for all supplies.

[5]

IDD(PVDD) depends on the overall load at the digital pins.

[6]

IDD(TVDD) depends on VDD(TVDD) and the external circuit connected to pins TX1 and TX2.

[7]

During typical circuit operation, the overall current is below 100 mA.

[8]

Typical value using a complementary driver configuration and an antenna matched to 40  between pins TX1 and TX2 at 13.56 MHz.

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5. Ordering information
Table 2.

Ordering information

Type number

Package
Name

Description

Version

PN5120A0HN1/C2

HVQFN32

plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads;
32 terminal; body 5  5  0.85 mm

SOT617-1

PN5120A0HN/C2

HVQFN40

plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads;
40 terminals; body 6  6  0.85 mm

SOT618-1

PN512AA0HN1/C2

HVQFN32

plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads;
32 terminal; body 5  5  0.85 mm

SOT617-1

PN512AA0HN1/C2BI

HVQFN32

plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads;
32 terminal; body 5  5  0.85 mm

SOT617-1

PN5120A0HN1/C1

HVQFN32

plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads;
32 terminal; body 5  5  0.85 mm

SOT617-1

PN5120A0HN/C1

HVQFN40

plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads;
40 terminals; body 6  6  0.85 mm

SOT618-1

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6. Block diagram
The analog interface handles the modulation and demodulation of the analog signals
according to the Card Receiving mode, Reader/Writer mode and NFCIP-1 mode
communication scheme.
The RF level detector detects the presence of an external RF-field delivered by the
antenna to the RX pin.
The Data mode detector detects a MIFARE, FeliCa or NFCIP-1 mode in order to prepare
the internal receiver to demodulate signals, which are sent to the PN512.
The communication (S2C) interface provides digital signals to support communication for
transfer speeds above 424 kbit/s and digital signals to communicate to a secure IC.
The contactless UART manages the protocol requirements for the communication
protocols in cooperation with the host. The FIFO buffer ensures fast and convenient data
transfer to and from the host and the contactless UART and vice versa.
Various host interfaces are implemented to meet different customer requirements.

REGISTER BANK
ANTENNA

ANALOG
INTERFACE

CONTACTLESS
UART

FIFO
BUFFER

SERIAL UART
SPI
I2C-BUS

HOST

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D6/ADR_0/
D4/ADR_2
MOSI/MX
D5/ADR_1/
D7/SCL/
D3/ADR_3
SCK/DTRQ
MISO/TX

D2/ADR_4
SDA/NSS/RX
24

EA

I2C

32

D1/ADR_5

1

25

26

28

27

30

29

PVDD PVSS

31

2

5

3
VOLTAGE
MONITOR
AND
POWER ON
DETECT

SPI, UART, I2C-BUS INTERFACE CONTROL

4
15
18

FIFO CONTROL

DVDD
DVSS
AVDD
AVSS

STATE MACHINE
64-BYTE FIFO
BUFFER

COMMAND REGISTER

RESET
CONTROL

PROGRAMABLE TIMER

POWER-DOWN
CONTROL

CONTROL REGISTER
BANK

6

23

INTERRUPT CONTROL

MIFARE CLASSIC UNIT

CRC16
GENERATION AND CHECK

RANDOM NUMBER
GENERATOR

PARALLEL/SERIAL
CONVERTER

NRSTPD

IRQ

BIT COUNTER
PARITY GENERATION AND CHECK
FRAME GENERATION AND CHECK
BIT DECODING

BIT ENCODING
7
8

SERIAL DATA SWITCH

9

AMPLITUDE
RATING

ANALOG TO DIGITAL
CONVERTER

REFERENCE
VOLTAGE

ANALOG TEST
MULTIPLEXOR
AND
DIGITAL TO
ANALOG
CONVERTER

16

19

20

VMID AUX1 AUX2

I-CHANNEL
AMPLIFIER

Q-CHANNEL
AMPLIFIER

I-CHANNEL
DEMODULATOR

Q-CHANNEL
DEMODULATOR

21

CLOCK
GENERATION,
FILTERING AND
DISTRIBUTION

OSCILLATOR

Q-CLOCK
GENERATION

TEMPERATURE
SENSOR

22

MFIN
MFOUT
SVDD
OSCIN

OSCOUT

TRANSMITTER CONTROL

17

10, 14

RX

TVSS

11
TX1

13
TX2

12
TVDD

001aak602

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7. Pinning information

25 D1

26 D2

27 D3

28 D4

29 D5

30 D6

32 A0

terminal 1
index area

31 D7

7.1 Pinning

A1

1

24 ALE

PVDD

2

23 IRQ

DVDD

3

22 OSCOUT

DVSS

4

PVSS

5

NRSTPD

6

19 AUX1

SIGIN

7

18 AVSS

SIGOUT

8

17 RX

21 OSCIN

VMID 16

AVDD 15

20 AUX2

TVSS 14

TX2 13

TVDD 12

TX1 11

9
SVDD

TVSS 10

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31 D0

32 D1

33 D2

34 D3

35 D4

36 D5

37 D6

38 D7

40 A1

terminal 1
index area

39 A0

Fig 3. Pinning configuration HVQFN32 (SOT617-1)

A2

1

30 NCS

A3

2

29 ALE

A4

3

28 NRD

A5

4

27 NWR

PVDD

5

DVDD

6

DVSS

7

24 OSCIN

PVSS

8

23 AUX2

NRSTPD

9

22 AUX1

SIGIN 10

21 AVSS

26 IRQ

RX 20

VMID 19

AVDD 18

25 OSCOUT

TVSS 17

TX2 16

TVDD 15

TX1 14

TVSS 13

SVDD 12

SIGOUT 11

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001aan213

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Fig 4. Pinning configuration HVQFN40 (SOT618-1)

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7.2 Pin description
Table 3.

Pin description HVQFN32

Pin

Symbol

Type

Description

1

A1

I

Address Line

2

PVDD

PWR

Pad power supply

3

DVDD

PWR

Digital Power Supply

4

DVSS

PWR

Digital Ground

5

PVSS

PWR

Pad power supply ground

6

NRSTPD

I

Not Reset and Power Down: When LOW, internal current sinks are switched off, the
oscillator is inhibited, and the input pads are disconnected from the outside world. With
a positive edge on this pin the internal reset phase starts.

7

SIGIN

I

Communication Interface Input: accepts a digital, serial data stream

8

SIGOUT

O

Communication Interface Output: delivers a serial data stream

9

SVDD

PWR

S2C Pad Power Supply: provides power to the S2C pads

10

TVSS

PWR

Transmitter Ground: supplies the output stage of TX1 and TX2

11

TX1

O

Transmitter 1: delivers the modulated 13.56 MHz energy carrier

12

TVDD

PWR

Transmitter Power Supply: supplies the output stage of TX1 and TX2

13

TX2

O

Transmitter 2: delivers the modulated 13.56 MHz energy carrier

14

TVSS

PWR

Transmitter Ground: supplies the output stage of TX1 and TX2

15

AVDD

PWR

Analog Power Supply

16

VMID

PWR

Internal Reference Voltage: This pin delivers the internal reference voltage.

17

RX

I

Receiver Input

18

AVSS

PWR

Analog Ground

19

AUX1

O

Auxiliary Outputs: These pins are used for testing.

20

AUX2

O

21

OSCIN

I

Crystal Oscillator Input: input to the inverting amplifier of the oscillator. This pin is
also the input for an externally generated clock (fosc = 27.12 MHz).

22

OSCOUT

O

Crystal Oscillator Output: Output of the inverting amplifier of the oscillator.

23

IRQ

O

Interrupt Request: output to signal an interrupt event

24

ALE

I

Address Latch Enable: signal to latch AD0 to AD5 into the internal address latch
when HIGH.

25 to 31

D1 to D7

I/O

8-bit Bi-directional Data Bus.
Remark: An 8-bit parallel interface is not available.
Remark: If the host controller selects I2C as digital host controller interface, these pins
can be used to define the I2C address.
Remark: For serial interfaces this pins can be used for test signals or I/Os.

32

A0

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Table 4.

Pin description HVQFN40

Pin

Symbol

Type

Description

1 to 4

A2 to A5

I

Address Line

5

PVDD

PWR

Pad power supply

6

DVDD

PWR

Digital Power Supply

7

DVSS

PWR

Digital Ground

8

PVSS

PWR

Pad power supply ground

9

NRSTPD

I

Not Reset and Power Down: When LOW, internal current sinks are switched off, the
oscillator is inhibited, and the input pads are disconnected from the outside world. With
a positive edge on this pin the internal reset phase starts.

10

SIGIN

I

Communication Interface Input: accepts a digital, serial data stream

11

SIGOUT

O

Communication Interface Output: delivers a serial data stream

12

SVDD

PWR

S2C Pad Power Supply: provides power to the S2C pads

13

TVSS

PWR

Transmitter Ground: supplies the output stage of TX1 and TX2

14

TX1

O

Transmitter 1: delivers the modulated 13.56 MHz energy carrier

15

TVDD

PWR

Transmitter Power Supply: supplies the output stage of TX1 and TX2

16

TX2

O

Transmitter 2: delivers the modulated 13.56 MHz energy carrier

17

TVSS

PWR

Transmitter Ground: supplies the output stage of TX1 and TX2

18

AVDD

PWR

Analog Power Supply

19

VMID

PWR

Internal Reference Voltage: This pin delivers the internal reference voltage.

20

RX

I

Receiver Input

21

AVSS

PWR

Analog Ground

22

AUX1

O

Auxiliary Outputs: These pins are used for testing.

23

AUX2

O

24

OSCIN

I

Crystal Oscillator Input: input to the inverting amplifier of the oscillator. This pin is
also the input for an externally generated clock (fosc = 27.12 MHz).

25

OSCOUT

O

Crystal Oscillator Output: Output of the inverting amplifier of the oscillator.

26

IRQ

O

Interrupt Request: output to signal an interrupt event

27

NWR

I

Not Write: strobe to write data (applied on D0 to D7) into the PN512 register

28

NRD

I

Not Read: strobe to read data from the PN512 register (applied on D0 to D7)

29

ALE

I

Address Latch Enable: signal to latch AD0 to AD5 into the internal address latch
when HIGH.

30

NCS

I

Not Chip Select: selects and activates the host controller interface of the PN512

31 to 38

D0 to D7

I/O

8-bit Bi-directional Data Bus.
Remark: For serial interfaces this pins can be used for test signals or I/Os.
Remark: If the host controller selects I2C as digital host controller interface, these pins
can be used to define the I2C address.

39 to 40

A0 to A1

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8. Functional description
The PN512 transmission module supports the Read/Write mode for
ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE and ISO/IEC 14443 B using various transfer speeds and
modulation protocols.
PN512 transceiver IC supports the following operating modes:

• Reader/Writer mode supporting ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE and FeliCa scheme
• Card Operation mode supporting ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE and FeliCa scheme
• NFCIP-1 mode
The modes support different transfer speeds and modulation schemes. The following
chapters will explain the different modes in detail.
Note: All indicated modulation indices and modes in this chapter are system parameters.
This means that beside the IC settings a suitable antenna tuning is required to achieve the
optimum performance.

BATTERY

PN512

ISO/IEC 14443 A CARD

MICROCONTROLLER
contactless card
reader/writer

Fig 5.

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PN512 Read/Write mode

8.1 ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE functionality
The physical level communication is shown in Figure 6.

(1)

ISO/IEC 14443 A
READER

PN512

ISO/IEC 14443 A CARD
(2)
001aan219

Fig 6.

ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE Read/Write mode communication diagram

The physical parameters are described in Table 4.
Table 5.

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Communication overview for ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE reader/writer

Communication
direction

Signal type

Reader to card (send
data from the PN512
to a card)

Transfer speed
106 kBd

212 kBd

424 kBd

reader side
modulation

100 % ASK

100 % ASK

100 % ASK

bit encoding

modified Miller
encoding

modified Miller
encoding

modified Miller
encoding

bit length

128 (13.56 s)

64 (13.56 s)

32 (13.56 s)

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Table 5.

Communication overview for ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE reader/writer …continued

Communication
direction

Signal type

Card to reader
(PN512 receives data
from a card)

Transfer speed
106 kBd

212 kBd

424 kBd

card side
modulation

subcarrier load
modulation

subcarrier load
modulation

subcarrier load
modulation

subcarrier
frequency

13.56 MHz/16

13.56 MHz/16

13.56 MHz/16

bit encoding

Manchester
encoding

BPSK

BPSK

The PN512’s contactless UART and dedicated external host must manage the complete
ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE protocol. Figure 7 shows the data coding and framing
according to ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE.

ISO/IEC 14443 A framing at 106 kBd
start
8-bit data

8-bit data
odd
parity

start bit is 1

8-bit data
odd
parity

odd
parity

ISO/IEC 14443 A framing at 212 kBd, 424 kBd and 848 kBd
start
8-bit data
start bit is 0

even
parity
8-bit data

odd
parity

burst of 32
subcarrier clocks

8-bit data
odd
parity
even parity at the
end of the frame
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Fig 7.

Data coding and framing according to ISO/IEC 14443 A

The internal CRC coprocessor calculates the CRC value based on ISO/IEC 14443 A
part 3 and handles parity generation internally according to the transfer speed. Automatic
parity generation can be switched off using the ManualRCVReg register’s ParityDisable
bit.

8.2 ISO/IEC 14443 B functionality
The MFRC523 reader IC fully supports international standard ISO 14443 which includes
communication schemes ISO 14443 A and ISO 14443 B.
Refer to the ISO 14443 reference documents Identification cards - Contactless integrated
circuit cards - Proximity cards (parts 1 to 4).
Remark: NXP Semiconductors does not offer a software library to enable design-in of the
ISO 14443 B protocol.

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8.3 FeliCa reader/writer functionality
The FeliCa mode is the general reader/writer to card communication scheme according to
the FeliCa specification. The following diagram describes the communication on a
physical level, the communication overview describes the physical parameters.

1. PCD to PICC, 8-30 % ASK
Manchester coded, baudrate 212 to 424 kbaud

Felica READER
(PCD)

FeliCa CARD
(PICC)

PN512
2. PICC to PCD, > 12 % ASK loadmodulation
Manchester coded, baudrate 212 to 424 kbaud

001aan214

Fig 8. FeliCa reader/writer communication diagram
Table 6.

Communication overview for FeliCa reader/writer

Communication
direction
PN512  card

card  PN512

FeliCa

FeliCa Higher
transfer speeds

Transfer speed

212 kbit/s

424 kbit/s

Modulation on reader side

8-30 % ASK

8-30 % ASK

bit coding

Manchester Coding

Manchester Coding

Bitlength

(64/13.56) s

(32/13.56) s

Loadmodulation on card side

> 12 % ASK

> 12 % ASK

bit coding

Manchester coding

Manchester coding

The contactless UART of PN512 and a dedicated external host controller are required to
handle the complete FeliCa protocol.

8.3.1 FeliCa framing and coding
Table 7.

FeliCa framing and coding

Preamble
00h

Sync

00h

00h

00h

00h

00h

B2h

Len

n-Data

CRC

4Dh

To enable the FeliCa communication a 6 byte preamble (00h, 00h, 00h, 00h, 00h, 00h)
and 2 bytes Sync bytes (B2h, 4Dh) are sent to synchronize the receiver.
The following Len byte indicates the length of the sent data bytes plus the LEN byte itself.
The CRC calculation is done according to the FeliCa definitions with the MSB first.
To transmit data on the RF interface, the host controller has to send the Len- and databytes to the PN512's FIFO-buffer. The preamble and the sync bytes are generated by the
PN512 automatically and must not be written to the FIFO by the host controller. The
PN512 performs internally the CRC calculation and adds the result to the data frame.
Example for FeliCa CRC Calculation:
Table 8.

Start value for the CRC Polynomial: (00h), (00h)

Preamble
00h

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Sync
00h

00h

00h

00h

B2h

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ABh

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8.4 NFCIP-1 mode
The NFCIP-1 communication differentiates between an active and a Passive
Communication mode.

• Active Communication mode means both the initiator and the target are using their
own RF field to transmit data.

• Passive Communication mode means that the target answers to an initiator command
in a load modulation scheme. The initiator is active in terms of generating the RF field.

• Initiator: generates RF field at 13.56 MHz and starts the NFCIP-1 communication
• Target: responds to initiator command either in a load modulation scheme in Passive
Communication mode or using a self generated and self modulated RF field for Active
Communication mode.
In order to fully support the NFCIP-1 standard the PN512 supports the Active and Passive
Communication mode at the transfer speeds 106 kbit/s, 212 kbit/s and 424 kbit/s as
defined in the NFCIP-1 standard.

BATTERY

MICROCONTROLLER

PN512
MICROCONTROLLER

PN512
BATTERY

initiator: active

target:
passive or active

001aan215

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8.4.1 Active communication mode
Active communication mode means both the initiator and the target are using their own
RF field to transmit data.

Initial command
host

NFC INITIATOR

powered to
generate RF field

NFC TARGET

1. initiator starts communication at
selected transfer speed

host

powered for
digital processing

response
host

NFC INITIATOR

NFC TARGET

2. target answers at
the same transfer speed

powered for digital
processing

host

powered to
generate RF field
001aan216

Fig 10. Active communication mode
Table 9.

Communication overview for Active communication mode

Communication 106 kbit/s
direction

212 kbit/s

424 kbit/s

848 kbit/s

1.69 Mbit/s,
3.39 Mbit/s

Initiator  Target According to
Target  Initiator ISO/IEC 14443A
100 % ASK,
Modified
Miller Coded

According to FeliCa, 8-30 % digital capability to handle
ASK Manchester Coded
this communication

The contactless UART of PN512 and a dedicated host controller are required to handle
the NFCIP-1 protocol.
Note: Transfer Speeds above 424 kbit/s are not defined in the NFCIP-1 standard. The
PN512 supports these transfer speeds only with dedicated external circuits.

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8.4.2 Passive communication mode
Passive Communication mode means that the target answers to an initiator command in a
load modulation scheme. The initiator is active meaning generating the RF field.

1. initiator starts communication
at selected transfer speed

host

NFC TARGET

NFC INITIATOR

2. targets answers using
load modulated data
at the same transfer speed

powered to
generate RF field

host

powered for
digital processing

001aan217

Fig 11. Passive communication mode
Table 10.

Communication overview for Passive communication mode

Communication
direction

106 kbit/s

212 kbit/s

424 kbit/s

Initiator  Target

According to
ISO/IEC 14443A
100 % ASK,
Modified
Miller Coded

According to FeliCa, 8-30
% ASK Manchester Coded

Target  Initiator

According to
According to FeliCa, > 12 %
ISO/IEC 14443A
ASK Manchester Coded
subcarrier load
modulation,
Manchester Coded

848 kbit/s

1.69 Mbit/s,
3.39 Mbit/s

digital capability to handle
this communication

The contactless UART of PN512 and a dedicated host controller are required to handle
the NFCIP-1 protocol.
Note: Transfer Speeds above 424 kbit/s are not defined in the NFCIP-1 standard. The
PN512 supports these transfer speeds only with dedicated external circuits.

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8.4.3 NFCIP-1 framing and coding
The NFCIP-1 framing and coding in Active and Passive Communication mode is defined
in the NFCIP-1 standard.
Table 11.

Framing and coding overview

Transfer speed

Framing and Coding

106 kbit/s

According to the ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE scheme

212 kbit/s

According to the FeliCa scheme

424 kbit/s

According to the FeliCa scheme

8.4.4 NFCIP-1 protocol support
The NFCIP-1 protocol is not completely described in this document. For detailed
explanation of the protocol refer to the NFCIP-1 standard. However the datalink layer is
according to the following policy:

• Speed shall not be changed while continuum data exchange in a transaction.
• Transaction includes initialization and anticollision methods and data exchange (in
continuous way, meaning no interruption by another transaction).
In order not to disturb current infrastructure based on 13.56 MHz general rules to start
NFCIP-1 communication are defined in the following way.
1. Per default NFCIP-1 device is in Target mode meaning its RF field is switched off.
2. The RF level detector is active.
3. Only if application requires the NFCIP-1 device shall switch to Initiator mode.
4. Initiator shall only switch on its RF field if no external RF field is detected by RF Level
detector during a time of TIDT.
5. The initiator performs initialization according to the selected mode.

8.4.5 MIFARE Card operation mode
Table 12.

MIFARE Card operation mode

Communication
direction
reader/writer 
PN512

ISO/IEC 14443A/
MIFARE

MIFARE Higher transfer speeds

transfer speed

106 kbit/s

212 kbit/s

424 kbit/s

Modulation on
reader side

100 % ASK

100 % ASK

100 % ASK

bit coding

Modified Miller

Modified Miller

Modified Miller

Bitlength

(128/13.56) s

(64/13.56) s

(32/13.56) s

subcarrier load
modulation

subcarrier load
modulation

subcarrier load
modulation

subcarrier
frequency

13.56 MHz/16

13.56 MHz/16

13.56 MHz/16

bit coding

Manchester coding

BPSK

BPSK

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writer
PN512 side

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8.4.6 FeliCa Card operation mode
Table 13.

FeliCa Card operation mode

Communication
direction
reader/writer 
PN512

FeliCa

FeliCa Higher
transfer speeds

Transfer speed

212 kbit/s

424 kbit/s

Modulation on reader side

8-30 % ASK

8-30 % ASK

bit coding

Manchester Coding

Manchester Coding

Bitlength

(64/13.56) s

(32/13.56) s

> 12 % ASK load
modulation

> 12 % ASK load
modulation

Manchester coding

Manchester coding

PN512  reader/ Load modulation on PN512
writer
side
bit coding

9. PN512 register SET
9.1 PN512 registers overview
Table 14.
Addr
(hex)

PN512 registers overview
Register Name

Function

Page 0: Command and Status
0

PageReg

Selects the register page

1

CommandReg

Starts and stops command execution

2

ComlEnReg

Controls bits to enable and disable the passing of Interrupt Requests

3

DivlEnReg

Controls bits to enable and disable the passing of Interrupt Requests

4

ComIrqReg

Contains Interrupt Request bits

5

DivIrqReg

Contains Interrupt Request bits

6

ErrorReg

Error bits showing the error status of the last command executed

7

Status1Reg

Contains status bits for communication

8

Status2Reg

Contains status bits of the receiver and transmitter

9

FIFODataReg

In- and output of 64 byte FIFO-buffer

A

FIFOLevelReg

Indicates the number of bytes stored in the FIFO

B

WaterLevelReg

Defines the level for FIFO under- and overflow warning

C

ControlReg

Contains miscellaneous Control Registers

D

BitFramingReg

Adjustments for bit oriented frames

E

CollReg

Bit position of the first bit collision detected on the RF-interface

F

RFU

Reserved for future use

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PageReg

Selects the register page

1

ModeReg

Defines general modes for transmitting and receiving

2

TxModeReg

Defines the data rate and framing during transmission

3

RxModeReg

Defines the data rate and framing during receiving

4

TxControlReg

Controls the logical behavior of the antenna driver pins TX1 and TX2

5

TxAutoReg

Controls the setting of the antenna drivers

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Table 14.

PN512 registers overview …continued

Addr
(hex)

Register Name

Function

6

TxSelReg

Selects the internal sources for the antenna driver

7

RxSelReg

Selects internal receiver settings

8

RxThresholdReg Selects thresholds for the bit decoder

9

DemodReg

Defines demodulator settings

A

FelNFC1Reg

Defines the length of the valid range for the receive package

B

FelNFC2Reg

Defines the length of the valid range for the receive package

C

MifNFCReg

Controls the communication in ISO/IEC 14443/MIFARE and NFC
target mode at 106 kbit

D

ManualRCVReg

Allows manual fine tuning of the internal receiver

E

TypeBReg

Configure the ISO/IEC 14443 type B

F

SerialSpeedReg

Selects the speed of the serial UART interface

Page 2: CFG
0

PageReg

Selects the register page

1

CRCResultReg

Shows the actual MSB and LSB values of the CRC calculation

3

GsNOffReg

Selects the conductance of the antenna driver pins TX1 and TX2 for
modulation, when the driver is switched off

4

ModWidthReg

Controls the setting of the ModWidth

5

TxBitPhaseReg

Adjust the TX bit phase at 106 kbit

6

RFCfgReg

Configures the receiver gain and RF level

7

GsNOnReg

Selects the conductance of the antenna driver pins TX1 and TX2 for
modulation when the drivers are switched on

8

CWGsPReg

Selects the conductance of the antenna driver pins TX1 and TX2 for
modulation during times of no modulation

9

ModGsPReg

Selects the conductance of the antenna driver pins TX1 and TX2 for
modulation during modulation

A

TModeReg
TPrescalerReg

Defines settings for the internal timer

B
C

TReloadReg

Describes the 16-bit timer reload value

2

D
E

TCounterValReg Shows the 16-bit actual timer value

F
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PageReg

selects the register page

1

TestSel1Reg

General test signal configuration

2

TestSel2Reg

General test signal configuration and PRBS control

3

TestPinEnReg

Enables pin output driver on 8-bit parallel bus (Note: For serial
interfaces only)

4

TestPin
ValueReg

Defines the values for the 8-bit parallel bus when it is used as I/O bus

5

TestBusReg

Shows the status of the internal testbus

6

AutoTestReg

Controls the digital selftest

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Table 14.

PN512 registers overview …continued

Addr
(hex)

Register Name

Function

7

VersionReg

Shows the version

8

AnalogTestReg

Controls the pins AUX1 and AUX2

9

TestDAC1Reg

Defines the test value for the TestDAC1

A

TestDAC2Reg

Defines the test value for the TestDAC2

B

TestADCReg

Shows the actual value of ADC I and Q

C-F

RFT

Reserved for production tests

9.1.1 Register bit behavior
Depending on the functionality of a register, the access conditions to the register can vary.
In principle bits with same behavior are grouped in common registers. In Table 15 the
access conditions are described.
Table 15.

Behavior of register bits and its designation

Abbreviation Behavior

Description

r/w

read and write These bits can be written and read by the -Controller. Since they
are used only for control means, there content is not influenced by
internal state machines, e.g. the PageSelect-Register may be
written and read by the -Controller. It will also be read by internal
state machines, but never changed by them.

dy

dynamic

These bits can be written and read by the -Controller.
Nevertheless, they may also be written automatically by internal
state machines, e.g. the Command-Register changes its value
automatically after the execution of the actual command.

r

read only

These registers hold bits, which value is determined by internal
states only, e.g. the CRCReady bit can not be written from
external but shows internal states.

w

write only

Reading these registers returns always ZERO.

RFU

-

These registers are reserved for future use.
In case of a PN512 Version version 2.0 (VersionReg = 82h) a
read access to these registers returns always the value “0”.
Nevertheless this is not guaranteed for future chips versions
where the value is undefined. In case of a write access, it is
recommended to write always the value “0”.

RFT

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9.2 Register description
9.2.1 Page 0: Command and status
9.2.1.1

PageReg
Selects the register page.
Table 16.

PageReg register (address 00h); reset value: 00h, 0000000b
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

UsePage Select

0

0

0

0

0

PageSelect

r/w

RFU

RFU

RFU

RFU

RFU

Access
Rights
Table 17.

r/w

0
r/w

Description of PageReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

UsePageSelect

Set to logic 1, the value of PageSelect is used as register address A5
and A4. The LSB-bits of the register address are defined by the
address pins or the internal address latch, respectively.
Set to logic 0, the whole content of the internal address latch defines
the register address. The address pins are used as described in
Section 10.1 “Automatic microcontroller interface detection”.

9.2.1.2

6 to 2

-

Reserved for future use.

1 to 0

PageSelect

The value of PageSelect is used only if UsePageSelect is set to
logic 1. In this case it specifies the register page (which is A5 and A4
of the register address).

CommandReg
Starts and stops command execution.
Table 18.

CommandReg register (address 01h); reset value: 20h, 00100000b

Access
Rights

7

6

5

4

0

0

RcvOff

Power Down

RFU

RFU

r/w

dy

3

2

1

0

Command
dy

dy

dy

Table 19.

Description of CommandReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 6

-

Reserved for future use.

5

RcvOff

Set to logic 1, the analog part of the receiver is switched off.

4

PowerDown

Set to logic 1, Soft Power-down mode is entered.

dy

Set to logic 0, the PN512 starts the wake up procedure. During this
procedure this bit still shows a 1. A 0 indicates that the PN512 is ready
for operations; see Section 16.2 “Soft power-down mode”.
Note: The bit Power Down cannot be set, when the command
SoftReset has been activated.
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Command

Activates a command according to the Command Code. Reading this
register shows, which command is actually executed (see Section 19.3
“PN512 command overview”).

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9.2.1.3

CommIEnReg
Control bits to enable and disable the passing of interrupt requests.
Table 20.

Access
Rights
Table 21.

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CommIEnReg register (address 02h); reset value: 80h, 10000000b
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

IRqInv

TxIEn

RxIEn

IdleIEn

HiAlertIEn

LoAlertIEn

ErrIEn

TimerIEn

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Description of CommIEnReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

IRqInv

Set to logic 1, the signal on pin IRQ is inverted with respect to bit IRq in the
register Status1Reg. Set to logic 0, the signal on pin IRQ is equal to bit IRq.
In combination with bit IRqPushPull in register DivIEnReg, the default value
of 1 ensures, that the output level on pin IRQ is 3-state.

6

TxIEn

Allows the transmitter interrupt request (indicated by bit TxIRq) to be
propagated to pin IRQ.

5

RxIEn

Allows the receiver interrupt request (indicated by bit RxIRq) to be
propagated to pin IRQ.

4

IdleIEn

Allows the idle interrupt request (indicated by bit IdleIRq) to be propagated to
pin IRQ.

3

HiAlertIEn

Allows the high alert interrupt request (indicated by bit HiAlertIRq) to be
propagated to pin IRQ.

2

LoAlertIEn

Allows the low alert interrupt request (indicated by bit LoAlertIRq) to be
propagated to pin IRQ.

1

ErrIEn

Allows the error interrupt request (indicated by bit ErrIRq) to be propagated
to pin IRQ.

0

TimerIEn

Allows the timer interrupt request (indicated by bit TimerIRq) to be
propagated to pin IRQ.

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9.2.1.4

DivIEnReg
Control bits to enable and disable the passing of interrupt requests.
Table 22.

DivIEnReg register (address 03h); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

5

IRQPushPull

0

0

r/w

RFU

RFU

Access
Rights

4

3

2

1

SiginActIEn ModeIEn CRCIEn RFOnIEn
r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

0
RFOffIEn
r/w

Table 23.

Description of DivIEnReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

IRQPushPull

Set to logic 1, the pin IRQ works as standard CMOS output pad.
Set to logic 0, the pin IRQ works as open drain output pad.

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-

Reserved for future use.

4

SiginActIEn

Allows the SIGIN active interrupt request to be propagated to pin IRQ.

3

ModeIEn

Allows the mode interrupt request (indicated by bit ModeIRq) to be
propagated to pin IRQ.

2

CRCIEn

Allows the CRC interrupt request (indicated by bit CRCIRq) to be
propagated to pin IRQ.

1

RfOnIEn

Allows the RF field on interrupt request (indicated by bit RfOnIRq) to
be propagated to pin IRQ.

0

RfOffIEn

Allows the RF field off interrupt request (indicated by bit RfOffIRq) to
be propagated to pin IRQ.

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9.2.1.5

CommIRqReg
Contains Interrupt Request bits.
Table 24.

CommIRqReg register (address 04h); reset value: 14h, 00010100b
7

6

5

4

Set1

TxIRq

RxIRq

IdleIRq

w

dy

dy

dy

Access
Rights

3

2

HiAlertIRq LoAlertIRq
dy

dy

1

0

ErrIRq

TimerIRq

dy

dy

Table 25. Description of CommIRqReg bits
All bits in the register CommIRqReg shall be cleared by software.
Bit

Symbol

Description

7

Set1

Set to logic 1, Set1 defines that the marked bits in the register CommIRqReg
are set.
Set to logic 0, Set1 defines, that the marked bits in the register CommIRqReg
are cleared.

6

TxIRq

5

RxIRq

Set to logic 1 immediately after the last bit of the transmitted data was sent out.
Set to logic 1 when the receiver detects the end of a valid datastream.
If the bit RxNoErr in register RxModeReg is set to logic 1, bit RxIRq is only set
to logic 1 when data bytes are available in the FIFO.

4

IdleIRq

Set to logic 1, when a command terminates by itself e.g. when the
CommandReg changes its value from any command to the Idle Command.
If an unknown command is started, the CommandReg changes its content to
the idle state and the bit IdleIRq is set. Starting the Idle Command by the
-Controller does not set bit IdleIRq.

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HiAlertIRq

Set to logic 1, when bit HiAlert in register Status1Reg is set. In opposition to
HiAlert, HiAlertIRq stores this event and can only be reset as indicated by bit
Set1.

2

LoAlertIRq Set to logic 1, when bit LoAlert in register Status1Reg is set. In opposition to
LoAlert, LoAlertIRq stores this event and can only be reset as indicated by bit
Set1.

1

ErrIRq

Set to logic 1 if any error bit in the Error Register is set.

0

TimerIRq

Set to logic 1 when the timer decrements the TimerValue Register to zero.

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9.2.1.6

DivIRqReg
Contains Interrupt Request bits
Table 26.

DivIRqReg register (address 05h); reset value: XXh, 000X00XXb

Access
Rights

7

6

5

Set2

0

0

w

RFU

RFU

4

3

SiginActIRq ModeIRq
dy

dy

2

1

0

CRCIRq

RFOnIRq

RFOffIRq

dy

dy

dy

Table 27. Description of DivIRqReg bits
All bits in the register DivIRqReg shall be cleared by software.
Bit

Symbol

Description

7

Set2

Set to logic 1, Set2 defines that the marked bits in the register
DivIRqReg are set.
Set to logic 0, Set2 defines, that the marked bits in the register
DivIRqReg are cleared

6 to 5

-

Reserved for future use.

4

SiginActIRq

Set to logic 1, when SIGIN is active. See Section 12.6 “S2C interface
support”. This interrupt is set when either a rising or falling signal edge
is detected.

3

ModeIRq

Set to logic 1, when the mode has been detected by the Data mode
detector.
Note: The Data mode detector can only be activated by the AutoColl
command and is terminated automatically having detected the
Communication mode.
Note: The Data mode detector is automatically restarted after each RF
Reset.

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CRCIRq

Set to logic 1, when the CRC command is active and all data are
processed.

1

RFOnIRq

Set to logic 1, when an external RF field is detected.

0

RFOffIRq

Set to logic 1, when a present external RF field is switched off.

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9.2.1.7

ErrorReg
Error bit register showing the error status of the last command executed.
Table 28.

Access
Rights

ErrorReg register (address 06h); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

WrErr

TempErr

RFErr

BufferOvfl

CollErr

CRCErr

ParityErr

ProtocolErr

r

r

r

r

r

r

r

r

Table 29.

Description of ErrorReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

WrErr

Set to logic 1, when data is written into FIFO by the host controller
during the AutoColl command or MFAuthent command or if data is
written into FIFO by the host controller during the time between
sending the last bit on the RF interface and receiving the last bit on the
RF interface.

6

TempErr[1]

Set to logic 1, if the internal temperature sensor detects overheating.
In this case, the antenna drivers are switched off automatically.

5

RFErr

Set to logic 1, if in Active Communication mode the counterpart does
not switch on the RF field in time as defined in NFCIP-1 standard.
Note: RFErr is only used in Active Communication mode. The bits
RxFraming or the bits TxFraming has to be set to 01 to enable this
functionality.

4

BufferOvfl

Set to logic 1, if the host controller or a PN512’s internal state machine
(e.g. receiver) tries to write data into the FIFO-bufferFIFO-buffer
although the FIFO-buffer is already full.

3

CollErr

Set to logic 1, if a bit-collision is detected. It is cleared automatically at
receiver start-up phase. This bit is only valid during the bitwise
anticollision at 106 kbit. During communication schemes at 212 and
424 kbit this bit is always set to logic 1.

2

CRCErr

Set to logic 1, if bit RxCRCEn in register RxModeReg is set and the
CRC calculation fails. It is cleared to 0 automatically at receiver
start-up phase.

1

ParityErr

Set to logic 1, if the parity check has failed. It is cleared automatically
at receiver start-up phase. Only valid for ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE or
NFCIP-1 communication at 106 kbit.

0

ProtocolErr

Set to logic 1, if one out of the following cases occur:

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Set to logic 1 if the SOF is incorrect. It is cleared automatically at
receiver start-up phase. The bit is only valid for 106 kbit in Active
and Passive Communication mode.

•

If bit DetectSync in register ModeReg is set to logic 1 during
FeliCa communication or active communication with transfer
speeds higher than 106 kbit, the bit ProtocolErr is set to logic 1 in
case of a byte length violation.

•

During the AutoColl command, bit ProtocolErr is set to logic 1, if
the bit Initiator in register ControlReg is set to logic 1.

•

During the MFAuthent Command, bit ProtocolErr is set to logic 1,
if the number of bytes received in one data stream is incorrect.

•

Set to logic 1, if the Miller Decoder detects 2 pulses below the
minimum time according to the ISO/IEC 14443A definitions.

Command execution will clear all error bits except for bit TempErr. A setting by software is impossible.
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9.2.1.8

Status1Reg
Contains status bits of the CRC, Interrupt and FIFO-buffer.
Table 30.

Status1Reg register (address 07h); reset value: XXh, X100X01Xb
7

6

5

RFFreqOK CRCOk CRCReady
Access
Rights

r

r

4

3

2

1

0

IRq

TRunning

RFOn

HiAlert

LoAlert

r

r

r

r

r

r

Table 31.

Description of Status1Reg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

RFFreqOK

Indicates if the frequency detected at the RX pin is in the range of
13.56 MHz.
Set to logic 1, if the frequency at the RX pin is in the range
12 MHz < RX pin frequency < 15 MHz.
Note: The value of RFFreqOK is not defined if the external RF
frequency is in the range from 9 to 12 MHz or in the range from
15 to 19 MHz.

6

CRCOk

Set to logic 1, if the CRC Result is zero. For data transmission and
reception the bit CRCOk is undefined (use CRCErr in register
ErrorReg). CRCOk indicates the status of the CRC co-processor,
during calculation the value changes to ZERO, when the calculation is
done correctly, the value changes to ONE.

5

CRCReady

Set to logic 1, when the CRC calculation has finished. This bit is only
valid for the CRC co-processor calculation using the command
CalcCRC.

4

IRq

This bit shows, if any interrupt source requests attention (with respect
to the setting of the interrupt enable bits, see register CommIEnReg
and DivIEnReg).

3

TRunning

Set to logic 1, if the PN512’s timer unit is running, e.g. the timer will
decrement the TCounterValReg with the next timer clock.
Note: In the gated mode the bit TRunning is set to logic 1, when the
timer is enabled by the register bits. This bit is not influenced by the
gated signal.

2

RFOn

Set to logic 1, if an external RF field is detected. This bit does not store
the state of the RF field.

1

HiAlert

Set to logic 1, when the number of bytes stored in the FIFO-buffer
fulfills the following equation:
HiAlert =  64 – FIFOLength   WaterLevel
Example:
FIFOLength = 60, WaterLevel = 4  HiAlert = 1
FIFOLength = 59, WaterLevel = 4  HiAlert = 0

0

LoAlert

Set to logic 1, when the number of bytes stored in the FIFO-buffer
fulfills the following equation: LoAlert = FIFOLength  WaterLevel
Example:
FIFOLength = 4, WaterLevel = 4  LoAlert = 1
FIFOLength = 5, WaterLevel = 4  LoAlert = 0

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9.2.1.9

Status2Reg
Contains status bits of the Receiver, Transmitter and Data mode detector.
Table 32.

Status2Reg register (address 08h); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

5

TempSensClear

I2CForceHS

0

r/w

r/w

RFU

Access
Rights
Table 33.

4

3

2

1

0

TargetActivated MFCrypto1On Modem State
dy

dy

r

r

r

Description of Status2Reg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

TempSensClear

Set to logic 1, this bit clears the temperature error, if the temperature
is below the alarm limit of 125 C.

6

I2CForceHS

I2C input filter settings. Set to logic 1, the I2C input filter is set to the
High-speed mode independent of the I2C protocol. Set to logic 0, the
I2C input filter is set to the used I2C protocol.

5

-

Reserved for future use.

4

TargetActivated

Set to logic 1 if the Select command or if the Polling command was
answered. Note: This bit can only be set during the AutoColl
command in Passive Communication mode.
Note: This bit is cleared automatically by switching off the external
RF field.

3

MFCrypto1On

This bit indicates that the MIFARE Crypto1 unit is switched on and
therefore all data communication with the card is encrypted.
This bit can only be set to logic 1 by a successful execution of the
MFAuthent Command. This bit is only valid in Reader/Writer mode
for MIFARE cards. This bit shall be cleared by software.

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Modem State

ModemState shows the state of the transmitter and receiver state
machines.
Value

Description

000

IDLE

001

Wait for StartSend in register BitFramingReg

010

TxWait: Wait until RF field is present, if the bit TxWaitRF is
set to logic 1. The minimum time for TxWait is defined by the
TxWaitReg register.

011

Sending

100

RxWait: Wait until RF field is present, if the bit RxWaitRF is
set to logic 1. The minimum time for RxWait is defined by the
RxWaitReg register.

101

Wait for data

110

Receiving

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9.2.1.10

FIFODataReg
In- and output of 64 byte FIFO-buffer.
Table 34.

FIFODataReg register (address 09h); reset value: XXh, XXXXXXXXb
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

dy

dy

dy

dy

FIFOData
Access
Rights

9.2.1.11

dy

dy

dy

dy

Table 35.

Description of FIFODataReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

FIFOData

Data input and output port for the internal 64 byte FIFO-buffer. The
FIFO-buffer acts as parallel in/parallel out converter for all serial data
stream in- and outputs.

FIFOLevelReg
Indicates the number of bytes stored in the FIFO.
Table 36.

FIFOLevelReg register (address 0Ah); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

5

4

FlushBuffer
Access
Rights

w

3

2

1

0

r

r

r

FIFOLevel
r

r

r

r

Table 37.

Description of FIFOLevelReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

FlushBuffer

Set to logic 1, this bit clears the internal FIFO-buffer’s read- and
write-pointer and the bit BufferOvfl in the register ErrReg immediately.
Reading this bit will always return 0.

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FIFOLevel

Indicates the number of bytes stored in the FIFO-buffer. Writing to the
FIFODataReg increments, reading decrements the FIFOLevel.

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9.2.1.12

WaterLevelReg
Defines the level for FIFO under- and overflow warning.
Table 38.

WaterLevelReg register (address 0Bh); reset value: 08h, 00001000b

Access
Rights

7

6

5

0

0

RFU

RFU

4

3

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

WaterLevel
r/w

r/w

Table 39.

Description of WaterLevelReg bits

Bit

Symbol

r/w

r/w

Description

7 to 6

-

Reserved for future use.

5 to 0

WaterLevel

This register defines a warning level to indicate a FIFO-buffer over- or
underflow:
The bit HiAlert in Status1Reg is set to logic 1, if the remaining number
of bytes in the FIFO-buffer space is equal or less than the defined
number of WaterLevel bytes.
The bit LoAlert in Status1Reg is set to logic 1, if equal or less than
WaterLevel bytes are in the FIFO.
Note: For the calculation of HiAlert and LoAlert see Table 30

9.2.1.13

ControlReg
Miscellaneous control bits.
Table 40.

ControlReg register (address 0Ch); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

TStopNow TStartNow
Access
Rights

w

Table 41.

5

4

3

WrNFCIDtoFIFO

Initiator

0

dy

r/w

RFU

w

2

1

0

RxLastBits
r

r

r

Description of ControlReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

TStopNow

Set to logic 1, the timer stops immediately.
Reading this bit will always return 0.

6

TStartNow

Set to logic 1 starts the timer immediately.
Reading this bit will always return 0.

5

WrNFCIDtoFIFO

Set to logic 1, the internal stored NFCID (10 bytes) is copied into the
FIFO.
Afterwards the bit is cleared automatically

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Initiator

Set to logic 1, the PN512 acts as initiator, otherwise it acts as target

3

-

Reserved for future use.

2 to 0

RxLastBits

Shows the number of valid bits in the last received byte. If zero, the
whole byte is valid.

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9.2.1.14

BitFramingReg
Adjustments for bit oriented frames.
Table 42.

BitFramingReg register (address 0Dh); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

StartSend
Access
Rights

w

5

4

RxAlign
r/w

r/w

3

2

0
r/w

Table 43.

Description of BitFramingReg bits

Bit

Symbol

7

StartSend

RFU

1

0

TxLastBits
r/w

r/w

r/w

Description
Set to logic 1, the transmission of data starts.
This bit is only valid in combination with the Transceive command.

6 to 4

RxAlign

Used for reception of bit oriented frames: RxAlign defines the bit position
for the first bit received to be stored in the FIFO. Further received bits are
stored at the following bit positions.
Example:
RxAlign = 0:

the LSB of the received bit is stored at bit 0, the second
received bit is stored at bit position 1.

RxAlign = 1:

the LSB of the received bit is stored at bit 1, the second
received bit is stored at bit position 2.

RxAlign = 7:

the LSB of the received bit is stored at bit 7, the second
received bit is stored in the following byte at bit position 0.

This bit shall only be used for bitwise anticollision at 106 kbit/s in Passive
Communication mode. In all other modes it shall be set to logic 0.

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-

Reserved for future use.

2 to 0

TxLastBits

Used for transmission of bit oriented frames: TxLastBits defines the
number of bits of the last byte that shall be transmitted. A 000 indicates
that all bits of the last byte shall be transmitted.

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9.2.1.15

CollReg
Defines the first bit collision detected on the RF interface.
Table 44.

CollReg register (address 0Eh); reset value: XXh, 101XXXXXb
7

6

5

Values
AfterColl

0

CollPos
NotValid

r/w

RFU

r

Access
Rights
Table 45.

4

3

2

1

0

r

r

CollPos
r

r

r

Description of CollReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

ValuesAfterColl

If this bit is set to logic 0, all receiving bits will be cleared after a
collision. This bit shall only be used during bitwise anticollision at
106 kbit, otherwise it shall be set to logic 1.

6

-

Reserved for future use.

5

CollPosNotValid

Set to logic 1, if no Collision is detected or the Position of the
Collision is out of the range of bits CollPos. This bit shall only be
interpreted in Passive Communication mode at 106 kbit or
ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE Reader/Writer mode.

4 to 0

CollPos

These bits show the bit position of the first detected collision in a
received frame, only data bits are interpreted.
Example:
00h

indicates a bit collision in the 32th bit

01h

indicates a bit collision in the 1st bit

08h

indicates a bit collision in the 8th bit

These bits shall only be interpreted in Passive Communication mode
at 106 kbit or ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE Reader/Writer mode if bit
CollPosNotValid is set to logic 0.

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9.2.2.1

PageReg
Selects the register page.
Table 46.

PageReg register (address 10h); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

5

4

3

2

UsePage Select

0

0

0

0

0

r/w

RFU

RFU

RFU

RFU

RFU

Access
Rights
Table 47.

1

0

PageSelect
r/w

r/w

Description of PageReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

UsePage Select Set to logic 1, the value of PageSelect is used as register address A5
and A4. The LSB-bits of the register address are defined by the
address pins or the internal address latch, respectively.
Set to logic 0, the whole content of the internal address latch defines
the register address. The address pins are used as described in
Section 10.1 “Automatic microcontroller interface detection”.

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6 to 2

-

Reserved for future use.

1 to 0

PageSelect

The value of PageSelect is used only, if UsePageSelect is set to
logic 1. In this case it specifies the register page (which is A5 and A4
of the register address).

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9.2.2.2

ModeReg
Defines general mode settings for transmitting and receiving.
Table 48.

ModeReg register (address 11h); reset value: 3Bh, 00111011b
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

MSBFirst Detect Sync TxWaitRF RxWaitRF PolSigin ModeDetOff
Access
Rights

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

0

CRCPreset
r/w

r/w

Table 49.

Description of ModeReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

MSBFirst

Set to logic 1, the CRC co-processor calculates the CRC with MSB
first and the CRCResultMSB and the CRCResultLSB in the
CRCResultReg register are bit reversed.

6

Detect Sync

If set to logic 1, the contactless UART waits for the value F0h before
the receiver is activated and F0h is added as a Sync-byte for
transmission.

Note: During RF communication this bit is ignored.

This bit is only valid for 106 kbit during NFCIP-1 data exchange
protocol.
In all other modes it shall be set to logic 0.
5

TxWaitRF

Set to logic 1 the transmitter in reader/writer or initiator mode for
NFCIP-1 can only be started, if an RF field is generated.

4

RxWaitRF

Set to logic 1, the counter for RxWait starts only if an external RF field
is detected in Target mode for NFCIP-1 or in Card Communication
mode.

3

PolSigin

PolSigin defines the polarity of the SIGIN pin. Set to logic 1, the
polarity of SIGIN pin is active high. Set to logic 0 the polarity of SIGIN
pin is active low.
Note: The internal envelope signal is coded active low.
Note: Changing this bit will generate a SiginActIRq event.

2

ModeDetOff

Set to logic 1, the internal mode detector is switched off.
Note: The mode detector is only active during the AutoColl command.

1 to 0

CRCPreset

Defines the preset value for the CRC co-processor for the command
CalCRC.
Note: During any communication, the preset values is selected
automatically according to the definition in the bits RxMode and
TxMode.

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Description

00

0000

01

6363

10

A671

11

FFFF

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9.2.2.3

TxModeReg
Defines the data rate and framing during transmission.
Table 50.

TxModeReg register (address 12h); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

TxCRCEn
Access
Rights
Table 51.

r/w

5

4

TxSpeed
dy

dy

dy

3

2

InvMod

TxMix

r/w

r/w

1

0

TxFraming
dy

dy

Description of TxModeReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

TxCRCEn

Set to logic 1, this bit enables the CRC generation during data
transmission.
Note: This bit shall only be set to logic 0 at 106 kbit.

6 to 4

TxSpeed

Defines the bit rate while data transmission.
Value

Description

000

106 kbit

001

212 kbit

010

424 kbit

011

848 kbit

100

1696 kbit

101

3392 kbit

110

Reserved

111

Reserved

Note: The bit coding for transfer speeds above 424 kbit is equivalent to
the bit coding of Active Communication mode 424 kbit (Ecma 340).

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InvMod

Set to logic 1, the modulation for transmitting data is inverted.

2

TxMix

Set to logic 1, the signal at pin SIGIN is mixed with the internal coder
(see Section 12.6 “S2C interface support”).

1 to 0

TxFraming

Defines the framing used for data transmission.
Value

Description

00

ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE and Passive Communication mode
106 kbit

01

Active Communication mode

10

FeliCa and Passive communication mode 212 and 424 kbit

11

ISO/IEC 14443B

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9.2.2.4

RxModeReg
Defines the data rate and framing during reception.
Table 52.

RxModeReg register (address 13h); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

RxCRCEn
Access
Rights

r/w

5

4

RxSpeed
dy

dy

3

2

RxNoErr

RxMultiple

r/w

r/w

dy

1

0

RxFraming
dy

dy

Table 53.

Description of RxModeReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

RxCRCEn

Set to logic 1, this bit enables the CRC calculation during reception.
Note: This bit shall only be set to logic 0 at 106 kbit.

6 to 4

RxSpeed

Defines the bit rate while data transmission.
The PN512’s analog part handles only transfer speeds up to 424 kbit
internally, the digital UART handles the higher transfer speeds as well.
Value

Description

000

106 kbit

001

212 kbit

010

424 kbit

011

848 kbit

100

1696 kbit

101

3392 kbit

110

Reserved

111

Reserved

Note: The bit coding for transfer speeds above 424 kbit is equivalent to
the bit coding of Active Communication mode 424 kbit (Ecma 340).
3

RxNoErr

If set to logic 1 a not valid received data stream (less than 4 bits
received) will be ignored. The receiver will remain active.
For ISO/IEC14443B also RxSOFReq logic 1 is required to ignore a non
valid datastream.

2

RxMultiple

Set to logic 0, the receiver is deactivated after receiving a data frame.
Set to logic 1, it is possible to receive more than one data frame. Having
set this bit, the receive and transceive commands will not terminate
automatically. In this case the multiple receiving can only be deactivated
by writing any command (except the Receive command) to the
CommandReg register or by clearing the bit by the host controller.
At the end of a received data stream an error byte is added to the FIFO.
The error byte is a copy of the ErrorReg register.
The behaviour for version 1.0 is described in Section 21 “Errata sheet”
on page 106.

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Table 53.

9.2.2.5

Description of RxModeReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

1 to 0

RxFraming

Defines the expected framing for data reception.
Value

Description

00

ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE and Passive Communication
mode 106 kbit

01

Active Communication mode

10

FeliCa and Passive Communication mode 212 and 424 kbit

11

ISO/IEC 14443B

TxControlReg
Controls the logical behavior of the antenna driver pins Tx1 and Tx2.
Table 54.

TxControlReg register (address 14h); reset value: 80h, 10000000b
7

6

5

4

InvTx2RF InvTx1RF InvTx2RF InvTx1RF
On
On
Off
Off
Access
Rights

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

3

2

1

0

Tx2CW

CheckRF

Tx2RF
En

Tx1RF
En

r/w

w

r/w

r/w

Table 55.

Description of TxControlReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

InvTx2RFOn

Set to logic 1, the output signal at pin TX2 will be inverted, if driver TX2
is enabled.

6

InvTx1RFOn

Set to logic 1, the output signal at pin TX1 will be inverted, if driver TX1
is enabled.

5

InvTx2RFOff

Set to logic 1, the output signal at pin TX2 will be inverted, if driver TX2
is disabled.

4

InvTx1RFOff

Set to logic 1, the output signal at pin TX1 will be inverted, if driver TX1
is disabled.

3

Tx2CW

Set to logic 1, the output signal on pin TX2 will deliver continuously the
un-modulated 13.56 MHz energy carrier.
Set to logic 0, Tx2CW is enabled to modulate the 13.56 MHz energy
carrier.

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CheckRF

Set to logic 1, Tx2RFEn and Tx1RFEn can not be set if an external RF
field is detected. Only valid when using in combination with bit
Tx2RFEn or Tx1RFEn

1

Tx2RFEn

Set to logic 1, the output signal on pin TX2 will deliver the 13.56 MHz
energy carrier modulated by the transmission data.

0

Tx1RFEn

Set to logic 1, the output signal on pin TX1 will deliver the 13.56 MHz
energy carrier modulated by the transmission data.

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9.2.2.6

TxAutoReg
Controls the settings of the antenna driver.
Table 56.

TxAutoReg register (address 15h); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

AutoRF
OFF
Access
Rights

5

Force100
Auto
ASK
WakeUp

r/w

r/w

r/w

4

3

2

1

0

0

CAOn

InitialRF
On

Tx2RFAut
oEn

Tx1RFAuto
En

RFU

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 57.

Description of TxAutoReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

AutoRFOFF

Set to logic 1, all active antenna drivers are switched off after the last
data bit has been transmitted as defined in the NFCIP-1.

6

Force100ASK

Set to logic 1, Force100ASK forces a 100% ASK modulation
independent of the setting in register ModGsPReg.

5

AutoWakeUp

Set to logic 1, the PN512 in soft Power-down mode will be started by
the RF level detector.

4

-

Reserved for future use.

3

CAOn

Set to logic 1, the collision avoidance is activated and internally the
value n is set in accordance to the NFCIP-1 Standard.

2

InitialRFOn

Set to logic 1, the initial RF collision avoidance is performed and the bit
InitialRFOn is cleared automatically, if the RF is switched on.
Note: The driver, which should be switched on, has to be enabled by
bit Tx2RFAutoEn or bit Tx1RFAutoEn.

1

Tx2RFAutoEn

Set to logic 1, the driver Tx2 is switched on after the external RF field
is switched off according to the time TADT. If the bits InitialRFOn and
Tx2RFAutoEn are set to logic 1, Tx2 is switched on if no external RF
field is detected during the time TIDT.
Note: The times TADT and TIDT are defined in the NFC IP-1 standard
(ISO/IEC 18092).

0

Tx1RFAutoEn

Set to logic 1, the driver Tx1 is switched on after the external RF field
is switched off according to the time TADT. If the bit InitialRFOn and
Tx1RFAutoEn are set to logic 1, Tx1 is switched on if no external RF
field is detected during the time TIDT.
Note: The times TADT and TIDT are defined in the NFC IP-1 standard
(ISO/IEC 18092).

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9.2.2.7

TxSelReg
Selects the sources for the analog part.
Table 58.

Access
Rights
Table 59.
Bit

TxSelReg register (address 16h); reset value: 10h, 00010000b
7

6

0

0

RFU

RFU

5

4

3

DriverSel
r/w

r/w

2

1

0

SigOutSel
r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Description of TxSelReg bits

Symbol

Description

7 to 6

-

Reserved for future use.

5 to 4

DriverSel

Selects the input of driver Tx1 and Tx2.
Value

Description

00

Tristate
Note: In soft power down the drivers are only in Tristate mode
if DriverSel is set to Tristate mode.

01

Modulation signal (envelope) from the internal coder

10

Modulation signal (envelope) from SIGIN

11

HIGH
Note: The HIGH level depends on the setting of InvTx1RFOn/
InvTx1RFOff and InvTx2RFOn/InvTx2RFOff.

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Table 59.

Description of TxSelReg bits …continued

Bit

Symbol

Description

3 to 0

SigOutSel

Selects the input for the SIGOUT Pin.
Value

Description

0000

Tristate

0001

Low

0010

High

0011

TestBus signal as defined by bit TestBusBitSel in register
TestSel1Reg.

0100

Modulation signal (envelope) from the internal coder

0101

Serial data stream to be transmitted

0110

Output signal of the receiver circuit (card modulation signal
regenerated and delayed). This signal is used as data output
signal for SAM interface connection using 3 lines.
Note: To have a valid signal the PN512 has to be set to the
receiving mode by either the Transceive or Receive
command. The bit RxMultiple can be used to keep the PN512
in receiving mode.
Note: Do not use this setting in MIFARE mode. Manchester
coding as data collisions will not be transmitted on the
SIGOUT line.

0111

Serial data stream received.
Note: Do not use this setting in MIFARE mode. Miller coding
parameters as the bit length can vary.

1000-1011

FeliCa Sam modulation
1000 RX*
1001 TX
1010 Demodulator comparator output
1011 RFU
Note: * To have a valid signal the PN512 has to be set to the
receiving mode by either the Transceive or Receive
command. The bit RxMultiple can be used to keep the PN512
in receiving mode.

1100-1111

MIFARE Sam modulation
1100 RX* with RF carrier
1101 TX with RF carrier
1110 RX with RF carrier un-filtered
1111 RX envelope un-filtered
Note: *To have a valid signal the PN512 has to be set to the
receiving mode by either the Transceive or Receive
command. The bit RxMultiple can be used to keep the PN512
in receiving mode.

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9.2.2.8

RxSelReg
Selects internal receiver settings.
Table 60.

RxSelReg register (address 17h); reset value: 84h, 10000100b
7

6

5

4

3

UartSel
Access
Rights

1

0

r/w

r/w

r/w

RxWait
r/w

r/w

Table 61.

Description of RxSelReg bits

Bit

Symbol

7 to 6

UartSel

5 to 0

9.2.2.9

r/w

2

r/w

r/w

Description
Selects the input of the contactless UART

RxWait

Value

Description

00

Constant Low

01

Envelope signal at SIGIN

10

Modulation signal from the internal analog part

11

Modulation signal from SIGIN pin. Only valid for transfer
speeds above 424 kbit

After data transmission, the activation of the receiver is delayed for
RxWait bit-clocks. During this ‘frame guard time’ any signal at pin RX
is ignored. This parameter is ignored by the Receive command. All
other commands (e.g. Transceive, Autocoll, MFAuthent) use this
parameter. Depending on the mode of the PN512, the counter starts
different. In Passive Communication mode the counter starts with the
last modulation pulse of the transmitted data stream. In Active
Communication mode the counter starts immediately after the external
RF field is switched on.

RxThresholdReg
Selects thresholds for the bit decoder.
Table 62.

RxThresholdReg register (address 18h); reset value: 84h, 10000100b
7

6

5

4

MinLevel
Access
Rights

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r/w

3

2

0
r/w

RFU

1

0

CollLevel
r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 63.

Description of RxThresholdReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 4

MinLevel

Defines the minimum signal strength at the decoder input that shall be
accepted. If the signal strength is below this level, it is not evaluated.

3

-

Reserved for future use.

2 to 0

CollLevel

Defines the minimum signal strength at the decoder input that has to be
reached by the weaker half-bit of the Manchester-coded signal to
generate a bit-collision relatively to the amplitude of the stronger half-bit.

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9.2.2.10

DemodReg
Defines demodulator settings.
Table 64.

DemodReg register (address 19h); reset value: 4Dh, 01001101b
7

6
AddIQ

Access
Rights
Table 65.

r/w

5

4

FixIQ

TPrescal
Even

r/w

r/w

r/w

3

2

1

TauRcv
r/w

0
TauSync

r/w

r/w

r/w

Description of DemodReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 6

AddIQ

Defines the use of I and Q channel during reception
Note: FixIQ has to be set to logic 0 to
enable the following settings.

5

FixIQ

Value

Description

00

Select the stronger channel

01

Select the stronger and freeze the selected during communication

10

combines the I and Q channel

11

Reserved

If set to logic 1 and the bits of AddIQ are set to X0, the reception is fixed to
I channel.
If set to logic 1 and the bits of AddIQ are set to X1, the reception is fixed to
Q channel.
NOTE: If SIGIN/SIGOUT is used as S2C interface FixIQ set to 1 and AddIQ
set to X0 is rewired.

4

TPrescalE If set to logic 0 the following formula is used to calculate fTimer of the
ven
prescaler:
fTimer = 13.56 MHz / (2 * TPreScaler + 1).
If set to logic 1 the following formula is used to calculate fTimer of the
prescaler:
fTimer = 13.56 MHz / (2 * TPreScaler + 2).
(Default TPrescalEven is logic 0)
The behaviour for the version 1.0 is described in Section 21 “Errata
sheet” on page 106.

3 to 2

TauRcv

Changes the time constant of the internal during data reception.
Note: If set to 00, the PLL is frozen during data reception.

1 to 0

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Changes the time constant of the internal PLL during burst.

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9.2.2.11

FelNFC1Reg
Defines the length of the FeliCa Sync bytes and the minimum length of the received
packet.
Table 66.

FelNFC1Reg register (address 1Ah); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

5

4

FelSyncLen
Access
Rights
Table 67.

r/w

r/w

3

1

0

r/w

r/w

DataLenMin
r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Description of FelNFC1Reg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 6

FelSyncLen

Defines the length of the Sync bytes.

5 to 0

2

Value

Sync- bytes in hex

00

B2 4D

01

00 B2 4D

10

00 00 B2 4D

11

00 00 00 B2 4D

DataLenMin These bits define the minimum length of the accepted packet length:
DataLenMin * 4  data packet length
This parameter is ignored at 106 kbit if the bit DetectSync in register
ModeReg is set to logic 0. If a received data packet is shorter than the
defined DataLenMin value, the data packet will be ignored.

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9.2.2.12

FelNFC2Reg
Defines the maximum length of the received packet.
Table 68.

Access
Rights

FelNFC2Reg register (address1Bh); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

WaitForSelected

ShortTimeSlot

r/w

r/w

5

4

3

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

DataLenMax
r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 69.

Description of FelNFC2Reg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

WaitForSelected

Set to logic 1, the AutoColl command is only terminated
automatically when:
1. A valid command has been received after performing a valid
Select procedure according ISO/IEC 14443A.
2. A valid command has been received after performing a valid
Polling procedure according to the FeliCa specification.
Note: If this bit is set, no active communication is possible.
Note: Setting this bit reduces the host controller interaction in case
of a communication to another device in the same RF field during
Passive Communication mode.

6

ShortTimeSlot

Defines the time slot length for Passive Communication mode at
424 kbit. Set to logic 1 a short time slot is used (half of the timeslot
at 212 kbit). Set to logic 0 a long timeslot is used (equal to the
timeslot for 212 kbit).

5 to 0

DataLenMax

These bits define the maximum length of the accepted packet
length: DataLenMax * 4  data packet length
Note: If set to logic 0 the maximum data length is 256 bytes.
This parameter is ignored at 106 kbit if the bit DetectSync in
register ModeReg is set to logic 0. If a received packet is larger
than the defined DataLenMax value, the packet will be ignored.

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9.2.2.13

MifNFCReg
Defines ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE/NFC specific settings in target or Card Operating
mode.
Table 70.

MifNFCReg register (address 1Ch); reset value: 62h, 01100010b
7

6

5

SensMiller
Access
Rights

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4

3
TauMiller

r/w

r/w

r/w

2

1

MFHalted

0
TxWait

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 71.

Description of MifNFCReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 5

SensMiller

These bits define the sensitivity of the Miller decoder.

4 to 3

TauMiller

These bits define the time constant of the Miller decoder.

2

MFHalted

Set to logic 1, this bit indicates that the PN512 is set to HALT mode in
Card Operation mode at 106 kbit. This bit is either set by the host
controller or by the internal state machine and indicates that only the
code 52h is accepted as a request command. This bit is cleared
automatically by a RF reset.

1 to 0

TxWait

These bits define the additional response time for the target at 106 kbit
in Passive Communication mode and during the AutoColl command.
Per default 7 bits are added to the value of the register bit.

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9.2.2.14

ManualRCVReg
Allows manual fine tuning of the internal receiver.
Remark: For standard applications it is not recommended to change this register settings.
Table 72.

ManualRCVReg register (address 1Dh); reset value: 00h, 00000000b

Access
Rights

7

6

5

4

3

2

0

FastFilt
MF_SO

Delay
MF_SO

Parity
Disable

LargeBW
PLL

Manual
HPCF

RFU

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

1

0
HPFC

r/w

r/w

Table 73.

Description of ManualRCVReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

-

Reserved for future use.

6

FastFilt
MF_SO

If this bit is set to logic 1, the internal filter for the Miller-Delay Circuit is
set to Fast mode.
Note: This bit should only set to logic 1, if Millerpulses of less than
400 ns Pulse length are expected. At 106 kBaud the typical value is
3 us.

5

Delay MF_SO If this bit is set to logic 1, the Signal at SIGOUT-pin is delayed, so that
in SAM mode the Signal at SIGIN must be 128/fc faster compared to
the ISO/IEC 14443A, to reach the ISO/IEC 14443A restrictions on the
RF-Field.
Note: This delay shall only be activated for setting bits SigOutSel to
(1110b) or (1111b) in register TxSelReg.

4

Parity Disable

If this bit is set to logic 1, the generation of the Parity bit for
transmission and the Parity-Check for receiving is switched off. The
received Parity bit is handled like a data bit.

3

LargeBWPLL

Set to logic 1, the bandwidth of the internal PLL used for clock
recovery is extended.

2

ManualHPCF

Set to logic 0, the HPCF bits are ignored and the HPCF settings are
adapted automatically to the receiving mode. Set to logic 1, values of
HPCF are valid.

1 to 0

HPFC

Selects the High Pass Corner Frequency (HPCF) of the filter in the
internal receiver chain
00 For signals with frequency spectrum down to 106 kHz.
01 For signals with frequency spectrum down to 212 kHz.
10 For signals with frequency spectrum down to 424 kHz.
11 For signals with frequency spectrum down to 848 kHz

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9.2.2.15

TypeBReg
Table 74.

TypeBReg register (address 1Eh); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

5

4

RxSOF
Req

RxEOF
Req

0

EOFSO
FWidth

r/w

r/w

RFU

r/w

Access
Rights

3

2

NoTxSOF NoTxEOF
r/w

r/w

1

0
TxEGT

r/w

r/w

Table 75.

Description of TypeBReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

RxSOFReq

If this bit is set to logic 1, the SOF is required. A datastream starting
without SOF is ignored.
If this bit is cleared, a datastream with and without SOF is accepted.
The SOF will be removed and not written into the FIFO.

6

RxEOFReq

If this bit is set to logic 1, the EOF is required. A datastream ending
without EOF will generate a Protocol-Error. If this bit is cleared, a
datastream with and without EOF is accepted. The EOF will be
removed and not written into the FIFO.
For the behaviour in version 1.0, see Section 21 “Errata sheet” on
page 106.

5

-

Reserved for future use.

4

EOFSOFWidth If this bit is set to logic 1 and EOFSOFAdjust bit is logic 0, the SOF
and EOF will have the maximum length defined in ISO/IEC 14443B.
If this bit is cleared and EOFSOFAdjust bit is logic 0, the SOF and
EOF will have the minimum length defined in ISO/IEC 14443B.
If this bit is set to 1 and the EOFSOFadjust bit is logic 1 will result in
SOF low = (11etu  8 cycles)/fc
SOF high = (2 etu + 8 cycles)/fc
EOF low = (11 etu  8 cycles)/fc
If this bit is set to 0 and the EOFSOFAdjust bit is logic 1 will result in
an incorrect system behavior in respect to ISO specification.
For the behaviour in version 1.0, see Section 21 “Errata sheet” on
page 106.

3

NoTxSOF

If this bit is set to logic 1, the generation of the SOF is suppressed.

2

NoTxEOF

If this bit is set to logic 1, the generation of the EOF is suppressed.

1 to 0

TxEGT

These bits define the length of the EGT.
Value Description
00 0 bit
01 1 bit
10 2 bits
11 3 bits

9.2.2.16

SerialSpeedReg
Selects the speed of the serial UART interface.

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Table 76.

SerialSpeedReg register (address 1Fh); reset value: EBh, 11101011b
7

6

5

4

3

BR_T0
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1

0

r/w

r/w

BR_T1
r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 77.

Description of SerialSpeedReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 5

BR_T0

Factor BR_T0 to adjust the transfer speed, for description see Section
10.3.2 “Selectable UART transfer speeds”.

3 to 0

BR_T1

Factor BR_T1 to adjust the transfer speed, for description see Section
10.3.2 “Selectable UART transfer speeds”.

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9.2.3.1

PageReg
Selects the register page.
Table 78.

PageReg register (address 20h); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

UsePageSelect

0

0

0

0

0

PageSelect

r/w

RFU

RFU

RFU

RFU

RFU

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r/w

0
r/w

Table 79.

Description of PageReg bits

Bit

Symbol

7

UsePageSelect Set to logic 1, the value of PageSelect is used as register address A5
and A4. The LSB-bits of the register address are defined by the
address pins or the internal address latch, respectively.

Description

Set to logic 0, the whole content of the internal address latch defines
the register address. The address pins are used as described in
Section 10.1 “Automatic microcontroller interface detection”.

9.2.3.2

6 to 2

-

Reserved for future use.

1 to 0

PageSelect

The value of PageSelect is used only if UsePageSelect is set to
logic 1. In this case, it specifies the register page (which is A5 and
A4of the register address).

CRCResultReg
Shows the actual MSB and LSB values of the CRC calculation.
Note: The CRC is split into two 8-bit register.
Note: Setting the bit MSBFirst in ModeReg register reverses the bit order, the byte order is
not changed.
Table 80.

CRCResultReg register (address 21h); reset value: FFh, 11111111b
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

r

r

r

CRCResultMSB
Access Rights

r

r

r

r

r

Table 81.

Description of CRCResultReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

CRCResultMSB

This register shows the actual value of the most significant byte of
the CRCResultReg register. It is valid only if bit CRCReady in
register Status1Reg is set to logic 1.

Table 82.

CRCResultReg register (address 22h); reset value: FFh, 11111111b
7

6

5

r

r

r

4

3

2

1

0

r

r

r

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Table 83.

Description of CRCResultReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

CRCResultLSB

This register shows the actual value of the least significant byte of
the CRCResult register. It is valid only if bit CRCReady in register
Status1Reg is set to logic 1.

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9.2.3.3

GsNOffReg
Selects the conductance for the N-driver of the antenna driver pins TX1 and TX2 when the
driver is switched off.
Table 84.

GsNOffReg register (address 23h); reset value: 88h, 10001000b
7

6

5

4

3

CWGsNOff
Access
Rights

r/w

r/w

r/w

2

1

0

ModGsNOff
r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 85.

Description of GsNOffReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 4

CWGsNOff

The value of this register defines the conductance of the output
N-driver during times of no modulation.
Note: The conductance value is binary weighted.
Note: During soft Power-down mode the highest bit is forced to 1.
Note: The value of the register is only used if the driver is switched
off. Otherwise the bit value CWGsNOn of register GsNOnReg is
used.
Note: This value is used for LoadModulation.

3 to 0

ModGsNOff

The value of this register defines the conductance of the output
N-driver for the time of modulation. This may be used to regulate the
modulation index.
Note: The conductance value is binary weighted.
Note: During soft Power-down mode the highest bit is forced to 1.
Note: The value of the register is only used if the driver is switched
off. Otherwise the bit value ModGsNOn of register GsNOnReg is
used
Note: This value is used for LoadModulation.

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9.2.3.4

ModWidthReg
Controls the modulation width settings.
Table 86.

ModWidthReg register (address 24h); reset value: 26h, 00100110b
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

r/w

ModWidth
Access
Rights

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 87.

Description of ModWidthReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

ModWidth

These bits define the width of the Miller modulation as initiator in Active
and Passive Communication mode as multiples of the carrier
frequency (ModWidth + 1/fc). The maximum value is half the bit
period.
Acting as a target in Passive Communication mode at 106 kbit or in
Card Operating mode for ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE these bits are
used to change the duty cycle of the subcarrier frequency.
The resulting number of carrier periods are calculated according to the
following formulas:
LOW value: #clocksLOW = (ModWidth modulo 8) + 1.
HIGH value: #clocksHIGH = 16-#clocksLOW.

9.2.3.5

TxBitPhaseReg
Adjust the bitphase at 106 kbit during transmission.
Table 88.

TxBitPhaseReg register (address 25h); reset value: 87h, 10000111b
7

6

5

4

RcvClkChange
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2

1

0

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r/w

r/w

TxBitPhase
r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 89.

Description of TxBitPhaseReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

RcvClkChange

Set to logic 1, the demodulator’s clock is derived by the external RF
field.

6 to 0

TxBitPhase

These bits are representing the number of carrier frequency clock
cycles, which are added to the waiting period before transmitting
data in all communication modes. TXBitPhase is used to adjust the
TX bit synchronization during passive NFCIP-1 communication mode
at 106 kbit and in ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE card mode.

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RFCfgReg
Configures the receiver gain and RF level detector sensitivity.
Table 90.

RFCfgReg register (address 26h); reset value: 48h, 01001000b
7

6

5

RFLevelAmp
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2

RxGain
r/w

r/w

r/w

1

0

RFLevel
r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 91.

Description of RFCfgReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

RFLevelAmp

Set to logic 1, this bit activates the RF level detectors’ amplifier.

6 to 4

RxGain

This register defines the receivers signal voltage gain factor:

3 to 0

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Value

Description

000

18 dB

001

23 dB

010

18 dB

011

23 dB

100

33 dB

101

38 dB

110

43 dB

111

48 dB

Defines the sensitivity of the RF level detector, for description see
Section 12.3 “RF level detector”.

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GsNOnReg
Selects the conductance for the N-driver of the antenna driver pins TX1 and TX2 when the
driver is switched on.
Table 92.

GsNOnReg register (address 27h); reset value: 88h, 10001000b
7

6

5

4

3

2

CWGsNOn
Access
Rights

r/w

r/w

r/w

1

0

ModGsNOn
r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 93.

Description of GsNOnReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 4

CWGsNOn

The value of this register defines the conductance of the output
N-driver during times of no modulation. This may be used to regulate
the output power and subsequently current consumption and
operating distance.
Note: The conductance value is binary weighted.
Note: During soft Power-down mode the highest bit is forced to 1.
Note: This value is only used if the driver TX1 or TX2 are switched on.
Otherwise the value of the bits CWGsNOff of register GsNOffReg is
used.

3 to 0

ModGsNOn

The value of this register defines the conductance of the output
N-driver for the time of modulation. This may be used to regulate the
modulation index.
Note: The conductance value is binary weighted.
Note: During soft Power-down mode the highest bit is forced to 1.
Note: This value is only used if the driver TX1 or Tx2 are switched on.
Otherwise the value of the bits ModsNOff of register GsNOffReg is
used.

9.2.3.8

CWGsPReg
Defines the conductance of the P-driver during times of no modulation
Table 94.

CWGsPReg register (address 28h); reset value: 20h, 00100000b

Access
Rights

7

6

5

0

0

RFU

RFU

4

3

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

r/w

CWGsP
r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 95.

Description of CWGsPReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 6

-

Reserved for future use.

5 to 0

CWGsP

The value of this register defines the conductance of the output
P-driver. This may be used to regulate the output power and
subsequently current consumption and operating distance.
Note: The conductance value is binary weighted.
Note: During soft Power-down mode the highest bit is forced to 1.

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ModGsPReg
Defines the driver P-output conductance during modulation.
Table 96.

ModGsPReg register (address 29h); reset value: 20h, 00100000b

Access
Rights

7

6

5

0

0

RFU

RFU

4

3

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

r/w

ModGsP
r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 97.

Description of ModGsPReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 6

-

Reserved for future use.

5 to 0

ModGsP[1]

The value of this register defines the conductance of the output
P-driver for the time of modulation. This may be used to regulate the
modulation index.
Note: The conductance value is binary weighted.
Note: During soft Power-down mode the highest bit is forced to 1.

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If Force100ASK is set to logic 1, the value of ModGsP has no effect.

TMode Register, TPrescaler Register
Defines settings for the timer.
Note: The Prescaler value is split into two 8-bit registers
Table 98.

TModeReg register (address 2Ah); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

TAuto
Access
Rights

r/w

Table 99.

5
TGated

r/w

4

3

TAutoRestart

r/w

r/w

2

1

0

TPrescaler_Hi
r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Description of TModeReg bits

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

TAuto

Set to logic 1, the timer starts automatically at the end of the transmission
in all communication modes at all speeds or when bit InitialRFOn is set to
logic 1 and the RF field is switched on.
In mode MIFARE and ISO14443-B 106kbit/s the timer stops after the 5th
bit (1 startbit, 4 databits) if the bit RxMultiple in the register RxModeReg is
not set. In all other modes, the timer stops after the 4th bit if the bit
RxMultiple the register RxModeReg is not set.
If RxMultiple is set to logic 1, the timer never stops. In this case the timer
can be stopped by setting the bit TStopNow in register ControlReg to 1.
Set to logic 0 indicates, that the timer is not influenced by the protocol.

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Table 99.

Description of TModeReg bits …continued

Bit

Symbol

Description

6 to 5

TGated

The internal timer is running in gated mode.
Note: In the gated mode, the bit TRunning is 1 when the timer is enabled
by the register bits. This bit does not influence the gating signal.

4

TAutoRestart

Value

Description

00

Non gated mode

01

Gated by SIGIN

10

Gated by AUX1

11

Gated by A3

Set to logic 1, the timer automatically restart its count-down from
TReloadValue, instead of counting down to zero.
Set to logic 0 the timer decrements to ZERO and the bit TimerIRq is set
to logic 1.

3 to 0

TPrescaler_Hi Defines higher 4 bits for TPrescaler.
The following formula is used to calculate fTimer if TPrescalEven bit in
Demot Reg is set to logic 0:
fTimer = 13.56 MHz/(2*TPreScaler+1).
Where TPreScaler = [TPrescaler_Hi:TPrescaler_Lo] (TPrescaler value
on 12 bits) (Default TPrescalEven is logic 0)
The following formula is used to calculate fTimer if TPrescalEven bit in
Demot Reg is set to logic 1:
fTimer = 13.56 MHz/(2*TPreScaler+2).
For detailed description see Section 15 “Timer unit”. For the behaviour
within version 1.0, see Section 21 “Errata sheet” on page 106.

Table 100. TPrescalerReg register (address 2Bh); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

r/w

TPrescaler_Lo
Access
Rights

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 101. Description of TPrescalerReg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

TPrescaler_Lo Defines lower 8 bits for TPrescaler.
The following formula is used to calculate fTimer if TPrescalEven bit in
Demot Reg is set to logic 0:
fTimer = 13.56 MHz/(2*TPreScaler+1).
Where TPreScaler = [TPrescaler_Hi:TPrescaler_Lo] (TPrescaler value
on 12 bits)
The following formula is used to calculate fTimer if TPrescalEven bit in
Demot Reg is set to logic 1:
fTimer = 13.56 MHz/(2*TPreScaler+2).
Where TPreScaler = [TPrescaler_Hi:TPrescaler_Lo] (TPrescaler value
on 12 bits)
For detailed description see Section 15 “Timer unit”.

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TReloadReg
Describes the 16-bit long timer reload value.
Note: The Reload value is split into two 8-bit registers.
Table 102. TReloadReg (Higher bits) register (address 2Ch); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

r/w

TReloadVal_Hi
Access
Rights

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 103. Description of the higher TReloadReg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

TReloadVal_Hi

Defines the higher 8 bits for the TReloadReg.
With a start event the timer loads the TReloadVal. Changing this
register affects the timer only at the next start event.

Table 104. TReloadReg (Lower bits) register (address 2Dh); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

5

r/w

r/w

r/w

4

3

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

r/w

TReloadVal_Lo
Access
Rights

r/w

r/w

Table 105. Description of lower TReloadReg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

TReloadVal_Lo

Defines the lower 8 bits for the TReloadReg.
With a start event the timer loads the TReloadVal. Changing this
register affects the timer only at the next start event.

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TCounterValReg
Contains the current value of the timer.
Note: The Counter value is split into two 8-bit register.
Table 106. TCounterValReg (Higher bits) register (address 2Eh); reset value: XXh,
XXXXXXXXb
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

r

r

r

TCounterVal_Hi
Access
Rights

r

r

r

r

r

Table 107. Description of the higher TCounterValReg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

TCounterVal_Hi

Current value of the timer, higher 8 bits.

Table 108. TCounterValReg (Lower bits) register (address 2Fh); reset value: XXh,
XXXXXXXXb
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

r

r

r

TCounterVal_Lo
Access
Rights

r

r

r

r

r

Table 109. Description of lower TCounterValReg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

TCounterVal_Lo Current value of the timer, lower 8 bits.

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PageReg
Selects the register page.
Table 110. PageReg register (address 30h); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7
Access
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5

4

3

2

UsePageSelect

0

0

0

0

0

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RFU

RFU

RFU

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Table 111. Description of PageReg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7

UsePageSelect

Set to logic 1, the value of PageSelect is used as register address
A5 and A4. The LSB-bits of the register address are defined by the
address pins or the internal address latch, respectively.
Set to logic 0, the whole content of the internal address latch defines
the register address. The address pins are used as described in
Section 10.1 “Automatic microcontroller interface detection”.

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-

Reserved for future use.

1 to 0

PageSelect

The value of PageSelect is used only if UsePageSelect is set to
logic 1. In this case, it specifies the register page (which is A5 and
A4 of the register address).

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9.2.4.2

TestSel1Reg
General test signal configuration.
Table 112. TestSel1Reg register (address 31h); reset value: 00h, 00000000b

Access
Rights

7

6

5

-

-

r/w

r/w

4

3

SAMClockSel
r/w

2

SAMClkD1

r/w

1

0

TstBusBitSel

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 113. Description of TestSel1Reg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 6

-

Reserved for future use.

5 to 4

SAMClockSel

Defines the source for the 13.56 MHz SAM clock
Value

Description

00

GND- Sam Clock switched off

01

clock derived by the internal oscillator

10

internal UART clock

11

clock derived by the RF field

3

SAMClkD1

Set to logic 1, the SAM clock is delivered to D1.

2 to 0

TstBusBitSel

Select the TestBus bit from the testbus to be propagated to SIGOUT.

Note: Only possible if the 8bit parallel interface is not used.

9.2.4.3

TestSel2Reg
General test signal configuration and PRBS control
Table 114. TestSel2Reg register (address 32h); reset value: 00h, 00000000b

Access
Rights

7

6

5

TstBusFlip

PRBS9

PRBS15

r/w

r/w

r/w

4

3

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

TestBusSel
r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 115. Description of TestSel2Reg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7

TstBusFlip

If set to logic 1, the testbus is mapped to the parallel port by the
following order:
D4, D3, D2, D6, D5, D0, D1. See Section 20 “Testsignals”.

6

PRBS9

Starts and enables the PRBS9 sequence according ITU-TO150.
Note: All relevant registers to transmit data have to be configured
before entering PRBS9 mode.
Note: The data transmission of the defined sequence is started by the
send command.

5

PRBS15

Starts and enables the PRBS15 sequence according ITU-TO150.
Note: All relevant registers to transmit data have to be configured
before entering PRBS15 mode.
Note: The data transmission of the defined sequence is started by the
send command.

4 to 0
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TestBusSel

Selects the testbus. See Section 20 “Testsignals”

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9.2.4.4

TestPinEnReg
Enables the pin output driver on the 8-bit parallel bus.
Table 116. TestPinEnReg register (address 33h); reset value: 80h, 10000000b
7

6

5

4

3

RS232LineEn
Access
Rights

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

r/w

TestPinEn

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 117. Description of TestPinEnReg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7

RS232LineEn

Set to logic 0, the lines MX and DTRQ for the serial UART are
disabled.

6 to 0

TestPinEn

Enables the pin output driver on the 8-bit parallel interface.
Example:
Setting bit 0 to 1 enables D0
Setting bit 5 to 1 enables D5
Note: Only valid if one of serial interfaces is used.
If the SPI interface is used only D0 to D4 can be used. If the serial
UART interface is used and RS232LineEn is set to logic 1 only D0 to
D4 can be used.

9.2.4.5

TestPinValueReg
Defines the values for the 7-bit parallel port when it is used as I/O.
Table 118. TestPinValueReg register (address 34h); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

5

4

UseIO
Access
Rights

3

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

r/w

TestPinValue

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 119. Description of TestPinValueReg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7

UseIO

Set to logic 1, this bit enables the I/O functionality for the 7-bit parallel
port in case one of the serial interfaces is used. The input/output
behavior is defined by TestPinEn in register TestPinEnReg. The value
for the output behavior is defined in the bits TestPinVal.

6 to 0

TestPinValue

Defines the value of the 7-bit parallel port, when it is used as I/O. Each
output has to be enabled by the TestPinEn bits in register
TestPinEnReg.

Note: If SAMClkD1 is set to logic 1, D1 can not be used as I/O.

Note: Reading the register indicates the actual status of the pins D6 D0 if UseIO is set to logic 1. If UseIO is set to logic 0, the value of the
register TestPinValueReg is read back.

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TestBusReg
Shows the status of the internal testbus.
Table 120. TestBusReg register (address 35h); reset value: XXh, XXXXXXXXb
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

r

r

r

r

TestBus
Access Rights

r

r

r

r

Table 121. Description of TestBusReg bits

9.2.4.7

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

TestBus

Shows the status of the internal testbus. The testbus is selected by the
register TestSel2Reg. See Section 20 “Testsignals”.

AutoTestReg
Controls the digital selftest.
Table 122. AutoTestReg register (address 36h); reset value: 40h, 01000000b

Access Rights

7

6

5

4

0

AmpRcv

EOFSO
FAdjust

-

RFT

r/w

RFU

RFU

3

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

SelfTest
r/w

r/w

Table 123. Description of bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7

-

Reserved for production tests.

6

AmpRcv

If set to logic 1, the internal signal processing in the receiver chain is
performed non-linear. This increases the operating distance in
communication modes at 106 kbit.
Note: Due to the non linearity the effect of the bits MinLevel and
CollLevel in the register RxThreshholdReg are as well non linear.

5

EOFSOFAdjust If set to logic 0 and the EOFSOFwidth is set to 1 will result in the
Maximum length of SOF and EOF according to ISO/IEC14443B
If set to logic 0 and the EOFSOFwidth is set to 0 will result in the
Minimum length of SOF and EOF according to ISO/IEC14443B
If this bit is set to 1 and the EOFSOFwidth bit is logic 1 will result in
SOF low = (11 etu  8 cycles)/fc
SOF high = (2 etu + 8 cycles)/fc
EOF low = (11 etu  8 cycles)/fc
For the behaviour in version 1.0, see Section 21 “Errata sheet” on
page 106.

4

-

Reserved for future use.

3 to 0

SelfTest

Enables the digital self test. The selftest can be started by the selftest
command in the command register. The selftest is enabled by 1001.
Note: For default operation the selftest has to be disabled by 0000.

9.2.4.8

VersionReg
Shows the version.

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Table 124. VersionReg register (address 37h); reset value: XXh, XXXXXXXXb
7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

r

r

r

r

Version
Access Rights

r

r

r

r

Table 125. Description of VersionReg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

Version

80h indicates PN512 version 1.0, differences to version 2.0 are
described within Section 21 “Errata sheet” on page 106.
82h indicates PN512 version 2.0, which covers also the industrial
version.

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AnalogTestReg
Controls the pins AUX1 and AUX2

Table 126. AnalogTestReg register (address 38h); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7

6

5

4

3

AnalogSelAux1
Access Rights

r/w

r/w

r/w

2

1

0

AnalogSelAux2
r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 127. Description of AnalogTestReg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 4

AnalogSelAux1 Controls the AUX pin.

3 to 0

AnalogSelAux2 Note: All test signals are described in Section 20 “Testsignals”.
Value

Description

0000

Tristate

0001

Output of TestDAC1 (AUX1), output of TESTDAC2 (AUX2)
Note: Current output. The use of 1 k pull-down resistor on AUX is recommended.

0010

Testsignal Corr1
Note: Current output. The use of 1 k pull-down resistor on AUX is recommended.

0011

Testsignal Corr2
Note: Current output. The use of 1 k pull-down resistor on AUX is recommended.

0100

Testsignal MinLevel
Note: Current output. The use of 1 k pull-down resistor on AUX is recommended.

0101

Testsignal ADC channel I
Note: Current output. The use of 1 k pull-down resistor on AUX is recommended.

0110

Testsignal ADC channel Q

0111

Testsignal ADC channel I combined with Q

Note: Current output. The use of 1 k pull-down resistor on AUX is recommended.
Note: Current output. The use of 1 k pull-down resistor on AUX is recommended.
1000

Testsignal for production test
Note: Current output. The use of 1 k pull-down resistor on AUX is recommended.

1001

SAM clock (13.56 MHz)

1010

HIGH

1011

LOW

1100

TxActive
At 106 kbit: HIGH during Startbit, Data bit, Parity and CRC. At 212 and 424 kbit: High
during Preamble, Sync, Data and CRC.

1101

RxActive
At 106 kbit: High during databit, Parity and CRC.
At 212 and 424 kbit: High during data and CRC.

1110

Subcarrier detected
106 kbit: not applicable
212 and 424 kbit: High during last part of Preamble, Sync data and CRC

1111

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9.2.4.10

TestDAC1Reg
Defines the testvalues for TestDAC1.
Table 128. TestDAC1Reg register (address 39h); reset value: XXh, 00XXXXXXb

Access
Rights

7

6

5

0

0

RFT

RFU

4

3

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

TestDAC1
r/w

r/w

r/w

r/w

Table 129. Description of TestDAC1Reg bits

9.2.4.11

Bit

Symbol

Description

7

-

Reserved for production tests.

6

-

Reserved for future use.

5 to 0

TestDAC1

Defines the testvalue for TestDAC1. The output of the DAC1 can be
switched to AUX1 by setting AnalogSelAux1 to 0001 in register
AnalogTestReg.

TestDAC2Reg
Defines the testvalue for TestDAC2.
Table 130. TestDAC2Reg register (address 3Ah); reset value: XXh, 00XXXXXXb
7
Access
Rights

6

0

0

RFU

RFU

5

4

3

r/w

r/w

r/w

2

1

0

r/w

r/w

TestDAC2
r/w

Table 131. Description ofTestDAC2Reg bits

9.2.4.12

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 6

-

Reserved for future use.

5 to 0

TestDAC2

Defines the testvalue for TestDAC2. The output of the DAC2 can be
switched to AUX2 by setting AnalogSelAux2 to 0001 in register
AnalogTestReg.

TestADCReg
Shows the actual value of ADC I and Q channel.
Table 132. TestADCReg register (address 3Bh); reset value: XXh, XXXXXXXXb
7

6

5

4

3

2

ADC_I

1

0

ADC_Q

Access
Rights
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Symbol

Description

7 to 4

ADC_I

Shows the actual value of ADC I channel.

3 to 0

ADC_Q

Shows the actual value of ADC Q channel.

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RFTReg
Table 134. RFTReg register (address 3Ch); reset value: FFh, 11111111b
7
Access
Rights

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

Table 135. Description of RFTReg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

-

Reserved for production tests.

Table 136. RFTReg register (address 3Dh, 3Fh); reset value: 00h, 00000000b
7
Access
Rights

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

1

0

Table 137. Description of RFTReg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

-

Reserved for production tests.

Table 138. RFTReg register (address 3Eh); reset value: 03h, 00000011b
7
Access
Rights

6

5

4

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

RFT

Table 139. Description of RFTReg bits
Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

-

Reserved for production tests.

10. Digital interfaces
10.1 Automatic microcontroller interface detection
The PN512 supports direct interfacing of hosts using SPI, I2C-bus or serial UART
interfaces. The PN512 resets its interface and checks the current host interface type
automatically after performing a power-on or hard reset. The PN512 identifies the host
interface by sensing the logic levels on the control pins after the reset phase. This is done
using a combination of fixed pin connections. Table 140 shows the different connection
configurations.

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Table 140. Connection protocol for detecting different interface types
Pin

Interface type
UART (input)

I2C-bus (I/O)

SPI (output)

SDA

RX

NSS

SDA

I2C

0

0

1

EA

0

1

EA

D7

TX

MISO

SCL

D6

MX

MOSI

ADR_0

D5

DTRQ

SCK

ADR_1

D4

-

-

ADR_2

D3

-

-

ADR_3

D2

-

-

ADR_4

D1

-

-

ADR_5

Table 141. Connection scheme for detecting the different interface types
PN512

Parallel Interface Type

Serial Interface Types

Separated Read/Write Strobe

Common Read/Write Strobe

Dedicated
Address Bus

Multiplexed
Address Bus

Dedicated
Address Bus

Multiplexed
Address Bus

ALE

1

ALE

1

AS

RX

NSS

SDA

A5[1]

A5

0

A5

0

0

0

0

A4[1]

A4

0

A4

0

0

0

0

A3[2]

A3

0

A3

0

0

0

0

A2[2]

A2

1

A2

1

0

0

0

A1

A1

1

A1

1

0

0

1

Pin

UART

SPI

I2C

A0

A0

1

A0

0

0

1

EA

NRD[2]

NRD

NRD

NDS

NDS

1

1

1

NWR[2]

NWR

NWR

RD/NWR

RD/NWR

1

1

1

NCS[2]

NCS

NCS

NCS

NCS

NCS

NCS

NCS

D7

D7

D7

D7

D7

TX

MISO

SCL

D6

D6

D6

D6

D6

MX

MOSI

ADR_0

D5

D5

AD5

D5

AD5

DTRQ

SCK

ADR_1

D4

D4

AD4

D4

AD4

-

-

ADR_2

D3

D3

AD3

D3

AD3

-

-

ADR_3

D2

D2

AD2

D2

AD2

-

-

ADR_4

D1

D1

AD1

D1

AD1

-

-

ADR_5

D0

D0

AD0

D0

AD0

-

-

ADR_6

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10.2 Serial Peripheral Interface
A serial peripheral interface (SPI compatible) is supported to enable high-speed
communication to the host. The interface can handle data speeds up to 10 Mbit/s. When
communicating with a host, the PN512 acts as a slave, receiving data from the external
host for register settings, sending and receiving data relevant for RF interface
communication.
An interface compatible with SPI enables high-speed serial communication between the
PN512 and a microcontroller. The implemented interface is in accordance with the SPI
standard.
The timing specification is given in Section 26.1 on page 113.

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SCK

SCK

MOSI

MOSI

MISO

MISO

NSS

NSS
001aan220

Fig 12. SPI connection to host

The PN512 acts as a slave during SPI communication. The SPI clock signal SCK must be
generated by the master. Data communication from the master to the slave uses the
MOSI line. The MISO line is used to send data from the PN512 to the master.
Data bytes on both MOSI and MISO lines are sent with the MSB first. Data on both MOSI
and MISO lines must be stable on the rising edge of the clock and can be changed on the
falling edge. Data is provided by the PN512 on the falling clock edge and is stable during
the rising clock edge.

10.2.1 SPI read data
Reading data using SPI requires the byte order shown in Table 142 to be used. It is
possible to read out up to n-data bytes.
The first byte sent defines both the mode and the address.
Table 142. MOSI and MISO byte order
Line

Byte 0

Byte 1

Byte 2

To

Byte n

Byte n + 1

MOSI

address 0

address 1

address 2

...

address n

00

MISO

X[1]

data 0

data 1

...

data n  1

data n

[1]

X = Do not care.

Remark: The MSB must be sent first.

10.2.2 SPI write data
To write data to the PN512 using SPI requires the byte order shown in Table 143. It is
possible to write up to n data bytes by only sending one address byte.
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The first send byte defines both the mode and the address byte.
Table 143. MOSI and MISO byte order
Line

Byte 0

Byte 1

Byte 2

MOSI

address 0

data 0

MISO

X[1]

X[1]

[1]

To

Byte n

Byte n + 1

data 1

...

data n  1

data n

X[1]

...

X[1]

X[1]

X = Do not care.

Remark: The MSB must be sent first.

10.2.3 SPI address byte
The address byte has to meet the following format.
The MSB of the first byte defines the mode used. To read data from the PN512 the MSB is
set to logic 1. To write data to the PN512 the MSB must be set to logic 0. Bits 6 to 1 define
the address and the LSB is set to logic 0.
Table 144. Address byte 0 register; address MOSI
7 (MSB)

6

5

1 = read
0 = write

address

4

3

2

1

0 (LSB)
0

10.3 UART interface
10.3.1 Connection to a host

PN512
RX
TX

DTRQ
MX

RX
TX

DTRQ
MX
001aan221

Fig 13. UART connection to microcontrollers

Remark: Signals DTRQ and MX can be disabled by clearing TestPinEnReg register’s
RS232LineEn bit.

10.3.2 Selectable UART transfer speeds
The internal UART interface is compatible with an RS232 serial interface.
The default transfer speed is 9.6 kBd. To change the transfer speed, the host controller
must write a value for the new transfer speed to the SerialSpeedReg register. Bits
BR_T0[2:0] and BR_T1[4:0] define the factors for setting the transfer speed in the
SerialSpeedReg register.
The BR_T0[2:0] and BR_T1[4:0] settings are described in Table 9. Examples of different
transfer speeds and the relevant register settings are given in Table 10.
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Table 145. BR_T0 and BR_T1 settings
BR_Tn

Bit 0

Bit 1

Bit 2

Bit 3

Bit 4

Bit 5

Bit 6

Bit 7

BR_T0 factor

1

1

2

4

8

16

32

64

BR_T1 range

1 to 32 33 to 64 33 to 64 33 to 64 33 to 64 33 to 64 33 to 64 33 to 64

Table 146. Selectable UART transfer speeds
Transfer speed (kBd)

SerialSpeedReg value

Transfer speed accuracy (%)[1]

Decimal

Hexadecimal

7.2

250

FAh

0.25

9.6

235

EBh

0.32

14.4

218

DAh

0.25

19.2

203

CBh

0.32

38.4

171

ABh

0.32

57.6

154

9Ah

0.25

115.2

122

7Ah

0.25

128

116

74h

0.06

230.4

90

5Ah

0.25

460.8

58

3Ah

0.25

921.6

28

1Ch

1.45

1228.8

21

15h

0.32

[1]

The resulting transfer speed error is less than 1.5 % for all described transfer speeds.

The selectable transfer speeds shown in Table 10 are calculated according to the
following equations:
If BR_T0[2:0] = 0:
6

27.12  10
transfer speed = ------------------------------- BR_T0 + 1 

(1)

If BR_T0[2:0] > 0:


 27.12  10 6 
transfer speed =  -----------------------------------
BR_T1 + 33 
 --------------------------------- 2  BR_T0 – 1  

(2)

Remark: Transfer speeds above 1228.8 kBd are not supported.

10.3.3 UART framing
Table 147. UART framing

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Value

Start

1-bit

0

Data

8 bits

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Stop

1-bit

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Remark: The LSB for data and address bytes must be sent first. No parity bit is used
during transmission.
Read data: To read data using the UART interface, the flow shown in Table 148 must be
used. The first byte sent defines both the mode and the address.
Table 148. Read data byte order
Pin

Byte 0

Byte 1

RX (pin 24)

address

-

TX (pin 31)

-

data 0

ADDRESS
RX
SA

A0

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

(1)

R/W

SO

DATA
TX
SA

D0

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D7

SO

MX

DTRQ
001aak588

(1) Reserved.

Fig 14. UART read data timing diagram

Write data: To write data to the PN512 using the UART interface, the structure shown in
Table 149 must be used.
The first byte sent defines both the mode and the address.
Table 149. Write data byte order

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TX (pin 31)

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RX
SA

A0

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

(1)

R/W SO

SA

D0

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D7

SO

ADDRESS
TX
SA

A0

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

(1)

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Fig 15. UART write data timing diagram

Remark: The data byte can be sent directly after the address byte on pin RX.
Address byte: The address byte has to meet the following format:

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The MSB of the first byte sets the mode used. To read data from the PN512, the MSB is
set to logic 1. To write data to the PN512 the MSB is set to logic 0. Bit 6 is reserved for
future use, and bits 5 to 0 define the address; see Table 150.
Table 150. Address byte 0 register; address MOSI
7 (MSB)

6

5

1 = read
0 = write

reserved

address

4

3

2

1

0 (LSB)

10.4 I2C Bus Interface
An I2C-bus (Inter-IC) interface is supported to enable a low-cost, low pin count serial bus
interface to the host. The I2C-bus interface is implemented according to
NXP Semiconductors’ I2C-bus interface specification, rev. 2.1, January 2000. The
interface can only act in Slave mode. Therefore the PN512 does not implement clock
generation or access arbitration.

PULL-UP
NETWORK

PULL-UP
NETWORK

PN512
SDA
SCL

MICROCONTROLLER

I2C
CONFIGURATION
WIRING

EA
ADR_[5:0]
001aan222

Fig 16. I2C-bus interface

The PN512 can act either as a slave receiver or slave transmitter in Standard mode, Fast
mode and High-speed mode.
SDA is a bidirectional line connected to a positive supply voltage using a current source or
a pull-up resistor. Both SDA and SCL lines are set HIGH when data is not transmitted. The
PN512 has a 3-state output stage to perform the wired-AND function. Data on the I2C-bus
can be transferred at data rates of up to 100 kBd in Standard mode, up to 400 kBd in Fast
mode or up to 3.4 Mbit/s in High-speed mode.
If the I2C-bus interface is selected, spike suppression is activated on lines SCL and SDA
as defined in the I2C-bus interface specification.
See Table 170 on page 114 for timing requirements.

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10.4.1 Data validity
Data on the SDA line must be stable during the HIGH clock period. The HIGH or LOW
state of the data line must only change when the clock signal on SCL is LOW.

SDA

SCL
data line
stable;
data valid

change
of data
allowed

mbc621

Fig 17. Bit transfer on the I2C-bus

10.4.2 START and STOP conditions
To manage the data transfer on the I2C-bus, unique START (S) and STOP (P) conditions
are defined.

• A START condition is defined with a HIGH-to-LOW transition on the SDA line while
SCL is HIGH.

• A STOP condition is defined with a LOW-to-HIGH transition on the SDA line while
SCL is HIGH.
The I2C-bus master always generates the START and STOP conditions. The bus is busy
after the START condition. The bus is free again a certain time after the STOP condition.
The bus stays busy if a repeated START (Sr) is generated instead of a STOP condition.
The START (S) and repeated START (Sr) conditions are functionally identical. Therefore,
S is used as a generic term to represent both the START (S) and repeated START (Sr)
conditions.

SDA

SDA

SCL

SCL
S

P

START condition

STOP condition

mbc622

Fig 18. START and STOP conditions

10.4.3 Byte format
Each byte must be followed by an acknowledge bit. Data is transferred with the MSB first;
see Figure 21. The number of transmitted bytes during one data transfer is unrestricted
but must meet the read/write cycle format.

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10.4.4 Acknowledge
An acknowledge must be sent at the end of one data byte. The acknowledge-related clock
pulse is generated by the master. The transmitter of data, either master or slave, releases
the SDA line (HIGH) during the acknowledge clock pulse. The receiver pulls down the
SDA line during the acknowledge clock pulse so that it remains stable LOW during the
HIGH period of this clock pulse.
The master can then generate either a STOP (P) condition to stop the transfer or a
repeated START (Sr) condition to start a new transfer.
A master-receiver indicates the end of data to the slave-transmitter by not generating an
acknowledge on the last byte that was clocked out by the slave. The slave-transmitter
releases the data line to allow the master to generate a STOP (P) or repeated START (Sr)
condition.

data output
by transmitter
not acknowledge
data output
by receiver
acknowledge
SCL from
master

1

2

8

9

S
clock pulse for
acknowledgement

START
condition

mbc602

Fig 19. Acknowledge on the I2C-bus

P
SDA
acknowledgement
signal from slave

MSB

acknowledgement
signal from receiver

Sr

byte complete,
interrupt within slave
clock line held LOW while
interrupts are serviced
SCL

S
or
Sr

1

2

7

8

9

1

2

ACK

3-8

9
ACK

Sr
or
P
STOP or
repeated START
condition

START or
repeated START
condition

msc608

Fig 20. Data transfer on the I2C-bus

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10.4.5 7-Bit addressing
During the I2C-bus address procedure, the first byte after the START condition is used to
determine which slave will be selected by the master.
Several address numbers are reserved. During device configuration, the designer must
ensure that collisions with these reserved addresses cannot occur. Check the I2C-bus
specification for a complete list of reserved addresses.
The I2C-bus address specification is dependent on the definition of pin EA. Immediately
after releasing pin NRSTPD or after a power-on reset, the device defines the I2C-bus
address according to pin EA.
If pin EA is set LOW, the upper 4 bits of the device bus address are reserved by
NXP Semiconductors and set to 0101b for all PN512 devices. The remaining 3 bits
(ADR_0, ADR_1, ADR_2) of the slave address can be freely configured by the customer
to prevent collisions with other I2C-bus devices.
If pin EA is set HIGH, ADR_0 to ADR_5 can be completely specified at the external pins
according to Table 140 on page 66. ADR_6 is always set to logic 0.
In both modes, the external address coding is latched immediately after releasing the
reset condition. Further changes at the used pins are not taken into consideration.
Depending on the external wiring, the I2C-bus address pins can be used for test signal
outputs.

MSB

bit 6

LSB

bit 5

bit 4

bit 3

bit 2

slave address

bit 1

bit 0

R/W

001aak591

Fig 21. First byte following the START procedure

10.4.6 Register write access
To write data from the host controller using the I2C-bus to a specific register in the PN512
the following frame format must be used.

• The first byte of a frame indicates the device address according to the I2C-bus rules.
• The second byte indicates the register address followed by up to n-data bytes.
In one frame all data bytes are written to the same register address. This enables fast
FIFO buffer access. The Read/Write (R/W) bit is set to logic 0.

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10.4.7 Register read access
To read out data from a specific register address in the PN512, the host controller must
use the following procedure:

• Firstly, a write access to the specific register address must be performed as indicated
in the frame that follows

• The first byte of a frame indicates the device address according to the I2C-bus rules
• The second byte indicates the register address. No data bytes are added
• The Read/Write bit is 0
After the write access, read access can start. The host sends the device address of the
PN512. In response, the PN512 sends the content of the read access register. In one
frame all data bytes can be read from the same register address. This enables fast FIFO
buffer access or register polling.
The Read/Write (R/W) bit is set to logic 1.

write cycle
I2C-BUS
S

SLAVE ADDRESS
[A7:A0]

0
(W)

A

0

JOINER REGISTER
ADDRESS [A5:A0]

0

[0:n]

A

DATA
[7:0]

A

P

read cycle

S

I2C-BUS
SLAVE ADDRESS
[A7:A0]

0
(W)

A

0

JOINER REGISTER
ADDRESS [A5:A0]

0

A

P

optional, if the previous access was on the same register address
[0:n]

S

I2C-BUS
SLAVE ADDRESS
[A7:A0]

1
(R)

A

[0:n]

DATA
[7:0]

A

DATA
[7:0]

A

P

sent by master

sent by slave

S

start condition

A

not acknowledge

P

stop condition

W

write cycle

A

acknowledge

R

read cycle
001aak592

Fig 22. Register read and write access

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10.4.8 High-speed mode
In High-speed mode (HS mode), the device can transfer information at data rates of up to
3.4 Mbit/s, while remaining fully downward-compatible with Fast or Standard mode
(F/S mode) for bidirectional communication in a mixed-speed bus system.

10.4.9 High-speed transfer
To achieve data rates of up to 3.4 Mbit/s the following improvements have been made to
I2C-bus operation.

• The inputs of the device in HS mode incorporate spike suppression, a Schmitt trigger
on the SDA and SCL inputs and different timing constants when compared to
F/S mode

• The output buffers of the device in HS mode incorporate slope control of the falling
edges of the SDA and SCL signals with different fall times compared to F/S mode

10.4.10 Serial data transfer format in HS mode
The HS mode serial data transfer format meets the Standard mode I2C-bus specification.
HS mode can only start after all of the following conditions (all of which are in F/S mode):
1. START condition (S)
2. 8-bit master code (00001XXXb)
3. Not-acknowledge bit (A)
When HS mode starts, the active master sends a repeated START condition (Sr) followed
by a 7-bit slave address with a R/W bit address and receives an acknowledge bit (A) from
the selected PN512.
Data transfer continues in HS mode after the next repeated START (Sr), only switching
back to F/S mode after a STOP condition (P). To reduce the overhead of the master code,
a master links a number of HS mode transfers, separated by repeated START conditions
(Sr).

HS mode (current-source for SCL HIGH enabled)

F/S mode

S

MASTER CODE

A

Sr SLAVE ADDRESS R/W

A

DATA

F/S mode

A/A

P

(n-bytes + A)
HS mode continues

Sr

SLAVE ADDRESS
001aak749

Fig 23. I2C-bus HS mode protocol switch

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A

8-bit master code 0000 1xxx

S

t1
tH

SDA high

SCL high

1

2 to 5

6

7

8

9

F/S mode

R/W

7-bit SLA

Sr

n + (8-bit data

A

+

A/A)

Sr P

SDA high

SCL high

1

2 to 5

6

7

8

9

1

2 to 5

6

7

8

9
If P then
F/S mode

HS mode

If Sr (dotted lines)
then HS mode
tH

tFS

= Master current source pull-up
msc618

= Resistor pull-up

Fig 24. I2C-bus HS mode protocol frame

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10.4.11 Switching between F/S mode and HS mode
After reset and initialization, the PN512 is in Fast mode (which is in effect F/S mode as
Fast mode is downward-compatible with Standard mode). The connected PN512
recognizes the “S 00001XXX A” sequence and switches its internal circuitry from the Fast
mode setting to the HS mode setting.
The following actions are taken:
1. Adapt the SDA and SCL input filters according to the spike suppression requirement
in HS mode.
2. Adapt the slope control of the SDA output stages.
It is possible for system configurations that do not have other I2C-bus devices involved in
the communication to switch to HS mode permanently. This is implemented by setting
Status2Reg register’s I2CForceHS bit to logic 1. In permanent HS mode, the master code
is not required to be sent. This is not defined in the specification and must only be used
when no other devices are connected on the bus. In addition, spikes on the I2C-bus lines
must be avoided because of the reduced spike suppression.

10.4.12 PN512 at lower speed modes
PN512 is fully downward-compatible and can be connected to an F/S mode I2C-bus
system. The device stays in F/S mode and communicates at F/S mode speeds because a
master code is not transmitted in this configuration.

11. 8-bit parallel interface
The PN512 supports two different types of 8-bit parallel interfaces, Intel and Motorola
compatible modes.

11.1 Overview of supported host controller interfaces
The PN512 supports direct interfacing to various -Controllers. The following table shows
the parallel interface types supported by the PN512.
Table 151. Supported interface types
Supported interface types

Bus

Separated Address and
Data Bus

Multiplexed Address
and Data Bus

Separated Read and Write
Strobes (INTEL compatible)

control

NRD, NWR, NCS

NRD, NWR, NCS, ALE

address

A0 … A3 [..A5*]

AD0 … AD7

data
Multiplexed Read and Write control
Strobe (Motorola compatible) address
data

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D0 … D7

AD0 … AD7

R/NW, NDS, NCS

R/NW, NDS, NCS, AS

A0 … A3 [..A5*]

AD0 … AD7

D0 … D7

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11.2 Separated Read/Write strobe
non multiplexed
address

ADDRESS
DECODER

low

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address bus

NCS

PN512

ADDRESS
DECODER

NCS

A5*

low

address bus (A0...A3[A5*])

A4*

low

A0...A3[A5*]

A3

high

A2

high

data bus (D0...D7)

A1

high

D0...D7

A0

multiplexed address/data AD0...AD7)
D0...D7
address latch enable (ALE)
not read strobe (NRD)

ALE

not data strobe (NRD)

ALE

NRD

not write (NWR)

NRD

not write (NWR)

high

NWR

NWR

remark: *depending on the package type.

001aan223

Fig 25. Connection to host controller with separated Read/Write strobes

For timing requirements refer to Section 26.2 “8-bit parallel interface timing”.

11.3 Common Read/Write strobe
non multiplexed
address

ADDRESS
DECODER

low

PN512

address bus

NCS

ADDRESS
DECODER

PN512
NCS

A5*

low

A4*

low

address bus (A0...A3[A5*])
A0...A3[A5*]

A3

high

A2

high

A1

low

Data bus (D0...D7)
D0...D7

A0

multiplexed address/data AD0...AD7)
D0...D7
address strobe (AS)
not data strobe (NDS)
read not write (RD/NWR)

ALE
NRD

high
not data strobe (NDS)
read not write (RD/NWR)

ALE
NRD
NWR

NWR

remark: *depending on the package type.

001aan224

Fig 26. Connection to host controller with common Read/Write strobes

For timing requirements refer to Section 26.2 “8-bit parallel interface timing”

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12. Analog interface and contactless UART
12.1 General
The integrated contactless UART supports the external host online with framing and error
checking of the protocol requirements up to 848 kBd. An external circuit can be connected
to the communication interface pins MFIN and MFOUT to modulate and demodulate the
data.
The contactless UART handles the protocol requirements for the communication
protocols in cooperation with the host. Protocol handling generates bit and byte-oriented
framing. In addition, it handles error detection such as parity and CRC, based on the
various supported contactless communication protocols.
Remark: The size and tuning of the antenna and the power supply voltage have an
important impact on the achievable operating distance.

12.2 TX driver
The signal on pins TX1 and TX2 is the 13.56 MHz energy carrier modulated by an
envelope signal. It can be used to drive an antenna directly using a few passive
components for matching and filtering; see Section 15 on page 93. The signal on pins TX1
and TX2 can be configured using the TxControlReg register; see Section 9.2.2.5 on
page 37.
The modulation index can be set by adjusting the impedance of the drivers. The
impedance of the p-driver can be configured using registers CWGsPReg and
ModGsPReg. The impedance of the n-driver can be configured using the GsNReg
register. The modulation index also depends on the antenna design and tuning.
The TxModeReg and TxSelReg registers control the data rate and framing during
transmission and the antenna driver setting to support the different requirements at the
different modes and transfer speeds.
Table 152. Register and bit settings controlling the signal on pin TX1
Bit
Bit
Bit
Tx1RFEn Force
InvTx1RFOn
100ASK

Bit
Envelope Pin
InvTx1RFOff
TX1

GSPMos

GSNMos

Remarks

0

X[1]

X[1]

X[1]

X[1]

X[1]

X[1]

X[1]

not specified if RF is
switched off

1

0

0

X[1]

0

RF

pMod

nMod

1

RF

pCW

nCW

0

1

X[1]

0

RF

pMod

nMod

100 % ASK: pin TX1
pulled to logic 0,
independent of the
InvTx1RFOff bit

1

1

X[1]

[1]

1

RF

pCW

nCW

0

0

pMod

nMod

1

RF_n pCW

nCW

X = Do not care.

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Table 153. Register and bit settings controlling the signal on pin TX2
Bit
Tx1RFEn

Bit
Bit
Force
Tx2CW
100ASK

Bit
Bit
Envelope Pin
InvTx2RFOn InvTx2RFOff
TX2

GSPMos GSNMos Remarks

0

X[1]

X[1]

X[1]

X[1]

X[1]

X[1]

X[1]

X[1]

not specified if
RF is switched
off

1

0

0

0

X[1]

0

RF

pMod

nMod

-

1

RF

pCW

nCW

0

RF_n

pMod

nMod

pCW

nCW

1

1

0

1

[1]

1

X[1]

1

RF_n

0

X[1]

X[1]

RF

pCW

nCW

1

X[1]

X[1]

RF_n

pCW

nCW

0

X[1]

0

0

pMod

nMod

1

X[1]

0

X[1]

1

X[1]

1

RF

pCW

nCW

0

0

pMod

nMod

1

RF_n

pCW

nCW

X[1]

RF

pCW

nCW

X[1]

RF_n

pCW

nCW

conductance
always CW for
the Tx2CW bit
100 % ASK: pin
TX2 pulled
to logic 0
(independent of
the
InvTx2RFOn/Inv
Tx2RFOff bits)

X = Do not care.

The following abbreviations have been used in Table 152 and Table 153:

•
•
•
•
•

RF: 13.56 MHz clock derived from 27.12 MHz quartz crystal oscillator divided by 2
RF_n: inverted 13.56 MHz clock
GSPMos: conductance, configuration of the PMOS array
GSNMos: conductance, configuration of the NMOS array
pCW: PMOS conductance value for continuous wave defined by the CWGsPReg
register

• pMod: PMOS conductance value for modulation defined by the ModGsPReg register
• nCW: NMOS conductance value for continuous wave defined by the GsNReg
register’s CWGsN[3:0] bits

• nMod: NMOS conductance value for modulation defined by the GsNReg register’s
ModGsN[3:0] bits

• X = do not care.
Remark: If only one driver is switched on, the values for CWGsPReg, ModGsPReg and
GsNReg registers are used for both drivers.

12.3 RF level detector
The RF level detector is integrated to fulfill NFCIP1 protocol requirements (e.g. RF
collision avoidance). Furthermore the RF level detector can be used to wake up the
PN512 and to generate an interrupt.

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The sensitivity of the RF level detector is adjustable in a 4-bit range using the bits RFLevel
in register RFCfgReg. The sensitivity itself depends on the antenna configuration and
tuning.
Possible sensitivity levels at the RX pin are listed in the Table 153.
Table 154. Setting of the bits RFlevel in register RFCfgReg (RFLevel amplifier deactivated)
V~Rx [Vpp]
~2
~1.4
~0.99
~0.69
~0.49
~0.35
~0.24
~0.17
~0.12
~0.083
~0.058
~0.041
~0.029
~0.020
~0.014
~0.010

RFLevel
1111
1110
1101
1100
1011
1010
1001
1000
0111
0110
0101
0100
0011
0010
0001
0000

To increase the sensitivity of the RF level detector an amplifier can be activated by setting
the bit RFLevelAmp in register RFCfgReg to 1.
Remark: During soft Power-down mode the RF level detector amplifier is automatically
switched off to ensure that the power consumption is less than 10 A at 3 V.
Remark: With typical antennas lower sensitivity levels can provoke misleading results
because of intrinsic noise in the environment.
Note: It is recommended to use the bit RFLevelAmp only with higher RF level settings.

12.4 Data mode detector
The Data mode detector gives the possibility to detect received signals according to the
ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE, FeliCa or NFCIP-1 schemes at the standard transfer speeds
for 106 kbit, 212 kbit and 424 kbit in order to prepare the internal receiver in a fast and
convenient way for further data processing.
The Data mode detector can only be activated by the AutoColl command. The mode
detector resets, when no external RF field is detected by the RF level detector. The Data
mode detector could be switched off during the AutoColl command by setting bit
ModeDetOff in register ModeReg to 1.

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HOST INTERFACES

REGISTERS
REGISTERSETTING
FOR THE
DETECTED MODE

NFC @ 106 kbit/s
NFC @ 212 kbit/s
NFC @ 424 kbit/s
DATA MODE DETECTOR
RECEIVER
I/Q DEMODULATOR

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RX
001aan225

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12.5 Serial data switch
Two main blocks are implemented in the PN512. The digital block comprises the state
machines, encoder/decoder logic. The analog block comprises the modulator and
antenna drivers, the receiver and amplifiers. The interface between these two blocks can
be configured in the way, that the interfacing signals may be routed to the pins SIGIN and
SIGOUT. SIGIN is capable of processing digital NFC signals on transfer speeds above
424 kbit. The SIGOUT pin can provide a digital signal that can be used with an additional
external circuit to generate transfer speeds above 424 kbit (including 106, 212 and
424 kbit). Furthermore SIGOUT and SIGIN can be used to enable the S2C interface in the
card SAM mode to emulate a card functionality with the PN512 and a secure IC. A secure
IC can be the SmartMX smart card controller IC.
This topology allows the analog block of the PN512 to be connected to the digital block of
another device.
The serial signal switch is controlled by the TxSelReg and RxSelReg registers.
Figure 28 shows the serial data switch for TX1 and TX2.

DriverSel[1:0]
3-state
INTERNAL
CODER

INVERT IF
InvMod = 1

envelope

00
01
10

1
MFIN

INVERT IF
PolMFin = 0

11

to driver TX1 and TX2
0 = impedance = modulated
1 = impedance = CW
001aak593

Fig 28. Serial data switch for TX1 and TX2

12.6 S2C interface support
The S2C provides the possibility to directly connect a secure IC to the PN512 in order act
as a contactless smart card IC via the PN512. The interfacing signals can be routed to the
pins SIGIN and SIGOUT. SIGIN can receive either a digital FeliCa or digitized
ISO/IEC 14443A signal sent by the secure IC. The SIGOUT pin can provide a digital
signal and a clock to communicate to the secure IC. A secure IC can be the smart card IC
provided by NXP Semiconductors.
The PN512 has an extra supply pin (SVDD and PVSS as Ground line) for the SIGIN and
SIGOUT pads.
Figure 30 outlines possible ways of communications via the PN512 to the secure IC.

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HOST CONTROLLER

PN512
SPI, I2C, SERIAL UART

1. secure access
module (SAM) mode

FIFO AND STATE MACHINE
SIGOUT
SERIAL SIGNAL SWITCH

SIGIN

SECURE CORE IC

CONTACTLESS UART
2. contactless
card mode

001aan226

Fig 29. Communication flows using the S2C interface

Configured in the Secure Access Mode the host controller can directly communicate to
the Secure IC via SIGIN/SIGOUT. In this mode the PN512 generates the RF clock and
performs the communication on the SIGOUT line. To enable the Secure Access module
mode the clock has to be derived by the internal oscillator of the PN512, see bits
SAMClockSel in register TestSel1Reg.
Configured in Contactless Card mode the secure IC can act as contactless smart card IC
via the PN512. In this mode the signal on the SIGOUT line is provided by the external RF
field of the external reader/writer. To enable the Contactless Card mode the clock derived
by the external RF field has to be used.
The configuration of the S2C interface differs for the FeliCa and MIFARE scheme as
outlined in the following chapters.

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12.6.1 Signal shape for Felica S2C interface support
The FeliCa secure IC is connected to the PN512 via the pins SIGOUT and SIGIN.
The signal at SIGOUT contains the information of the 13.56 MHz clock and the digitized
demodulated signal. The clock and the demodulated signal is combined by using the
logical function exclusive or.
To ensure that this signal is free of spikes, the demodulated signal is digitally filtered first.
The time delay for that digital filtering is in the range of one bit length. The demodulated
signal changes only at a positive edge of the clock.
The register TxSelReg controls the setting at SIGOUT.

clock

signal on
SIGIN

signal on
antenna

001aan227

Fig 30. Signal shape for SIGOUT in FeliCa card SAM mode

The answer of the FeliCa SAM is transferred from SIGIN directly to the antenna driver.
The modulation is done according to the register settings of the antenna drivers.
The clock is switched to AUX1 or AUX2 (see AnalogSelAux).
Note: A HIGH signal on AUX1 and AUX2 has the same level as AVDD. A HIGH signal at
SIGOUT has the same level as SVDD. Alternatively it is possible to use pin D0 as clock
output if a serial interface is used. The HIGH level at D0 is the same as PVDD.

clock
demodulated
signal
signal on
SIGOUT
001aan228

Fig 31. Signal shape for SIGIN in SAM mode

Note: The signal on the antenna is shown in principle only. In reality the waveform is
sinusoidal.

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12.6.2 Waveform shape for ISO/IEC 14443A and MIFARE S2C support
The secure IC, e.g. the SmartMX is connected to the PN512 via the pins SIGOUT and
SIGIN.
The waveform shape at SIGOUT is a digital 13.56 MHz Miller coded signal with levels
between PVSS and PVDD derived out of the external 13.56 MHz carrier signal in case of
the Contactless Card mode or internally generated in terms of Secure Access mode.
The register TxSelReg controls the setting at SIGOUT.
Note: The clock settings for the Secure Access mode and the Contactless Card mode
differ, refer to the description of the bits SAMClockSel in register TestSel1Reg.

0

bit
value RF

1

0

0

1

signal on
antenna

1
signal on
SIGOUT
0

001aan229

Fig 32. Signal shape for SIGOUT in MIFARE Card SAM mode

The signal at SIGIN is a digital Manchester coded signal according to the requirements of
the ISO/IEC 14443A with the subcarrier frequency of 847.5 kHz generated by the secure
IC.

bit
value

0

1

0

0

1

signal on
antenna

1
signal on
SIGIN
0

001aan230

Fig 33. Signal shape for SIGIN in MIFARE Card SAM mode

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12.7 Hardware support for FeliCa and NFC polling
12.7.1 Polling sequence functionality for initiator
1. Timer: The PN512 has a timer, which can be programmed in a way that it generates
an interrupt at the end of each timeslot, or if required an interrupt is generated at the
end of the last timeslot.
2. The receiver can be configured in a way to receive continuously. In this mode it can
receive any number of packets. The receiver is ready to receive the next packet
directly after the last packet has been received. This mode is active by setting the bit
RxMultiple in register RxModeReg to 1 and has to be stopped by software.
3. The internal UART adds one byte to the end of every received packet, before it is
transferred into the FIFO-buffer. This byte indicates if the received byte packet is
correct (see register ErrReg). The first byte of each packet contains the length byte of
the packet.
4. The length of one packet is 18 or 20 bytes (+ 1 byte Error-Info). The FIFO has a
length of 64 bytes. This means three packets can be stored in the FIFO at the same
time. If more than three packets are expected, the host controller has to empty the
FIFO, before the FIFO is filled completely. In case of a FIFO-overflow data is lost (See
bit BufferOvfl in register ErrorReg).

12.7.2 Polling sequence functionality for target
1. The host controller has to configure the PN512 with the correct polling response
parameters for the polling command.
2. To activate the automatic polling in Target mode, the AutoColl Command has to be
activated.
3. The PN512 receives the polling command send out by an initiator and answers with
the polling response. The timeslot is selected automatically (The timeslot itself is
randomly generated, but in the range 0 to TSN, which is defined by the Polling
command). The PN512 compares the system code, stored in byte 17 and 18 of the
Config Command with the system code received by the polling command of an
initiator. If the system code is equal, the PN512 answers according to the configured
polling response. The system code FF (hex) acts as a wildcard for the system code
bytes, i.e. a target of a system code 1234 (hex) answers to the polling command with
one of the following system codes 1234 (hex), 12FF (hex), FF34 (hex) or FFFF (hex).
If the system code does not match no answer is sent back by the PN512.
If a valid command is received by the PN512, which is not a Polling command, no
answer is sent back and the command AutoColl is stopped. The received packet is
stored in the FIFO.

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12.7.3 Additional hardware support for FeliCa and NFC
Additionally to the polling sequence support for the Felica mode, the PN512 supports the
check of the Len-byte.
The received Len-byte in accordance to the registers FelNFC1Reg and FelNFC2Reg:
DataLenMin in register FelNFC1Reg defines the minimum length of the accepted packet
length. This register is six bit long. Each bit represents a length of four bytes.
DataLenMax in register FelNFC2Reg defines the maximum length of the accepted
package. This register is six bit long. Each bit represents a length of four bytes. If set to
logic 1 this limit is ignored. If the length is not in the supposed range, the packet is not
transferred to the FIFO and receiving is kept active.
Example 1:

• DataLenMin = 4
– The length shall be greater or equal 16.

• DataLenMax = 5
– The length shall be smaller than 20. Valid area: 16, 17, 18, 19
Example 2:

• DataLenMin = 9
– The length shall be greater or equal 36.

• DataLenMax = 0
– The length shall be smaller than 256. Valid area: 36 to 255

12.7.4 CRC coprocessor
The following CRC coprocessor parameters can be configured:

• The CRC preset value can be either 0000h, 6363h, A671h or FFFFh depending on
the ModeReg register’s CRCPreset[1:0] bits setting

• The CRC polynomial for the 16-bit CRC is fixed to x16 + x12 + x5 + 1
• The CRCResultReg register indicates the result of the CRC calculation. This register
is split into two 8-bit registers representing the higher and lower bytes.

• The ModeReg register’s MSBFirst bit indicates that data will be loaded with the MSB
first.
Table 155. CRC coprocessor parameters

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Value

CRC register length

16-bit CRC

CRC algorithm

algorithm according to ISO/IEC 14443 A and ITU-T

CRC preset value

0000h, 6363h, A671h or FFFFh depending on the setting of the
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13. FIFO buffer
An 8  64 bit FIFO buffer is used in the PN512. It buffers the input and output data stream
between the host and the PN512’s internal state machine. This makes it possible to
manage data streams up to 64 bytes long without the need to take timing constraints into
account.

13.1 Accessing the FIFO buffer
The FIFO buffer input and output data bus is connected to the FIFODataReg register.
Writing to this register stores one byte in the FIFO buffer and increments the internal FIFO
buffer write pointer. Reading from this register shows the FIFO buffer contents stored in
the FIFO buffer read pointer and decrements the FIFO buffer read pointer. The distance
between the write and read pointer can be obtained by reading the FIFOLevelReg
register.
When the microcontroller starts a command, the PN512 can, while the command is in
progress, access the FIFO buffer according to that command. Only one FIFO buffer has
been implemented which can be used for input and output. The microcontroller must
ensure that there are not any unintentional FIFO buffer accesses.

13.2 Controlling the FIFO buffer
The FIFO buffer pointers can be reset by setting FIFOLevelReg register’s FlushBuffer bit
to logic 1. Consequently, the FIFOLevel[6:0] bits are all set to logic 0 and the ErrorReg
register’s BufferOvfl bit is cleared. The bytes stored in the FIFO buffer are no longer
accessible allowing the FIFO buffer to be filled with another 64 bytes.

13.3 FIFO buffer status information
The host can get the following FIFO buffer status information:

•
•
•
•

Number of bytes stored in the FIFO buffer: FIFOLevelReg register’s FIFOLevel[6:0]
FIFO buffer almost full warning: Status1Reg register’s HiAlert bit
FIFO buffer almost empty warning: Status1Reg register’s LoAlert bit
FIFO buffer overflow warning: ErrorReg register’s BufferOvfl bit. The BufferOvfl bit
can only be cleared by setting the FIFOLevelReg register’s FlushBuffer bit.

The PN512 can generate an interrupt signal when:

• ComIEnReg register’s LoAlertIEn bit is set to logic 1. It activates pin IRQ when
Status1Reg register’s LoAlert bit changes to logic 1.

• ComIEnReg register’s HiAlertIEn bit is set to logic 1. It activates pin IRQ when
Status1Reg register’s HiAlert bit changes to logic 1.
If the maximum number of WaterLevel bytes (as set in the WaterLevelReg register) or less
are stored in the FIFO buffer, the HiAlert bit is set to logic 1. It is generated according to
Equation 3:
HiAlert =  64 – FIFOLength   WaterLevel

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If the number of WaterLevel bytes (as set in the WaterLevelReg register) or less are
stored in the FIFO buffer, the LoAlert bit is set to logic 1. It is generated according to
Equation 4:
LoAlert = FIFOLength  WaterLevel

(4)

14. Interrupt request system
The PN512 indicates certain events by setting the Status1Reg register’s IRq bit and, if
activated, by pin IRQ. The signal on pin IRQ can be used to interrupt the host using its
interrupt handling capabilities. This allows the implementation of efficient host software.

14.1 Interrupt sources overview
Table 156 shows the available interrupt bits, the corresponding source and the condition
for its activation. The ComIrqReg register’s TimerIRq interrupt bit indicates an interrupt set
by the timer unit which is set when the timer decrements from 1 to 0.
The ComIrqReg register’s TxIRq bit indicates that the transmitter has finished. If the state
changes from sending data to transmitting the end of the frame pattern, the transmitter
unit automatically sets the interrupt bit. The CRC coprocessor sets the DivIrqReg
register’s CRCIRq bit after processing all the FIFO buffer data which is indicated by
CRCReady bit = 1.
The ComIrqReg register’s RxIRq bit indicates an interrupt when the end of the received
data is detected. The ComIrqReg register’s IdleIRq bit is set if a command finishes and
the Command[3:0] value in the CommandReg register changes to idle (see Table 157 on
page 98).
The ComIrqReg register’s HiAlertIRq bit is set to logic 1 when the Status1Reg register’s
HiAlert bit is set to logic 1 which means that the FIFO buffer has reached the level
indicated by the WaterLevel[5:0] bits.
The ComIrqReg register’s LoAlertIRq bit is set to logic 1 when the Status1Reg register’s
LoAlert bit is set to logic 1 which means that the FIFO buffer has reached the level
indicated by the WaterLevel[5:0] bits.
The ComIrqReg register’s ErrIRq bit indicates an error detected by the contactless UART
during send or receive. This is indicated when any bit is set to logic 1 in register ErrorReg.
Table 156. Interrupt sources

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Interrupt flag

Interrupt source

Trigger action

TimerIRq

timer unit

the timer counts from 1 to 0

TxIRq

transmitter

a transmitted data stream ends

CRCIRq

CRC coprocessor

all data from the FIFO buffer has been processed

RxIRq

receiver

a received data stream ends

IdleIRq

ComIrqReg register

command execution finishes

HiAlertIRq

FIFO buffer

the FIFO buffer is almost full

LoAlertIRq

FIFO buffer

the FIFO buffer is almost empty

ErrIRq

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15. Timer unit
A timer unit is implemented in the PN512. The external host controller may use this timer
to manage timing relevant tasks. The timer unit may be used in one of the following
configurations:

•
•
•
•
•

Time-out counter
Watch-dog counter
Stop watch
Programmable one-shot
Periodical trigger

The timer unit can be used to measure the time interval between two events or to indicate
that a specific event occurred after a specific time. The timer can be triggered by events
which will be explained in the following, but the timer itself does not influence any internal
event (e.g. A time-out during data reception does not influence the reception process
automatically). Furthermore, several timer related bits are set and these bits can be used
to generate an interrupt.
Timer
The timer has an input clock of 13.56 MHz (derived from the 27.12 MHz quartz). The timer
consists of two stages: 1 prescaler and 1 counter.
The prescaler is a 12-bit counter. The reload value for TPrescaler can be defined between
0 and 4095 in register TModeReg and TPrescalerReg.
The reload value for the counter is defined by 16 bits in a range of 0 to 65535 in the
register TReloadReg.
The current value of the timer is indicated by the register TCounterValReg.
If the counter reaches 0 an interrupt will be generated automatically indicated by setting
the TimerIRq bit in the register CommonIRqReg. If enabled, this event can be indicated on
the IRQ line. The bit TimerIRq can be set and reset by the host controller. Depending on
the configuration the timer will stop at 0 or restart with the value from register
TReloadReg.
The status of the timer is indicated by bit TRunning in register Status1Reg.
The timer can be manually started by TStartNow in register ControlReg or manually
stopped by TStopNow in register ControlReg.
Furthermore the timer can be activated automatically by setting the bit TAuto in the
register TModeReg to fulfill dedicated protocol requirements automatically.
The time delay of a timer stage is the reload value +1.
The definition of total time is: t = ((TPrescaler*2+1)*TReload+1)/13.56MHz or if
TPrescaleEven bit is set: t = ((TPrescaler*2+2)*TReload+1)/13.56MHz
Maximum time:

TPrescaler = 4095,TReloadVal = 65535
=> (2*4095 +2)*65536/13.56 MHz = 39.59 s

Example:

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To indicate 25 us it is required to count 339 clock cycles. This means the value for
TPrescaler has to be set to TPrescaler = 169.The timer has now an input clock of 25 us.
The timer can count up to 65535 timeslots of each 25 s. For the behaviour in version
1.0, see Section 21 “Errata sheet” on page 106.

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16. Power reduction modes
16.1 Hard power-down
Hard power-down is enabled when pin NRSTPD is LOW. This turns off all internal current
sinks including the oscillator. All digital input buffers are separated from the input pins and
clamped internally (except pin NRSTPD). The output pins are frozen at either a HIGH or
LOW level.

16.2 Soft power-down mode
Soft Power-down mode is entered immediately after the CommandReg register’s
PowerDown bit is set to logic 1. All internal current sinks are switched off, including the
oscillator buffer. However, the digital input buffers are not separated from the input pins
and keep their functionality. The digital output pins do not change their state.
During soft power-down, all register values, the FIFO buffer content and the configuration
keep their current contents.
After setting the PowerDown bit to logic 0, it takes 1024 clocks until the Soft power-down
mode is exited indicated by the PowerDown bit. Setting it to logic 0 does not immediately
clear it. It is cleared automatically by the PN512 when Soft power-down mode is exited.
Remark: If the internal oscillator is used, you must take into account that it is supplied by
pin AVDD and it will take a certain time (tosc) until the oscillator is stable and the clock
cycles can be detected by the internal logic. It is recommended for the serial UART, to first
send the value 55h to the PN512. The oscillator must be stable for further access to the
registers. To ensure this, perform a read access to address 0 until the PN512 answers to
the last read command with the register content of address 0. This indicates that the
PN512 is ready.

16.3 Transmitter power-down mode
The Transmitter Power-down mode switches off the internal antenna drivers thereby,
turning off the RF field. Transmitter power-down mode is entered by setting either the
TxControlReg register’s Tx1RFEn bit or Tx2RFEn bit to logic 0.

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17. Oscillator circuitry

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OSCIN

27.12 MHz

001aan231

Fig 34. Quartz crystal connection

The clock applied to the PN512 provides a time basis for the synchronous system’s
encoder and decoder. The stability of the clock frequency, therefore, is an important factor
for correct operation. To obtain optimum performance, clock jitter must be reduced as
much as possible. This is best achieved using the internal oscillator buffer with the
recommended circuitry.
If an external clock source is used, the clock signal must be applied to pin OSCIN. In this
case, special care must be taken with the clock duty cycle and clock jitter and the clock
quality must be verified.

18. Reset and oscillator start-up time
18.1 Reset timing requirements
The reset signal is filtered by a hysteresis circuit and a spike filter before it enters the
digital circuit. The spike filter rejects signals shorter than 10 ns. In order to perform a reset,
the signal must be LOW for at least 100 ns.

18.2 Oscillator start-up time
If the PN512 has been set to a Power-down mode or is powered by a VDDX supply, the
start-up time for the PN512 depends on the oscillator used and is shown in Figure 35.
The time (tstartup) is the start-up time of the crystal oscillator circuit. The crystal oscillator
start-up time is defined by the crystal.
The time (td) is the internal delay time of the PN512 when the clock signal is stable before
the PN512 can be addressed.
The delay time is calculated by:
1024
t d = -------------- = 37.74 s
27 s

(5)

The time (tosc) is the sum of td and tstartup.

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oscillator
clock stable
clock ready
tstartup

td

tosc
t
001aak596

Fig 35. Oscillator start-up time

19. PN512 command set
The PN512 operation is determined by a state machine capable of performing a set of
commands. A command is executed by writing a command code (see Table 157) to the
CommandReg register.
Arguments and/or data necessary to process a command are exchanged via the FIFO
buffer.

19.1 General description
The PN512 operation is determined by a state machine capable of performing a set of
commands. A command is executed by writing a command code (see Table 157) to the
CommandReg register.
Arguments and/or data necessary to process a command are exchanged via the FIFO
buffer.

19.2 General behavior
• Each command that needs a data bit stream (or data byte stream) as an input
immediately processes any data in the FIFO buffer. An exception to this rule is the
Transceive command. Using this command, transmission is started with the
BitFramingReg register’s StartSend bit.

• Each command that needs a certain number of arguments, starts processing only
when it has received the correct number of arguments from the FIFO buffer.

• The FIFO buffer is not automatically cleared when commands start. This makes it
possible to write command arguments and/or the data bytes to the FIFO buffer and
then start the command.

• Each command can be interrupted by the host writing a new command code to the
CommandReg register, for example, the Idle command.

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19.3 PN512 command overview
Table 157. Command overview
Command

Command Action
code

Idle

0000

no action, cancels current command execution

Configure

0001

Configures the PN512 for FeliCa, MIFARE and NFCIP-1
communication

Generate RandomID

0010

generates a 10-byte random ID number

CalcCRC

0011

activates the CRC coprocessor or performs a self test

Transmit

0100

transmits data from the FIFO buffer

NoCmdChange

0111

no command change, can be used to modify the
CommandReg register bits without affecting the command,
for example, the PowerDown bit

Receive

1000

activates the receiver circuits

Transceive

1100

transmits data from FIFO buffer to antenna and automatically
activates the receiver after transmission

AutoColl

1101

Handles FeliCa polling (Card Operation mode only) and
MIFARE anticollision (Card Operation mode only)

MFAuthent

1110

performs the MIFARE standard authentication as a reader

SoftReset

1111

resets the PN512

19.3.1 PN512 command descriptions
19.3.1.1

Idle
Places the PN512 in Idle mode. The Idle command also terminates itself.

19.3.1.2

Config command
To use the automatic MIFARE Anticollision, FeliCa Polling and NFCID3 the data used for
these transactions has to be stored internally. All the following data have to be written to
the FIFO in this order:
SENS_RES (2 bytes); in order byte 0, byte 1
NFCID1 (3 Bytes); in order byte 0, byte 1, byte 2; the first NFCID1 byte is fixed to 08h and
the check byte is calculated automatically.
SEL_RES (1 Byte)
polling response (2 bytes (shall be 01h, FEh) + 6 bytes NFCID2 + 8 bytes Pad + 2 bytes
system code)
NFCID3 (1 byte)
In total 25 bytes are transferred into an internal buffer.
The complete NFCID3 is 10 bytes long and consists of the 3 NFCID1 bytes, the 6 NFCID2
bytes and the one NFCID3 byte which are listed above.
To read out this configuration the command Config with an empty FIFO-buffer has to be
started. In this case the 25 bytes are transferred from the internal buffer to the FIFO.

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The PN512 has to be configured after each power up, before using the automatic
Anticollision/Polling function (AutoColl command). During a hard power down (reset pin)
this configuration remains unchanged.
This command terminates automatically when finished and the active command is idle.
19.3.1.3

Generate RandomID
This command generates a 10-byte random number which is initially stored in the internal
buffer. This then overwrites the 10 bytes in the internal 25-byte buffer. This command
automatically terminates when finished and the PN512 returns to Idle mode.

19.3.1.4

CalcCRC
The FIFO buffer content is transferred to the CRC coprocessor and the CRC calculation is
started. The calculation result is stored in the CRCResultReg register. The CRC
calculation is not limited to a dedicated number of bytes. The calculation is not stopped
when the FIFO buffer is empty during the data stream. The next byte written to the FIFO
buffer is added to the calculation.
The CRC preset value is controlled by the ModeReg register’s CRCPreset[1:0] bits. The
value is loaded in to the CRC coprocessor when the command starts.
This command must be terminated by writing a command to the CommandReg register,
such as, the Idle command.
If the AutoTestReg register’s SelfTest[3:0] bits are set correctly, the PN512 enters Self
Test mode. Starting the CalcCRC command initiates a digital self test. The result of the
self test is written to the FIFO buffer.

19.3.1.5

Transmit
The FIFO buffer content is immediately transmitted after starting this command. Before
transmitting the FIFO buffer content, all relevant registers must be set for data
transmission.
This command automatically terminates when the FIFO buffer is empty. It can be
terminated by another command written to the CommandReg register.

19.3.1.6

NoCmdChange
This command does not influence any running command in the CommandReg register. It
can be used to manipulate any bit except the CommandReg register Command[3:0] bits,
for example, the RcvOff bit or the PowerDown bit.

19.3.1.7

Receive
The PN512 activates the receiver path and waits for a data stream to be received. The
correct settings must be chosen before starting this command.
This command automatically terminates when the data stream ends. This is indicated
either by the end of frame pattern or by the length byte depending on the selected frame
type and speed.
Remark: If the RxModeReg register’s RxMultiple bit is set to logic 1, the Receive
command will not automatically terminate. It must be terminated by starting another
command in the CommandReg register.

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19.3.1.8

Transceive
This command continuously repeats the transmission of data from the FIFO buffer and the
reception of data from the RF field. The first action is transmit and after transmission the
command is changed to receive a data stream.
Each transmit process must be started by setting the BitFramingReg register’s StartSend
bit to logic 1. This command must be cleared by writing any command to the
CommandReg register.
Remark: If the RxModeReg register’s RxMultiple bit is set to logic 1, the Transceive
command never leaves the receive state because this state cannot be cancelled
automatically.

19.3.1.9

AutoColl
This command automatically handles the MIFARE activation and the FeliCa polling in the
Card Operation mode. The bit Initiator in the register ControlReg has to be set to logic 0
for correct operation. During this command also the mode detector is active if not
deactivated by setting the bit ModeDetOff in the ModeReg register. After the mode
detector detects a mode, all the mode dependent registers are set according to the
received data. In case of no external RF field the command resets the internal state
machine and returns to the initial state but it will not be terminated. When the command
terminates the transceive command gets active.
During protocol processing the IRQ bits are not supported. Only the last received frame
will serve the IRQ’s. The treatment of the TxCRCEn and RxCRCEn bits is different to the
protocol. During ISO/IEC 14443A activation the enable bits are defined by the command
AutoColl. The changes cannot be observed at the register TXModeReg and RXModeReg.
After the Transceive command is active, the value of the register bit is relevant.
The FIFO will also receive the two CRC check bytes of the last command even if they
already checked and correct, if the state machine (Anticollision and Select routine) has to
not been executed and 106 kbit is detected.
During Felica activation the register bit is always relevant and is not overruled by the
command settings. This command can be cleared by software by writing any other
command to the CommandReg register, e.g. the idle command. Writing the same content
again to the CommandReg register resets the state machine.

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MODE
detection

RXF
raming

00

10

NFCIP-1 106 kB aud
ISO14443-3

MFHalted = 1

J

HALT
REQA,
WUPA,
nAC,
REQA,
WUPA, nSELECT,
HLTA,
AC,
error
nAC,
SELECT,
nSELECT,
error

WUPA

REQA,
AC,
nAC,
SELECT,
nSELECT,
HLTA

READY*

AC

NPCIP-1 > 106 kB aud
FELICA

N

IDLE
REQA,
WUPA,
nAC,
REQA, nSELECT,
HLTA,
WUPA,
error
AC,
SELECT,
nSELECT,
error

AC
nAC
SELECT
nSELECT
HLTA

MODEO

polling,
polling response

REQA, WUPA

READY

SELECT

SELECT

ACTIVE*

ACTIVE

AC

HLTA

next frame
received

next frame
received

next frame
received

TRANSCEIVE
wait for
transmit
aaa-001826

Fig 36. Autocoll Command

NFCIP-1 106 kbps Passive Communication mode:
The MIFARE anticollision is finished and the command has automatically changed to
Transceive. The FIFO contains the ATR_REQ frame including the start byte F0h. The bit
TargetActivated in the Status2Reg register is set to logic 1.
NFCIP-1 212/424 kbps Passive Communication mode:
The FeliCa polling command is finished and the command has automatically changed to
Transceive. The FIFO contains the ATR_REQ. The bit TargetActivated in the Status2Reg
register is set to logic 1.
NFCIP-1 106/212/424 kbps Active Communication mode:
This command is changing the automatically to the command Transceive. The FIFO
contains the ATR REQ The bit TargetActivated in the Status2Reg register is set to logic 0.
For 106 kbps only, the first byte in the FIFO indicates the start byte F0h and the CRC is
added to the FIFO.
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MIFARE (Card Operation mode):
The MIFARE anticollision is finished and the command has automatically changed to
transceive. The FIFO contains the first command after the Select. The bit TargetActivated
in the Status2Reg register is set to logic 1.
Felica (Card Operation mode):
The FeliCa polling command is finished and the command has automatically changed to
transceive. The FIFO contains the first command followed after the Poling by the FeliCa
protocol. The bit TargetActivated in the Status2Reg register is set to logic 1.
19.3.1.10

MFAuthent
This command manages MIFARE authentication to enable a secure communication to
any MIFARE Mini, MIFARE 1K and MIFARE 4K card. The following data is written to the
FIFO buffer before the command can be activated:

•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Authentication command code (60h, 61h)
Block address
Sector key byte 0
Sector key byte 1
Sector key byte 2
Sector key byte 3
Sector key byte 4
Sector key byte 5
Card serial number byte 0
Card serial number byte 1
Card serial number byte 2
Card serial number byte 3

In total 12 bytes are written to the FIFO.
Remark: When the MFAuthent command is active all access to the FIFO buffer is
blocked. However, if there is access to the FIFO buffer, the ErrorReg register’s WrErr bit is
set.
This command automatically terminates when the MIFARE card is authenticated and the
Status2Reg register’s MFCrypto1On bit is set to logic 1.
This command does not terminate automatically if the card does not answer, so the timer
must be initialized to automatic mode. In this case, in addition to the IdleIRq bit, the
TimerIRq bit can be used as the termination criteria. During authentication processing, the
RxIRq bit and TxIRq bit are blocked. The Crypto1On bit is only valid after termination of
the MFAuthent command, either after processing the protocol or writing Idle to the
CommandReg register.
If an error occurs during authentication, the ErrorReg register’s ProtocolErr bit is set to
logic 1 and the Status2Reg register’s Crypto1On bit is set to logic 0.

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19.3.1.11

SoftReset
This command performs a reset of the device. The configuration data of the internal buffer
remains unchanged. All registers are set to the reset values. This command automatically
terminates when finished.
Remark: The SerialSpeedReg register is reset and therefore the serial data rate is set to
9.6 kBd.

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20. Testsignals
20.1 Selftest
The PN512 has the capability to perform a digital selftest. To start the selftest the following
procedure has to be performed:
1. Perform a soft reset.
2. Clear the internal buffer by writing 25 bytes of 00h and perform the Config Command.
3. Enable the Selftest by writing the value 09h to the register AutoTestReg.
4. Write 00h to the FIFO.
5. Start the Selftest with the CalcCRC Command.
6. The Selftest will be performed.
7. When the Selftest is finished, the FIFO contains the following bytes:
Version 1.0 has a different Selftest answer, explained in Section 21.
Correct answer for VersionReg equal to 82h:
00h, EBh,
9Dh,
49h,
21h,
95h,

66h,
3Bh,
7Ch,
A9h,
3Bh,

BAh,
A7h,
84h,
86h,
2Fh

57h,
00h,
4Dh,
96h,

BFh,
21h,
B3h,
83h,

23h,
5Bh,
CCh,
38h,

95h,
89h,
D2h,
CFh,

D0h,
82h,
1Bh,
9Dh,

E3h,
51h,
81h,
5Bh,

0Dh,
3Ah,
5Dh,
6Dh,

3Dh,
EBh,
48h,
DCh,

27h,
02h,
76h,
15h,

89h,
0Ch,
D5h,
BAh,

5Ch,
A5h,
71h,
3Eh,

DEh,
00h,
61h,
7Dh,

20.2 Testbus
The testbus is implemented for production test purposes. The following configuration can
be used to improve the design of a system using the PN512. The testbus allows to route
internal signals to the digital interface. The testbus signals are selected by accessing
TestBusSel in register TestSel2Reg.
Table 158. Testsignal routing (TestSel2Reg = 07h)
Pins
Testsignal

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

sdata

scoll

svalid

sover

RCV_reset

RFon,
filtered

Envelope

Table 159. Description of Testsignals
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D6

sdata

shows the actual received data stream.

D5

scoll

shows if in the actual bit a collision has been detected (106 kbit only)

D4

svalid

shows if sdata and scoll are valid

D3

sover

shows that the receiver has detected a stop condition
(ISO/IEC 14443A/ MIFARE mode only).

D2

RCV_reset

shows if the receiver is reset

D1

RFon, filtered

shows the value of the internal RF level detector

D0

Envelope

shows the output of the internal coder

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Table 160. Testsignal routing (TestSel2Reg = 0Dh)
Pins
Testsignal

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

clkstable

clk27/8

clk27rf/8

clkrf13rf/4

clk27

clk27rf

clk13rf

Table 161. Description of Testsignals
Pins

Testsignal

Description

D6

clkstable

shows if the oscillator delivers a stable signal.

D5

clk27/8

shows the output signal of the oscillator divided by 8

D4

clk27rf/8

shows the clk27rf signal divided by 8

D3

clkrf13/4

shows the clk13rf divided by 4.

D2

clk27

shows the output signal of the oscillator

D1

clk27rf

shows the RF clock multiplied by 2.

D0

clk13rf

shows the RF clock of 13.56 MHz

Table 162. Testsignal routing (TestSel2Reg = 19h)
Pins
Testsignal

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

-

TRunning

-

-

-

-

-

Table 163. Description of Testsignals
Pins

Testsignal

Description

D6

-

-

D5

TRunning

TRunning stops 1 clockcycle after TimerIRQ is raised

D4

-

-

D3

-

-

D2

-

-

D1

-

-

D0

-

-

20.3 Testsignals at pin AUX
Table 164. Testsignals description

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Description for Aux1 / Aux2

0000

Tristate

0001

DAC: register TestDAC 1/2

0010

DAC: testsignal corr1

0011

DAC: testsignal corr2

0100

DAC: testsignal MinLevel

0101

DAC: ADC_I

0110

DAC: ADC_Q

0111

DAC: testsignal ADC_I combined with ADC_Q

1000

Testsignal for production test

1001

SAM clock

1010

High

1011

low

1100

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Table 164. Testsignals description
SelAux

Description for Aux1 / Aux2

1101

RxActive

1110

Subcarrier detected

1111

TstBusBit

Each signal can be switched to pin AUX1 or AUX2 by setting SelAux1 or SelAux2 in the
register AnalogTestReg.
Note: The DAC has a current output, it is recommended to use a 1 k pull-down
resistance at pins AUX1/AUX2.

20.4 PRBS
Enables the PRBS9 or PRBS15 sequence according to ITU-TO150. To start the
transmission of the defined datastream the command send has to be activated. The
preamble/Sync byte/start bit/parity bit are generated automatically depending on the
selected mode.
Note: All relevant register to transmit data have to be configured before entering PRBS
mode according ITU-TO150.

21. Errata sheet
This data sheet is describing the functionality for version 2.0 and the industrial version.
This chapter lists all differences from version 1.0 to version 2.0:
The value of the version in Section 9.2.4.8 is set to80h.
The behaviour ‘RFU’ for the register is undefined.
The answer to the Selftest (see Section 20.1) for version 1.0 (VersionReg equal to 80h):
00h, AAh, E3h, 29h, 0Ch, 10h, 29zhh, 6Bh,
76h, 8Dh, AFh, 4Bh, A2h, DAh, 76h, 99h
C7h, 5Eh, 24h, 69h, D2h, BAh, FAh, BCh
3Eh, DAh, 96h, B5h, F5h, 94h, B0h, 3Ah
4Eh, C3h, 9Dh, 94h, 76h, 4Ch, EAh, 5Eh
38h, 10h, 8Fh, 2Dh, 21h, 4Bh, 52h, BFh
4Eh, C3h, 9Dh, 94h, 76h, 4Ch, EAh, 5Eh
38h, 10h, 8Fh, 2Dh, 21h, 4Bh, 52h, BFh
FBh, F4h, 19h, 94h, 82h, 5Ah, 72h, 9Dh
BAh, 0Dh, 1Fh, 17h, 56h, 22h, B9h, 08h
Only the default setting for the prescaler (see Section 15 “Timer unit” on page 93): t =
((TPreScaler*2+1)*TReload+1)/13,56 MHz is supported. As such only the formula fTimer =
13,56 MHz/(2*PreScaler+1) is applicable for the TPrescalerHigh in Table 99 “Description
of TModeReg bits” on page 54 and TPrescalerLo in Table 100 “TPrescalerReg register
(address 2Bh); reset value: 00h, 00000000b” on page 55. As there is no option for the
prescaler available, also the TPrescalEven is not available Section 9.2.2.10 on page 42.
This bit is set to ‘RFU’.

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Especially when using time slot protocols, it is needed that the error flag is copied into the
status information of the frame. When using the RxMultiple feature (see Section 9.2.2.4
on page 36) within version 1.0 the protocol error flag is not included in the status
information for the frame. In addition the CRCOk is copied instead of the CRCErr. This
can be a problem in frames without length information e.g. ISO/IEC 14443-B.
The version 1.0 does not accept a Type B EOF if there is no 1 bit after the series of 0 bits,
as such the configuration within Section 9.2.2.15 “TypeBReg” on page 47 bit 4 for
RxEOFReq does not exist. In addition the IC only has the possibility to select the
minimum or maximum timings for SOF/EOF generation defined in ISO/IEC14443B. As
such the configuration possible in version 2.0 through the EOFSOFAdjust bit (see Section
9.2.4.7 “AutoTestReg” on page 61) does not exist and the configuration is limited to only
setting minimum and maximum length according ISO/IEC 14443-B, see Section 9.2.2.15
“TypeBReg” on page 47, bit 4.

22. Application design-in information
The figure below shows a typical circuit diagram, using a complementary antenna
connection to the PN512.
The antenna tuning and RF part matching is described in the application note “NFC
Transmission Module Antenna and RF Design Guide”.

supply

DVDD

AVDD

DVDD

TVDD
CRX

RX

PVDD

R1

SVDD

R2

VMID
Cvmid

NRSTPD

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CONTROLLER

TX1

C1

L0

RQ

interface
C0

antenna

C2

TVSS

Lant

IRQ
C0

TX2

L0

C2
C1

RQ

AVSS
DVSS

OSCIN

OSCOUT

27.12 MHz
001aan232

Fig 37. Typical circuit diagram

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23. Limiting values
Table 165. Limiting values
In accordance with the Absolute Maximum Rating System (IEC 60134).
Symbol

Parameter

VDDA
VDDD

Conditions

Min

Max

Unit

analog supply voltage

0.5

+4.0

V

digital supply voltage

0.5

+4.0

V

VDD(PVDD) PVDD supply voltage

0.5

+4.0

V

VDD(TVDD) TVDD supply voltage

0.5

+4.0

V

VDD(SVDD) SVDD supply voltage

0.5

+4.0

V

input voltage

VI

all input pins except pins SIGIN
and RX

VSS(PVSS)  0.5 VDD(PVDD) + 0.5 V

pin MFIN

VSS(PVSS)  0.5 VDD(SVDD) + 0.5 V

per package; and VDDD in shortcut
mode

-

200

mW

Ptot

total power dissipation

Tj

junction temperature

-

100

C

VESD

electrostatic discharge voltage HBM; 1500 , 100 pF;
JESD22-A114-B

-

2000

V

-

200

V

500

V

MM; 0.75 H, 200 pF;
JESD22-A114-A
Field induced model;
JESC22-C101-A

24. Recommended operating conditions
Table 166. Operating conditions
Symbol

Parameter

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

VDD(PVDD)  VDDA = VDDD = VDD(TVDD);
VSSA = VSSD = VSS(PVSS) = VSS(TVSS) = 0 V

[1][2]

VDDA

analog supply voltage

2.5

-

3.6

V

VDDD

digital supply voltage

VDD(PVDD)  VDDA = VDDD = VDD(TVDD);
VSSA = VSSD = VSS(PVSS) = VSS(TVSS) = 0 V

[1][2]

2.5

-

3.6

V

VDD(TVDD)

TVDD supply voltage

VDD(PVDD)  VDDA = VDDD = VDD(TVDD);
VSSA = VSSD = VSS(PVSS) = VSS(TVSS) = 0 V

[1][2]

2.5

-

3.6

V

VDD(PVDD)

PVDD supply voltage

VDD(PVDD)  VDDA = VDDD = VDD(TVDD);
VSSA = VSSD = VSS(PVSS) = VSS(TVSS) = 0 V

[3]

1.6

-

3.6

V

VDD(SVDD)

SVDD supply voltage

VSSA = VSSD = VSS(PVSS) = VSS(TVSS) = 0 V

1.6

-

3.6

V

Tamb

ambient temperature

HVQFN32, HVQFN40

30

-

+85

C

HVQFN32

40

-

+90

C

Industrial version:
Tamb

ambient temperature

[1]

Supply voltages below 3 V reduce the performance (the achievable operating distance).

[2]

VDDA, VDDD and VDD(TVDD) must always be the same voltage.

[3]

VDD(PVDD) must always be the same or lower voltage than VDDD.

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25. Thermal characteristics
Table 167. Thermal characteristics
Symbol

Parameter

Conditions

Package

Typ

Unit

Rthj-a

Thermal resistance from
junction to ambient

In still air with exposed pad
soldered on a 4 layer Jedec PCB
In still air

HVQFN32

40

K/W

HVQFN40

35

K/W

26. Characteristics
Table 168. Characteristics
Symbol

Parameter

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

-

+1

A

Input characteristics
Pins A0, A1 and NRSTPD
ILI

input leakage current

1

VIH

HIGH-level input voltage

0.7VDD(PVDD) -

-

V

VIL

LOW-level input voltage

-

-

0.3VDD(PVDD)

V

ILI

input leakage current

1

-

+1

A

VIH

HIGH-level input voltage

0.7VDD(SVDD) -

-

V

VIL

LOW-level input voltage

-

-

0.3VDD(SVDD)

V

ILI

input leakage current

1

-

+1

A

VIH

HIGH-level input voltage

0.7VDD(PVDD) -

-

V

VIL

LOW-level input voltage

-

-

0.3VDD(PVDD)

V

Vi

input voltage

1

-

VDDA +1

V

Ci

input capacitance

VDDA = 3 V; receiver active;
VRX(p-p) = 1 V; 1.5 V (DC)
offset

-

10

-

pF

Ri

input resistance

VDDA = 3 V; receiver active;
VRX(p-p) = 1 V; 1.5 V (DC)
offset

-

350

-



Vi(p-p)(min) minimum peak-to-peak input Manchester encoded;
voltage
VDDA = 3 V

-

100

-

mV

Vi(p-p)(max) maximum peak-to-peak input Manchester encoded;
voltage
VDDA = 3 V

-

4

-

V

-

5

-

mV

Pin SIGIN

Pin ALE

Pin RX[1]

Input voltage range; see Figure 38

Input sensitivity; see Figure 38
Vmod

modulation voltage

minimum Manchester
encoded; VDDA = 3 V;
RxGain[2:0] = 111b (48 dB)

Pin OSCIN
ILI

input leakage current

1

-

+1

A

VIH

HIGH-level input voltage

0.7VDDA

-

-

V

VIL

LOW-level input voltage

-

-

0.3VDDA

V

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Table 168. Characteristics …continued
Symbol

Parameter

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Ci

input capacitance

VDDA = 2.8 V; DC = 0.65 V;
AC = 1 V (p-p)

-

2

-

pF

-

+1

A

Input/output characteristics
pins D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6 and D7
ILI

input leakage current

1

VIH

HIGH-level input voltage

0.7VDD(PVDD) -

-

V

VIL

LOW-level input voltage

-

-

0.3VDD(PVDD)

V

VOH

HIGH-level output voltage

VDD(PVDD) = 3 V; IO = 4 mA

VDD(PVDD) 
0.4

-

VDD(PVDD)

V

VOL

LOW-level output voltage

VDD(PVDD) = 3 V; IO = 4 mA

VSS(PVSS)

-

VSS(PVSS) +
0.4

V

IOH

HIGH-level output current

VDD(PVDD) = 3 V

-

-

4

mA

IOL

LOW-level output current

VDD(PVDD) = 3 V

-

-

4

mA

Output characteristics
Pin SIGOUT
VOH

HIGH-level output voltage

VDD(SVDD) = 3 V; IO = 4 mA

VDD(SVDD) 
0.4

-

VDD(SVDD)

V

VOL

LOW-level output voltage

VDD(SVDD) = 3 V; IO = 4 mA

VSS(PVSS)

-

VSS(PVSS) +
0.4

V

IOL

LOW-level output current

VDD(SVDD) = 3 V

-

-

4

mA

IOH

HIGH-level output current

VDD(SVDD) = 3 V

-

-

4

mA

VOH

HIGH-level output voltage

VDD(PVDD) = 3 V; IO = 4 mA

VDD(PVDD) 
0.4

-

VDD(PVDD)

V

VOL

LOW-level output voltage

VDD(PVDD) = 3 V; IO = 4 mA

VSS(PVSS)

-

VSS(PVSS) +
0.4

V

IOL

LOW-level output current

VDD(PVDD) = 3 V

-

-

4

mA

IOH

HIGH-level output current

VDD(PVDD) = 3 V

-

-

4

mA

Pin IRQ

Pins AUX1 and AUX2
VOH

HIGH-level output voltage

VDDD = 3 V; IO = 4 mA

VDDD  0.4

-

VDDD

V

VOL

LOW-level output voltage

VDDD = 3 V; IO = 4 mA

VSS(PVSS)

-

VSS(PVSS) +
0.4

V

IOL

LOW-level output current

VDDD = 3 V

-

-

4

mA

IOH

HIGH-level output current

VDDD = 3 V

-

-

4

mA

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Table 168. Characteristics …continued
Symbol

Parameter

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

VDD(TVDD) = 3 V;
IDD(TVDD) = 32 mA;
CWGsP[5:0] = 0Fh

-

-

0.15

V

VDD(TVDD) = 3 V;
IDD(TVDD) = 80 mA;
CWGsP[5:0] = 0Fh

-

-

0.4

V

VDD(TVDD) = 2.5 V;
IDD(TVDD) = 32 mA;
CWGsP[5:0] = 0Fh

-

-

0.24

V

VDD(TVDD) = 2.5 V;
IDD(TVDD) = 80 mA;
CWGsP[5:0] = 0Fh

-

-

0.64

V

VDD(TVDD) = 3 V;
IDD(TVDD) = 32 mA;
CWGsP[5:0] = 3Fh

VDD(TVDD) 
0.15

-

-

V

VDD(TVDD) = 3 V;
IDD(TVDD) = 80 mA;
CWGsP[5:0] = 3Fh

VDD(TVDD) 
0.4

-

-

V

VDD(TVDD) = 2.5 V;
IDD(TVDD) = 32 mA;
CWGsP[5:0] = 3Fh

VDD(TVDD) 
0.24

-

-

V

VDD(TVDD) = 2.5 V;
IDD(TVDD) = 80 mA;
CWGsP[5:0] = 3Fh

VDD(TVDD) 
0.64

-

-

V

VDD(TVDD) = 2.5 V;
IDD(TVDD) = 32 mA;
CWGsP[5:0] = 3Fh

-

-

0.18

V

VDD(TVDD) = 2.5 V;
IDD(TVDD) = 80 mA;
CWGsP[5:0] = 3Fh

-

-

0.44

V

VDD(TVDD) = 3 V;
IDD(TVDD) = 32 mA;
CWGsP[5:0] = 3Fh

VDD(TVDD) 
0.18

-

-

V

VDD(TVDD) = 3 V;
IDD(TVDD) = 80 mA;
CWGsP[5:0] = 3Fh

VDD(TVDD) 
0.44

-

-

V

Pins TX1 and TX2
VOL

VOH

LOW-level output voltage

HIGH-level output voltage

Industrial version:
VOL

VOH

LOW-level output voltage

HIGH-level output voltage

Output resistance for TX1/TX2,
Industrial Version:
ROP,01H

High level output resistance

TVDD = 3 V, VTX = TVDD 100 mV, CWGsP = 01h

123

180

261



ROP,02H

High level output resistance

TVDD = 3 V, VTX = TVDD 100 mV, CWGsP = 02h

61

90

131



ROP,04H

High level output resistance

TVDD = 3 V, VTX = TVDD 100 mV, CWGsP = 04h

30

46

68



ROP,08H

High level output resistance

TVDD = 3 V, VTX = TVDD 100 mV, CWGsP = 08h

15

23

35



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Table 168. Characteristics …continued
Symbol

Parameter

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

ROP,10H

High level output resistance

TVDD = 3 V, VTX = TVDD 100 mV, CWGsP = 10h

7.5

12

19



ROP,20H

High level output resistance

TVDD = 3 V, VTX = TVDD 100 mV, CWGsP = 20h

4.2

6

9



ROP,3FH

High level output resistance

TVDD = 3 V, VTX = TVDD 100 mV, CWGsP = 3Fh

2

3

5



RON,10H

Low level output resistance

TVDD = 3 V, VTX = TVDD 100 mV, CWGsN = 10h

30

46

68



RON,20H

Low level output resistance

TVDD = 3 V, VTX = TVDD 100 mV, CWGsN = 20h

15

23

35



RON,40H

Low level output resistance

TVDD = 3 V, VTX = TVDD 100 mV, CWGsN = 40h

7.5

12

19



RON,80H

Low level output resistance

TVDD = 3 V, VTX = TVDD 100 mV, CWGsN = 80h

4.2

6

9



RON,F0H

Low level output resistance

TVDD = 3 V, VTX = TVDD 100 mV, CWGsN = F0h

2

3

5



Current consumption
Ipd

power-down current

VDDA = VDDD = VDD(TVDD) =
VDD(PVDD) = 3 V
hard power-down; pin
NRSTPD set LOW

[2]

-

-

5

A

soft power-down; RF
level detector on

[2]

-

-

10

A

[3]

-

-

40

mA

[4][5][6]

-

60

100

mA

[7]

-

-

4

mA

IDD(PVDD)

PVDD supply current

pin PVDD

IDD(TVDD)

TVDD supply current

pin TVDD; continuous wave

IDD(SVDD)

SVDD supply current

pin SVDD

IDDD

digital supply current

pin DVDD; VDDD = 3 V

-

6.5

9

mA

IDDA

analog supply current

pin AVDD; VDDA = 3 V,
CommandReg register’s
RcvOff bit = 0

-

7

10

mA

pin AVDD; receiver
switched off; VDDA = 3 V,
CommandReg register’s
RcvOff bit = 1

-

3

5

mA

-

6.5

9,5

mA

Industrial version:
IDDD

digital supply current

pin DVDD; VDDD = 3 V

Ipd

power-down current

VDDA = VDDD = VDD(TVDD) =
VDD(PVDD) = 3 V
hard power-down; pin
NRSTPD set LOW

[2]

-

-

15

A

soft power-down; RF
level detector on

[2]

-

-

30

A

Clock frequency
fclk

clock frequency

-

27.12

-

MHz

clk

clock duty cycle

40

50

60

%

tjit

jitter time

-

-

10

ps

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Table 168. Characteristics …continued
Symbol

Parameter

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Crystal oscillator
VOH

HIGH-level output voltage

pin OSCOUT

-

1.1

-

V

VOL

LOW-level output voltage

pin OSCOUT

-

0.2

-

V

Ci

input capacitance

pin OSCOUT

-

2

-

pF

pin OSCIN

-

2

-

pF

-

27.12

-

MHz

Typical input requirements
fxtal

crystal frequency

ESR

equivalent series resistance

-

-

100



CL

load capacitance

-

10

-

pF

Pxtal

crystal power dissipation

-

50

100

W

[1]

The voltage on pin RX is clamped by internal diodes to pins AVSS and AVDD.

[2]

Ipd is the total current for all supplies.

[3]

IDD(PVDD) depends on the overall load at the digital pins.

[4]

IDD(TVDD) depends on VDD(TVDD) and the external circuit connected to pins TX1 and TX2.

[5]

During typical circuit operation, the overall current is below 100 mA.

[6]

Typical value using a complementary driver configuration and an antenna matched to 40  between pins TX1 and TX2 at 13.56 MHz.

[7]

IDD(SVDD) depends on the load at pin MFOUT.

Fig 38. Pin RX input voltage range

26.1 Timing characteristics
Table 169. SPI timing characteristics

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Symbol

Parameter

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

tWL

pulse width LOW

line SCK

50

-

-

ns

tWH

pulse width HIGH

line SCK

50

-

-

ns

th(SCKH-D)

SCK HIGH to data input
hold time

SCK to changing
MOSI

25

-

-

ns

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Table 169. SPI timing characteristics …continued
Symbol

Parameter

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

tsu(D-SCKH)

data input to SCK HIGH
set-up time

changing MOSI to
SCK

25

-

-

ns

th(SCKL-Q)

SCK LOW to data output
hold time

SCK to changing
MISO

-

-

25

ns

0

-

-

ns

t(SCKL-NSSH) SCK LOW to NSS HIGH
time
Table 170. I2C-bus timing in Fast mode
Symbol Parameter

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Fast mode

High-speed Unit
mode

Min

Max

Min

Max

0

400

0

3400 kHz

after this period,
600
the first clock pulse
is generated

-

160

-

ns

set-up time for a repeated
START condition

600

-

160

-

ns

tSU;STO

set-up time for STOP condition

600

-

160

-

ns

tLOW

LOW period of the SCL clock

1300 -

160

-

ns

tHIGH

HIGH period of the SCL clock

600

-

60

-

ns

tHD;DAT

data hold time

0

900

0

70

ns

tSU;DAT

data set-up time

100

-

10

-

ns

fSCL

SCL clock frequency

tHD;STA

hold time (repeated) START
condition

tSU;STA

tr

rise time

SCL signal

20

300

10

40

ns

tf

fall time

SCL signal

20

300

10

40

ns

tr

rise time

SDA and SCL
signals

20

300

10

80

ns

tf

fall time

SDA and SCL
signals

20

300

10

80

ns

tBUF

bus free time between a STOP
and START condition

1.3

-

1.3

-

s

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tSCKL

tSCKH

tSCKL

SCK
tSLDX
tDXSH

tSHDX

tDXSH

MOSI

MSB

LSB

MISO

MSB

LSB
tSLNH

NSS
001aaj634

Remark: The signal NSS must be LOW to be able to send several bytes in one data stream.
To send more than one data stream NSS must be set HIGH between the data streams.

Fig 39. Timing diagram for SPI

SDA
tSU;DAT

tf

tSP

tr

tHD;STA

tf

tLOW

tBUF

SCL
tr
tHD;STA
S

tHIGH
tHD;DAT

tSU;STA

tSU;STO

Sr

P

S
001aaj635

Fig 40. Timing for Fast and Standard mode devices on the I2C-bus

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26.2 8-bit parallel interface timing
26.2.1 AC symbols
Each timing symbol has five characters. The first character is always 't' for time. The other
characters indicate the name of a signal or the logic state of that signal (depending on
position):
Table 171. AC symbols
Designation

Signal

Designation

Logic Level

A

address

H

HIGH

D

data

L

LOW

W

NWR or nWait

Z

high impedance

R

NRD or R/NW or nWrite

X

any level or data

L

ALE or AS

V

any valid signal or data

C

NCS

N

NSS

S

NDS or nDStrb and nAStrb, SCK

Example: tAVLL = time for address valid to ALE low

26.2.2 AC operating specification
26.2.2.1

Bus timing for separated Read/Write strobe
Table 172. Timing specification for separated Read/Write strobe
Symbol Parameter

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Min

Max

Unit

10

-

ns

Multiplexed Address Bus valid to ALE low (Address Set Up Time) 5

-

ns

tLLAX

Multiplexed Address Bus valid after ALE low (Address Hold Time) 5

-

ns

tLLWL

ALE low to NWR, NRD low

10

-

ns

tCLWL

NCS low to NRD, NWR low

0

-

ns

tWHCH

NRD, NWR high to NCS high

0

-

ns

tRLDV

NRD low to DATA valid

-

35

ns

tLHLL

ALE pulse width

tAVLL

tRHDZ

NRD high to DATA high impedance

-

10

ns

tDVWH

DATA valid to NWR high

5

-

ns

tWHDX

DATA hold after NWR high (Data Hold Time)

5

-

ns

tWLWH

NRD, NWR pulse width

40

-

ns

tAVWL

Separated Address Bus valid to NRD, NWR low (Set Up Time)

30

-

ns

tWHAX

Separated Address Bus valid after NWR high (Hold Time)

5

-

ns

tWHWL

period between sequenced read/write accesses

40

-

ns

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tLHLL
ALE
tWHCH

tCLWL
NCS

tLLWL
tWHWL

tWLWH

tWHWL

NWR
NRD
tAVLL

tWLDV

tLLAX

tWHDX
tRHDZ

tRLDV
D0...D7

D0...D7
multiplexed
addressbus
A0...A3

tWHAX

tAVWL
SEPARATED ADDRESSBUS A0...A3

A0...A3

001aan233

Fig 41. Timing diagram for separated Read/Write strobe

Remark: For separated address and data bus the signal ALE is not relevant and the
multiplexed addresses on the data bus don’t care.
For the multiplexed address and data bus the address lines A0 to A3 have to be
connected as described in chapter Automatic host controller Interface Type Detection.
26.2.2.2

Bus timing for common Read/Write strobe
Table 173. Timing specification for common Read/Write strobe

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Symbol

Parameter

Min

Max

Unit

tLHLL

AS pulse width

10

-

ns

tAVLL

Multiplexed Address Bus valid to AS low (Address Set Up Time) 5

-

ns

tLLAX

Multiplexed Address Bus valid after AS low (Address Hold Time) 5

-

ns

tLLSL

AS low to NDS low

10

-

ns

tCLSL

NCS low to NDS low

0

-

ns

tSHCH

NDS high to NCS high

0

-

ns

tSLDV,R

NDS low to DATA valid (for read cycle)

-

35

ns

tSHDZ

NDS low to DATA high impedance (read cycle)

-

10

ns

tDVSH

DATA valid to NDS high (for write cycle)

5

-

ns

tSHDX

DATA hold after NDS high (write cycle, Hold Time)

5

-

ns

tSHRX

R/NW hold after NDS high

5

-

ns

tSLSH

NDS pulse width

40

-

ns

tAVSL

Separated Address Bus valid to NDS low (Hold Time)

30

-

ns

tSHAX

Separated Address Bus valid after NDS high (Set Up Time)

5

-

ns

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tLHLL
ALE
tSHCH

tCLSL
NCS

tRVSL

tSHRX

R/NW

tLLSL
tSHSL

tSLSH

tSHSL

NDS

tAVLL

tSLDV, R
tSLDV, W

tLLAX

D0...D7

D0...D7
multiplexed
addressbus
A0...A3
A0...A3

tSHDX
tSHDZ

tAVSL

tSHAX

SEPARATED ADDRESSBUS A0...A3
001aan234

Fig 42. Timing diagram for common Read/Write strobe

Remark: For separated address and data bus the signal ALE is not relevant and the
multiplexed addresses on the data bus don’t care. For the multiplexed address and data
bus the address lines A0 to A3 have to be connected as described in Automatic
-Controller Interface Type Detection.

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27. Package information
The PN512 can be delivered in 2 different packages.
Table 174. Package information

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Package

Remarks

HVQFN32

8-bit parallel interface not supported

HVQFN40

Supports the 8-bit parallel interface

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28. Package outline
HVQFN32: plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads;
32 terminals; body 5 x 5 x 0.85 mm

A

B

D

SOT617-1

terminal 1
index area

A
A1
E

c

detail X

C

e1
e

1/2

e b

9

y

y1 C

v M C A B
w M C

16

L
17

8

e

e2

Eh
1/2

1
terminal 1
index area

e

24
32

25
X

Dh
0

2.5

5 mm

scale

DIMENSIONS (mm are the original dimensions)
UNIT

A(1)
max.

A1

b

c

D (1)

Dh

E (1)

Eh

e

e1

e2

L

v

w

y

y1

mm

1

0.05
0.00

0.30
0.18

0.2

5.1
4.9

3.25
2.95

5.1
4.9

3.25
2.95

0.5

3.5

3.5

0.5
0.3

0.1

0.05

0.05

0.1

Note
1. Plastic or metal protrusions of 0.075 mm maximum per side are not included.
REFERENCES

OUTLINE
VERSION

IEC

JEDEC

JEITA

SOT617-1

---

MO-220

---

EUROPEAN
PROJECTION

ISSUE DATE
01-08-08
02-10-18

Fig 43. Package outline package version (HVQFN32)
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HVQFN40: plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads;
40 terminals; body 6 x 6 x 0.85 mm

A

B

D

SOT618-1

terminal 1
index area
A

E

A1

c

detail X

C

e1
e

1/2

e

20

y

y1 C

v M C A B
w M C

b

11
L

21

10

e

e2

Eh
1/2

1

e

30

terminal 1
index area

40

31
Dh

X
0

2.5
scale

DIMENSIONS (mm are the original dimensions)
UNIT
mm

A(1)
max.

A1

b

1

0.05
0.00

0.30
0.18

5 mm

c

D(1)

Dh

E(1)

Eh

0.2

6.1
5.9

4.25
3.95

6.1
5.9

4.25
3.95

e

e1
4.5

0.5

e2

L

v

w

y

y1

4.5

0.5
0.3

0.1

0.05

0.05

0.1

Note
1. Plastic or metal protrusions of 0.075 mm maximum per side are not included.
REFERENCES

OUTLINE
VERSION

IEC

JEDEC

JEITA

SOT618-1

---

MO-220

---

EUROPEAN
PROJECTION

ISSUE DATE
01-08-08
02-10-22

Fig 44. Package outline package version (HVQFN40)

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29. Abbreviations
Table 175. Abbreviations
Acronym

Description

ADC

Analog-to-Digital Converter

ASK

Amplitude Shift keying

BPSK

Binary Phase Shift Keying

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

CW

Continuous Wave

DAC

Digital-to-Analog Converter

EOF

End of frame

HBM

Human Body Model

I2C

Inter-integrated Circuit

LSB

Least Significant Bit

MISO

Master In Slave Out

MM

Machine Model

MOSI

Master Out Slave In

MSB

Most Significant Bit

NSS

Not Slave Select

PCB

Printed-Circuit Board

PLL

Phase-Locked Loop

PRBS

Pseudo-Random Bit Sequence

RX

Receiver

SOF

Start Of Frame

SPI

Serial Peripheral Interface

TX

Transmitter

UART

Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter

30. Glossary
Modulation index — Defined as the voltage ratio (Vmax  Vmin) / (Vmax + Vmin).
Load modulation index — Defined as the voltage ratio for the card
(Vmax  Vmin) / (Vmax + Vmin) measured at the card’s coil.
Initiator — Generates RF field at 13.56 MHz and starts the NFCIP-1 communication.
Target — Responds to command either using load modulation scheme (RF field
generated by Initiator) or using modulation of self generated RF field (no RF field
generated by initiator).

31. References
[1]

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Application note — NFC Transmission Module Antenna and RF Design Guide

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32. Revision history
Table 176. Revision history
Document ID

Release date

Data sheet status

Change notice

Supersedes

PN512 v.4.2

20120828

Product data sheet

-

PN512 v.4.1

Modifications:
PN512 v.4.1
Modifications:
PN512 v.4.0
Modifications:
PN512 v.3.9
Modifications:

PN512 v.3.8
Modifications:
111310
Modifications:

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•

Table 122 “AutoTestReg register (address 36h); reset value: 40h, 01000000b”: description of
bits 4 and 5 corrected

20120821

•

-

PN512 v.4.0

Table 123 “Description of bits”: description of bits 4 and 5 corrected

20120712

•

Product data sheet
Product data sheet

-

PN512 v.3.9

-

PN512 v.3.8

Section 33.4 “Licenses”: updated

20120201

Product data sheet

•
•

Adding information on the different version in General description.

•

Adding ordering information for version 1.0 and industrial version in Table 2 “Ordering
information” on page 5

•

Adding the limitations and characteristics for the industrial version, see Table 1 “Quick
reference data” on page 4, Table 165 “Limiting values” on page 108, Table 1 “Quick reference
data” on page 4

•

Referring to the Section 21 “Errata sheet” on page 106 within the following sections: Section
9.2.2.4 “RxModeReg” on page 36, Section 9.2.2.10 “DemodReg” on page 42, Section 9.2.2.15
“TypeBReg” on page 47, Section 9.2.3.10 “TMode Register, TPrescaler Register” on page 54,
Section 9.2.4.7 “AutoTestReg” on page 61, Section 9.2.4.8 “VersionReg” on page 61, Section
9.1.1 “Register bit behavior” on page 20, Section 15 “Timer unit” on page 93, Section 20
“Testsignals” on page 104;

•

Update of command ‘Mem’ to ‘Configure’ and ‘RFU’ to ‘Autocoll’ in Table 157 “Command
overview” on page 98.

•
•

Change of ‘Mem’ to ‘Configure’ in ‘Mem’ in Section 19.3.1.2 “Config command” on page 98

Adding Section 21 “Errata sheet” on page 106 for explanation of differences between 1.0 and
2.0.

Adding Autocoll in Section 19.3.1.9 “AutoColl” on page 100

20111025

•

-

PN512 v.3.7

Table 168 “Characteristics”: unit of Pxtal corrected

June 2005

•

Product data sheet
Objective data sheet

-

Initial version

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33. Legal information
33.1 Data sheet status
Document status[1][2]

Product status[3]

Definition

Objective [short] data sheet

Development

This document contains data from the objective specification for product development.

Preliminary [short] data sheet

Qualification

This document contains data from the preliminary specification.

Product [short] data sheet

Production

This document contains the product specification.

[1]

Please consult the most recently issued document before initiating or completing a design.

[2]

The term ‘short data sheet’ is explained in section “Definitions”.

[3]

The product status of device(s) described in this document may have changed since this document was published and may differ in case of multiple devices. The latest product status
information is available on the Internet at URL http://www.nxp.com.

33.2 Definitions
Draft — The document is a draft version only. The content is still under
internal review and subject to formal approval, which may result in
modifications or additions. NXP Semiconductors does not give any
representations or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of
information included herein and shall have no liability for the consequences of
use of such information.
Short data sheet — A short data sheet is an extract from a full data sheet
with the same product type number(s) and title. A short data sheet is intended
for quick reference only and should not be relied upon to contain detailed and
full information. For detailed and full information see the relevant full data
sheet, which is available on request via the local NXP Semiconductors sales
office. In case of any inconsistency or conflict with the short data sheet, the
full data sheet shall prevail.
Product specification — The information and data provided in a Product
data sheet shall define the specification of the product as agreed between
NXP Semiconductors and its customer, unless NXP Semiconductors and
customer have explicitly agreed otherwise in writing. In no event however,
shall an agreement be valid in which the NXP Semiconductors product is
deemed to offer functions and qualities beyond those described in the
Product data sheet.

33.3 Disclaimers
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representations or warranties, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy or
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profits, lost savings, business interruption, costs related to the removal or
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damages are based on tort (including negligence), warranty, breach of
contract or any other legal theory.
Notwithstanding any damages that customer might incur for any reason
whatsoever, NXP Semiconductors’ aggregate and cumulative liability towards
customer for the products described herein shall be limited in accordance
with the Terms and conditions of commercial sale of NXP Semiconductors.
Right to make changes — NXP Semiconductors reserves the right to make
changes to information published in this document, including without
limitation specifications and product descriptions, at any time and without
notice. This document supersedes and replaces all information supplied prior
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authorized or warranted to be suitable for use in life support, life-critical or
safety-critical systems or equipment, nor in applications where failure or
malfunction of an NXP Semiconductors product can reasonably be expected
to result in personal injury, death or severe property or environmental
damage. NXP Semiconductors and its suppliers accept no liability for
inclusion and/or use of NXP Semiconductors products in such equipment or
applications and therefore such inclusion and/or use is at the customer’s own
risk.
Applications — Applications that are described herein for any of these
products are for illustrative purposes only. NXP Semiconductors makes no
representation or warranty that such applications will be suitable for the
specified use without further testing or modification.
Customers are responsible for the design and operation of their applications
and products using NXP Semiconductors products, and NXP Semiconductors
accepts no liability for any assistance with applications or customer product
design. It is customer’s sole responsibility to determine whether the NXP
Semiconductors product is suitable and fit for the customer’s applications and
products planned, as well as for the planned application and use of
customer’s third party customer(s). Customers should provide appropriate
design and operating safeguards to minimize the risks associated with their
applications and products.
NXP Semiconductors does not accept any liability related to any default,
damage, costs or problem which is based on any weakness or default in the
customer’s applications or products, or the application or use by customer’s
third party customer(s). Customer is responsible for doing all necessary
testing for the customer’s applications and products using NXP
Semiconductors products in order to avoid a default of the applications and
the products or of the application or use by customer’s third party
customer(s). NXP does not accept any liability in this respect.
Limiting values — Stress above one or more limiting values (as defined in
the Absolute Maximum Ratings System of IEC 60134) will cause permanent
damage to the device. Limiting values are stress ratings only and (proper)
operation of the device at these or any other conditions above those given in
the Recommended operating conditions section (if present) or the
Characteristics sections of this document is not warranted. Constant or
repeated exposure to limiting values will permanently and irreversibly affect
the quality and reliability of the device.
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products are sold subject to the general terms and conditions of commercial
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applying the customer’s general terms and conditions with regard to the
purchase of NXP Semiconductors products by customer.
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Export control — This document as well as the item(s) described herein
may be subject to export control regulations. Export might require a prior
authorization from competent authorities.
Quick reference data — The Quick reference data is an extract of the
product data given in the Limiting values and Characteristics sections of this
document, and as such is not complete, exhaustive or legally binding.
Non-automotive qualified products — Unless this data sheet expressly
states that this specific NXP Semiconductors product is automotive qualified,
the product is not suitable for automotive use. It is neither qualified nor tested
in accordance with automotive testing or application requirements. NXP
Semiconductors accepts no liability for inclusion and/or use of
non-automotive qualified products in automotive equipment or applications.
In the event that customer uses the product for design-in and use in
automotive applications to automotive specifications and standards, customer
(a) shall use the product without NXP Semiconductors’ warranty of the
product for such automotive applications, use and specifications, and (b)
whenever customer uses the product for automotive applications beyond
NXP Semiconductors’ specifications such use shall be solely at customer’s
own risk, and (c) customer fully indemnifies NXP Semiconductors for any
liability, damages or failed product claims resulting from customer design and
use of the product for automotive applications beyond NXP Semiconductors’
standard warranty and NXP Semiconductors’ product specifications.

33.4 Licenses
Purchase of NXP ICs with ISO/IEC 14443 type B functionality
This NXP Semiconductors IC is ISO/IEC 14443 Type B
software enabled and is licensed under Innovatron’s
Contactless Card patents license for ISO/IEC 14443 B.
The license includes the right to use the IC in systems
and/or end-user equipment.
RATP/Innovatron
Technology
Purchase of NXP ICs with NFC technology
Purchase of an NXP Semiconductors IC that complies with one of the Near
Field Communication (NFC) standards ISO/IEC 18092 and ISO/IEC 21481
does not convey an implied license under any patent right infringed by
implementation of any of those standards.

33.5 Trademarks
Notice: All referenced brands, product names, service names and trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.
I2C-bus — logo is a trademark of NXP B.V.
MIFARE — is a trademark of NXP B.V.

34. Contact information
For more information, please visit: http://www.nxp.com
For sales office addresses, please send an email to: salesaddresses@nxp.com

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35. Tables
Table 1.
Table 2.
Table 3.
Table 4.
Table 5.
Table 6.
Table 7.
Table 8.
Table 9.
Table 10.
Table 11.
Table 12.
Table 13.
Table 14.
Table 15.
Table 16.
Table 17.
Table 18.
Table 19.
Table 20.
Table 21.
Table 22.
Table 23.
Table 24.
Table 25.
Table 26.
Table 27.
Table 28.
Table 29.
Table 30.
Table 31.
Table 32.
Table 33.
Table 34.
Table 35.
Table 36.
Table 37.
Table 38.
Table 39.

Quick reference data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Pin description HVQFN32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Pin description HVQFN40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Communication overview for
ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE reader/writer . . . . . 11
Communication overview for FeliCa
reader/writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
FeliCa framing and coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Start value for the CRC Polynomial: (00h),
(00h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Communication overview for Active
communication mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Communication overview for Passive
communication mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Framing and coding overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
MIFARE Card operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
FeliCa Card operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
PN512 registers overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Behavior of register bits and its designation . . .20
PageReg register (address 00h); reset value:
00h, 0000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Description of PageReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
CommandReg register (address 01h); reset
value: 20h, 00100000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Description of CommandReg bits . . . . . . . . . . .21
CommIEnReg register (address 02h); reset
value: 80h, 10000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Description of CommIEnReg bits . . . . . . . . . . .22
DivIEnReg register (address 03h); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Description of DivIEnReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
CommIRqReg register (address 04h); reset
value: 14h, 00010100b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Description of CommIRqReg bits . . . . . . . . . . .24
DivIRqReg register (address 05h); reset
value: XXh, 000X00XXb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Description of DivIRqReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
ErrorReg register (address 06h); reset value:
00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Description of ErrorReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Status1Reg register (address 07h); reset
value: XXh, X100X01Xb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Description of Status1Reg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Status2Reg register (address 08h); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Description of Status2Reg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
FIFODataReg register (address 09h); reset
value: XXh, XXXXXXXXb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Description of FIFODataReg bits . . . . . . . . . . .29
FIFOLevelReg register (address 0Ah); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Description of FIFOLevelReg bits. . . . . . . . . . .29
WaterLevelReg register (address 0Bh); reset
value: 08h, 00001000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Description of WaterLevelReg bits . . . . . . . . . .30

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Table 40. ControlReg register (address 0Ch); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Table 41. Description of ControlReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Table 42. BitFramingReg register (address 0Dh); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 43. Description of BitFramingReg bits . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 44. CollReg register (address 0Eh); reset value:
XXh, 101XXXXXb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Table 45. Description of CollReg bits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Table 46. PageReg register (address 10h); reset value:
00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 47. Description of PageReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 48. ModeReg register (address 11h); reset value:
3Bh, 00111011b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 49. Description of ModeReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 50. TxModeReg register (address 12h); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 51. Description of TxModeReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 52. RxModeReg register (address 13h); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 53. Description of RxModeReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 54. TxControlReg register (address 14h); reset
value: 80h, 10000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Table 55. Description of TxControlReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Table 56. TxAutoReg register (address 15h); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 57. Description of TxAutoReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 58. TxSelReg register (address 16h); reset value:
10h, 00010000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 59. Description of TxSelReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 60. RxSelReg register (address 17h); reset value:
84h, 10000100b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Table 61. Description of RxSelReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Table 62. RxThresholdReg register (address 18h);
reset value: 84h, 10000100b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Table 63. Description of RxThresholdReg bits . . . . . . . . 41
Table 64. DemodReg register (address 19h); reset
value: 4Dh, 01001101b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Table 65. Description of DemodReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Table 66. FelNFC1Reg register (address 1Ah); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Table 67. Description of FelNFC1Reg bits . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Table 68. FelNFC2Reg register (address1Bh); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Table 69. Description of FelNFC2Reg bits . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Table 70. MifNFCReg register (address 1Ch); reset
value: 62h, 01100010b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Table 71. Description of MifNFCReg bits. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Table 72. ManualRCVReg register (address 1Dh);
reset value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Table 73. Description of ManualRCVReg bits . . . . . . . . . 46
Table 74. TypeBReg register (address 1Eh); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 75. Description of TypeBReg bits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 76. SerialSpeedReg register (address 1Fh);
reset value: EBh, 11101011b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Table 77. Description of SerialSpeedReg bits . . . . . . . . .48
Table 78. PageReg register (address 20h); reset value:
00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Table 79. Description of PageReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Table 80. CRCResultReg register (address 21h); reset
value: FFh, 11111111b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Table 81. Description of CRCResultReg bits . . . . . . . . . .49
Table 82. CRCResultReg register (address 22h); reset
value: FFh, 11111111b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Table 83. Description of CRCResultReg bits . . . . . . . . . .49
Table 84. GsNOffReg register (address 23h); reset
value: 88h, 10001000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Table 85. Description of GsNOffReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Table 86. ModWidthReg register (address 24h); reset
value: 26h, 00100110b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Table 87. Description of ModWidthReg bits . . . . . . . . . . .51
Table 88. TxBitPhaseReg register (address 25h); reset
value: 87h, 10000111b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Table 89. Description of TxBitPhaseReg bits . . . . . . . . . .51
Table 90. RFCfgReg register (address 26h); reset
value: 48h, 01001000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Table 91. Description of RFCfgReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Table 92. GsNOnReg register (address 27h); reset
value: 88h, 10001000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Table 93. Description of GsNOnReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Table 94. CWGsPReg register (address 28h); reset
value: 20h, 00100000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Table 95. Description of CWGsPReg bits. . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Table 96. ModGsPReg register (address 29h); reset
value: 20h, 00100000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Table 97. Description of ModGsPReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Table 98. TModeReg register (address 2Ah); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Table 99. Description of TModeReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Table 100. TPrescalerReg register (address 2Bh); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Table 101. Description of TPrescalerReg bits . . . . . . . . . .55
Table 102. TReloadReg (Higher bits) register (address
2Ch); reset value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . .56
Table 103. Description of the higher TReloadReg bits . . .56
Table 104. TReloadReg (Lower bits) register (address
2Dh); reset value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . .56
Table 105. Description of lower TReloadReg bits . . . . . . .56
Table 106. TCounterValReg (Higher bits) register
(address 2Eh); reset value: XXh,
XXXXXXXXb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Table 107. Description of the higher
TCounterValReg bits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Table 108. TCounterValReg (Lower bits) register
(address 2Fh); reset value: XXh,
XXXXXXXXb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Table 109. Description of lower TCounterValReg bits . . . .57
Table 110. PageReg register (address 30h); reset value:
00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Table 111. Description of PageReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Table 112. TestSel1Reg register (address 31h); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Table 113. Description of TestSel1Reg bits . . . . . . . . . . . .59
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Table 114. TestSel2Reg register (address 32h); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Table 115. Description of TestSel2Reg bits. . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Table 116. TestPinEnReg register (address 33h); reset
value: 80h, 10000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Table 117. Description of TestPinEnReg bits . . . . . . . . . . 60
Table 118. TestPinValueReg register (address 34h);
reset value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Table 119. Description of TestPinValueReg bits . . . . . . . . 60
Table 120. TestBusReg register (address 35h); reset
value: XXh, XXXXXXXXb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Table 121. Description of TestBusReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Table 122. AutoTestReg register (address 36h); reset
value: 40h, 01000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Table 123. Description of bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Table 124. VersionReg register (address 37h); reset
value: XXh, XXXXXXXXb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Table 125. Description of VersionReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Table 126. AnalogTestReg register (address 38h); reset
value: 00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Table 127. Description of AnalogTestReg bits . . . . . . . . . 63
Table 128. TestDAC1Reg register (address 39h); reset
value: XXh, 00XXXXXXb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table 129. Description of TestDAC1Reg bits . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table 130. TestDAC2Reg register (address 3Ah); reset
value: XXh, 00XXXXXXb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table 131. Description ofTestDAC2Reg bits . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table 132. TestADCReg register (address 3Bh); reset
value: XXh, XXXXXXXXb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table 133. Description of TestADCReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table 134. RFTReg register (address 3Ch); reset value:
FFh, 11111111b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Table 135. Description of RFTReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Table 136. RFTReg register (address 3Dh, 3Fh); reset value:
00h, 00000000b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Table 137. Description of RFTReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Table 138. RFTReg register (address 3Eh); reset value:
03h, 00000011b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Table 139. Description of RFTReg bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Table 140. Connection protocol for detecting different
interface types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Table 141. Connection scheme for detecting the
different interface types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Table 142. MOSI and MISO byte order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Table 143. MOSI and MISO byte order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Table 144. Address byte 0 register; address MOSI . . . . . 68
Table 145. BR_T0 and BR_T1 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Table 146. Selectable UART transfer speeds . . . . . . . . . 69
Table 147. UART framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Table 148. Read data byte order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Table 149. Write data byte order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Table 150. Address byte 0 register; address MOSI . . . . . 72
Table 151. Supported interface types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Table 152. Register and bit settings controlling the
signal on pin TX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Table 153. Register and bit settings controlling the
signal on pin TX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Table 154. Setting of the bits RFlevel in register

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RFCfgReg (RFLevel amplifier deactivated) . . .83
Table 155. CRC coprocessor parameters . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Table 156. Interrupt sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Table 157. Command overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Table 158. Testsignal routing (TestSel2Reg = 07h) . . . . .104
Table 159. Description of Testsignals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Table 160. Testsignal routing (TestSel2Reg = 0Dh) . . . .105
Table 161. Description of Testsignals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Table 162. Testsignal routing (TestSel2Reg = 19h) . . . . .105
Table 163. Description of Testsignals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Table 164. Testsignals description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Table 165. Limiting values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Table 166. Operating conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Table 167. Thermal characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Table 168. Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Table 169. SPI timing characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Table 170. I2C-bus timing in Fast mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Table 171. AC symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Table 172. Timing specification for separated
Read/Write strobe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Table 173. Timing specification for common
Read/Write strobe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Table 174. Package information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Table 175. Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Table 176. Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

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36. Figures
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Simplified block diagram of the PN512 . . . . . . . . .6
Detailed block diagram of the PN512 . . . . . . . . . .7
Pinning configuration HVQFN32 (SOT617-1) . . . .8
Pinning configuration HVQFN40 (SOT618-1) . . . .8
PN512 Read/Write mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE Read/Write mode
communication diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Data coding and framing according to
ISO/IEC 14443 A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
FeliCa reader/writer communication diagram . . .13
NFCIP-1 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Active communication mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Passive communication mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
SPI connection to host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
UART connection to microcontrollers . . . . . . . . .68
UART read data timing diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
UART write data timing diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
I2C-bus interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Bit transfer on the I2C-bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
START and STOP conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Acknowledge on the I2C-bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Data transfer on the I2C-bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
First byte following the START procedure . . . . . .75
Register read and write access . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
I2C-bus HS mode protocol switch . . . . . . . . . . . .77
I2C-bus HS mode protocol frame. . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Connection to host controller with separated
Read/Write strobes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Connection to host controller with common
Read/Write strobes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Data mode detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Serial data switch for TX1 and TX2 . . . . . . . . . . .85
Communication flows using the S2C interface. . .86
Signal shape for SIGOUT in FeliCa card SAM
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Signal shape for SIGIN in SAM mode . . . . . . . . .87
Signal shape for SIGOUT in MIFARE Card
SAM mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Signal shape for SIGIN in MIFARE Card SAM
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Quartz crystal connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Oscillator start-up time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Autocoll Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Typical circuit diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Pin RX input voltage range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Timing diagram for SPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Timing for Fast and Standard mode devices
on the I2C-bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Timing diagram for separated Read/Write
strobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Timing diagram for common Read/Write strobe 118
Package outline package version (HVQFN32) .120
Package outline package version (HVQFN40) .121

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37. Contents
1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1
Different available versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2
General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
3
Features and benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4
Quick reference data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5
Ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6
Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7
Pinning information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7.1
Pinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7.2
Pin description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8
Functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8.1
ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE functionality . . . . . 11
8.2
ISO/IEC 14443 B functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8.3
FeliCa reader/writer functionality . . . . . . . . . . 13
8.3.1
FeliCa framing and coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8.4
NFCIP-1 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8.4.1
Active communication mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
8.4.2
Passive communication mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.4.3
NFCIP-1 framing and coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.4.4
NFCIP-1 protocol support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.4.5
MIFARE Card operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.4.6
FeliCa Card operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9
PN512 register SET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.1
PN512 registers overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.1.1
Register bit behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9.2
Register description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9.2.1
Page 0: Command and status . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9.2.1.1
PageReg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9.2.1.2
CommandReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9.2.1.3
CommIEnReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
9.2.1.4
DivIEnReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
9.2.1.5
CommIRqReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
9.2.1.6
DivIRqReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9.2.1.7
ErrorReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
9.2.1.8
Status1Reg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
9.2.1.9
Status2Reg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
9.2.1.10 FIFODataReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
9.2.1.11 FIFOLevelReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
9.2.1.12 WaterLevelReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9.2.1.13 ControlReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9.2.1.14 BitFramingReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
9.2.1.15 CollReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
9.2.2
Page 1: Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
9.2.2.1
PageReg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
9.2.2.2
ModeReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
9.2.2.3
TxModeReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

9.2.2.4
RxModeReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.2.5
TxControlReg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.2.6
TxAutoReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.2.7
TxSelReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.2.8
RxSelReg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.2.9
RxThresholdReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.2.10 DemodReg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.2.11 FelNFC1Reg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.2.12 FelNFC2Reg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.2.13 MifNFCReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.2.14 ManualRCVReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.2.15 TypeBReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.2.16 SerialSpeedReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.3
Page 2: Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.3.1
PageReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.3.2
CRCResultReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.3.3
GsNOffReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.3.4
ModWidthReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.3.5
TxBitPhaseReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.3.6
RFCfgReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.3.7
GsNOnReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.3.8
CWGsPReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.3.9
ModGsPReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.3.10 TMode Register, TPrescaler Register . . . . . .
9.2.3.11 TReloadReg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.3.12 TCounterValReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4
Page 3: Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4.1
PageReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4.2
TestSel1Reg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4.3
TestSel2Reg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4.4
TestPinEnReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4.5
TestPinValueReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4.6
TestBusReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4.7
AutoTestReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4.8
VersionReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4.9
AnalogTestReg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4.10 TestDAC1Reg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4.11 TestDAC2Reg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4.12 TestADCReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.2.4.13 RFTReg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Digital interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.1
Automatic microcontroller interface detection
10.2
Serial Peripheral Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.2.1
SPI read data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.2.2
SPI write data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.2.3
SPI address byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.3
UART interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.3.1
Connection to a host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PN512

Product data sheet
COMPANY PUBLIC

All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers.

Rev. 4.2 — 28 August 2012
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10.3.2
Selectable UART transfer speeds . . . . . . . . .
10.3.3
UART framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.4
I2C Bus Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.4.1
Data validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.4.2
START and STOP conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.4.3
Byte format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.4.4
Acknowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.4.5
7-Bit addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.4.6
Register write access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.4.7
Register read access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.4.8
High-speed mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.4.9
High-speed transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.4.10 Serial data transfer format in HS mode . . . . .
10.4.11 Switching between F/S mode and HS mode .
10.4.12 PN512 at lower speed modes . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
8-bit parallel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11.1
Overview of supported host controller
interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11.2
Separated Read/Write strobe . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11.3
Common Read/Write strobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
Analog interface and contactless UART . . . .
12.1
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.2
TX driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.3
RF level detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.4
Data mode detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.5
Serial data switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.6
S2C interface support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.6.1
Signal shape for Felica S2C interface support
12.6.2
Waveform shape for ISO/IEC 14443A and
MIFARE S2C support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.7
Hardware support for FeliCa and NFC polling
12.7.1
Polling sequence functionality for initiator. . . .
12.7.2
Polling sequence functionality for target . . . . .
12.7.3
Additional hardware support for FeliCa
and NFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.7.4
CRC coprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
FIFO buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13.1
Accessing the FIFO buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13.2
Controlling the FIFO buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13.3
FIFO buffer status information . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Interrupt request system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14.1
Interrupt sources overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15
Timer unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Power reduction modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16.1
Hard power-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16.2
Soft power-down mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16.3
Transmitter power-down mode . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
Oscillator circuitry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Reset and oscillator start-up time . . . . . . . . .

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96

18.1
Reset timing requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
18.2
Oscillator start-up time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
19
PN512 command set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
19.1
General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
19.2
General behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
19.3
PN512 command overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
19.3.1
PN512 command descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
19.3.1.1 Idle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
19.3.1.2 Config command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
19.3.1.3 Generate RandomID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
19.3.1.4 CalcCRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
19.3.1.5 Transmit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
19.3.1.6 NoCmdChange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
19.3.1.7 Receive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
19.3.1.8 Transceive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
19.3.1.9 AutoColl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
19.3.1.10 MFAuthent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
19.3.1.11 SoftReset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
20
Testsignals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
20.1
Selftest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
20.2
Testbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
20.3
Testsignals at pin AUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
20.4
PRBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
21
Errata sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
22
Application design-in information. . . . . . . . 107
23
Limiting values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
24
Recommended operating conditions . . . . . 108
25
Thermal characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
26
Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
26.1
Timing characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
26.2
8-bit parallel interface timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
26.2.1
AC symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
26.2.2
AC operating specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
26.2.2.1 Bus timing for separated Read/Write strobe . 116
26.2.2.2 Bus timing for common Read/Write strobe . . 117
27
Package information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
28
Package outline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
29
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
30
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
31
References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
32
Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
33
Legal information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
33.1
Data sheet status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
33.2
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
33.3
Disclaimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
33.4
Licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
33.5
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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PN512

Product data sheet
COMPANY PUBLIC

All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers.

Rev. 4.2 — 28 August 2012
111342

© NXP B.V. 2012. All rights reserved.

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Contact information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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described herein, have been included in section ‘Legal information’.

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All rights reserved.

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