MikroElektronika NFC Click Element

The NFC click element is used to read NFC tags. This element is for using the MikroElektronika NFC Click board.

The NFC click is a protocol element that can be imported into the Element Toolbox through the Add Element button located in the toolbox from the Embedded tab.

Properties

The following properties can be changed for the NFC click element:

Name

The name of the element.

GPIO Driver Instance

The GPIO driver instance number to use.

I2C Driver Instance

The I2C bus used to communicate with the board.

I2C Address

The I2C address the element sends data to. Typically 0x28.

Interrupt Pin

The platform-specific interrupt GPIO pin.

Reset Pin

The platform-specific reset GPIO pin.

Tag Poll Rate (ms)

The rate the driver polls for a new tag in milliseconds.

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Typically every 500ms to 1000ms provides good responsiveness without slowing down the system.

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Triggers

The following triggers are available to execute events from within the NFC click element:

Triggered

Execute an event when the source element connected to the NFC click triggers.

Number of Records Read

Execute an event when an NDEF message is read from a tag. The payload is the number of records in the tag as an unsigned integer.

Text Record Read

Execute an event when a well known text record is read from a tag. The payload is the data as a string.

URI Record Read

Execute an event when a well known URI record is read from a tag. The payload is the URI/URL as a string.

MIME Record Read

Execute an event when a MIME record is read from a tag. The payload is a structure with the following fields:

Field Name	Type	Size	Notes
Type	char[]	62 bytes maximum	Typically a string
TypeLen	uint16_t	2 bytes
Data	char[]	62 bytes maximum
DataLen	uint16_t	2 bytes

Abilities

The following abilities are available for the NFC click element when its source element triggers:

Trigger

Trigger the element(s) that follow the NFC click element.

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