Laird BL654 User Manual page 32

The NFC antenna input connector (CON2) allows the Laird supplied flex-PCB NFC antenna to be plugged in. The BL654
module NFC circuit uses two pins, pin 59 (NFC1/SIO_9) and pin 57 (NFC2/SIO_10) to connect the antenna. These pins are
shared with GPIOs (SIO.09 and SIO.10). BL654 NFC pins are enabled by default. NFC can be disabled via smartBASIC
application. Pin 59 (NFC1/SIO_9) and pin 57 (NFC2/SIO_10) are configured by default on the development board schematic
to use NFC antenna, but if pin 59 (NFC1/SIO_9) and pin 57 (NFC2/SIO_10) are needed as normal GPIOs, R98 and R99 must
be removed and R100 and R101 must be shorted by 0R.
C53 (300pF) and C54 (300pF) are RF tuning elements for the flexi-PCB NFC antenna.
Table 14: NFC input BL654 SIO signal mappings
BL654 (U5) SIO
pin 59 (NFC1/SIO_9)
pin 57 (NFC2/SIO_10)
NFC1_SIO_09
J36
PIN HEADER,2.54mm 1X2P
NOPOP (0R) R100
NOPOP (0R) R101
NFC2_SIO_10
J36
Figure 18: NFC antenna RF matching circuit, NFC antenna connector schematic and NFC plugged in to connector CON2
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Bring out SIO_9 and SIO_10 to NFC
antenna connector (CON2)
Fit R98 0R (default)
Remove R100 0R (default)
Fit R99 0R (default)
Remove R101 0R (default)
GND
FFC/FPC,SMD/90d
R98
5
C53
5 GND
4
0R 300pF,50V
4
3
3
2
0R
2
1
1 GND
R99 C54
CON2
300pF,50V
GND
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Bring out SIO_9 and SIO_10
to Header connector (J36)
Remove R98 0R
Fit R100 0R
Remove R99 0R
Fit R101 with 0R
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