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Page 2: ...cription 9 3 1 AS395x Evaluation Software 10 4 AS395x Evaluation Software User Guide 12 4 1 Type 2 Tag tab 12 4 2 Type 4 Tag tab 16 4 3 File Transfer tab 16 4 4 Memory Map tab 18 4 5 Advanced tab 19 5 Data protection 24 6 Configure and Use Example 25 6 1 AS3956 with AS3911 25 6 1 1 NFC T2T 25 6 1 2 NFC T4T 25 6 1 2 1 Powered from USB port 25 6 1 2 2 Powered from AS3956 energy harvesting 25 6 2 AS3...
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Page 4: ...tor and or NFC enabled smartphone The main features of the demonstrator are Demonstration of a Tag 4 Type T4T operation Demonstration of a Tag 2 Type T2T operation The Evaluation Kit allows you to supply all components by the PC USB Port No external supply or battery is needed Except the USB cable included no wiring is needed This allows a fast and convenient evaluation of the AS3956 1 1 Kit Conte...
Page 5: ...ler board The tag consists of the AS3956 antenna and a connector The tag unpowered works like a standard NFC Forum T2T Connector provides all connections required for the microcontroller VSS SPI I2C IRQ VPREG 2 1 Controller Board Description The controller board mainly consists of the USB connector PIC24FJ128GB202 microcontroller and an 8MHz crystal The board is powered by USB or by RF field energ...
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Page 9: ...a and an FCC connector 2 2 1 Tag Dimensions 2 2 1 1 20x25 mm tag 2 2 1 2 22x38 mm tag 2 2 1 3 32x45 mm tag 3 Software Description The AS3956 IC natively behaves like a T2T with NDEF message It can be used with a standard NFC enabled phone The AS395x Evaluation Software package includes a general purpose AS395x Evaluation Software Desktop GUI ...
Page 10: ...esting data protection silent mode and other advanced features Manipulate the contents of the NDEF message both for T2T and T4T Do data transfer between the Desktop GUI and the Android demo app Currently data transfer is supported only in extended mode tunneling mode will added in the future versions The AS395x Evaluation SW can be downloaded from the following destinations Software FTP site User ...
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Page 12: ...5x GUI Version 4 AS395x Evaluation Software User Guide 4 1 Type 2 Tag tab From this tab the AS3956 can be configured to operate as an NFC Forum Type 2 Tag Here the NDEF message can also be read or written To setup the AS3956 as a T2T click on Configure as Type 2 Tag button AS3956 Evaluation Software ...
Page 13: ...t 30 Document Feedback Figure 6 AS395x GUI Type 2 Tag tab To clear the NDEF message click on the Clear button pressing the Write button after that is not necessary To change or create the NDEF message click on Create Edit button to bring the NDEF message dialog x ...
Page 14: ... Feedback Figure 7 AS395x GUI NDEF Message Dialog Select the desired record type from the Record types list on left handside of the screen and then click Add A record with the selected record type will be added to the Message records list Now enter the URL text in the text box ...
Page 15: ... NDEF message dialog and go back to the Type 2 Tag tab and there press Write A message box will pop up to inform if writing the NDEF message was successful Figure 9 AS395x GUI NDEF Message Created The message is written into the AS3956 EEPROM and the board can be disconnected from USB Any reader NFC enabled phone will be able to read out the NDEF message x ...
Page 16: ...Type 4 Tag tab Changing creating the NDEF message follows the same procedure as in T2T NDEF message configuration The difference is that in this case the NDEF message will go to the MCU s flash memory not to the AS3956 EEPROM MCU must be on for readers NFC phones to read out the message so either energy harvesting must be enabled or the MCU should be externally supplied USB cable ex The GUI can be...
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Page 18: ...igure 13 AS3956x GUI Memory Map tab To read the tag memory press on Read To change contents of the memory change the bytes of the block you want to write and then click on Write If the data fields are displayed in hex enter the new data in hex If data fields are displayed in ASCII then data should be entered as text The cells to be changed will be marked in red x ...
Page 19: ...om the RF interface reading again with the GUI will show the text in the cells in blue indicating that the content in these cells changed since the last read 4 5 Advanced tab The Advanced tab has four sections IC Configuration Part of the settings saved in the AS3956 EEPROM configuration words can be changed here Refer to the datasheet for information on what each options means x ...
Page 20: ...tart address text box Protected blocks will be all the blocks from the start address to the end of the memory address space If the start address is beyond the valid addresses data protection will be disabled o Select which EEPROM operations read and or write require authentication If nothing is selected data protection will be disabled o Optionally change the authentication counter to a valid valu...
Page 21: ... FFh and or uncheck the EEPROM Read and EEPROM Write check boxes o Click Write to write the new settings to the EEPROM Figure 15 AS395x GUI Advanced tab Authentication Settings Interrupt masks define which interrupt sources will trigger an IRQ Checking a source will disable it This part and the IC Configuration comprise the contents of the AS3956 configuration words x ...
Page 22: ... Board ams Demo Kit Manual Page 22 v1 2 2017 Oct 30 Document Feedback Figure 16 AS395x GUI Advanced tab Interrupt masks Fabrication data the read only configuration data of the AS3956 are written at production time x ...
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Page 24: ...ata protection can be enabled from the GUI when authentication settings over RF is set to be allowed in the AS3956 IC s configuration settings Figure 35 AS395x GUI Enable auth settings from RF How to enable disable from the GUI refer to the AS395x Evaluation Software User Guide section of this document x ...
Page 25: ... tag on the back of the smartphone Smartphone will detect the tag and take appropriate action 3 6 1 2 2 Powered from AS3956 energy harvesting Connect the Controller board to the computer with USB cable and start the AS395x Evaluation Software Click on the Type 4 Tag tab Click on Configure as Type 4 Tag The AS3956 is now configured as T4T Click on the Advanced tab Click on the IC Configuration Clic...
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