Intended audience This document aims to help developers make use of the NGC1081 in NFC sensing applications. It can also serve as a demo for customers when used to sense different parameters at the same time.
Boards provided by Infineon Technologies. The design of the Evaluation Boards and Reference Boards has been tested by Infineon Technologies only as described in this document. The design is not qualified in terms of safety requirements, manufacturing and operation over the entire operating temperature range or lifetime.
User manual for DEV_KIT_NGC1081 Safety precautions Safety precautions Note: Please note the following warnings regarding the hazards associated with development systems. Table 1 Safety precautions Caution: A drive that is incorrectly applied or installed can lead to component damage or reduction in product lifetime. Wiring or application errors such as undersizing the motor, supplying an incorrect or inadequate AC supply, or excessive ambient temperatures may result in system malfunction.
User manual for DEV_KIT_NGC1081 Table of contents Table of contents About this document ........................1 Important notice ..........................2 Safety precautions .......................... 3 Table of contents ..........................4 The board at a glance ......................5 Scope of supply ............................5 Main features ............................
The board at a glance This development kit is a tool for engineers who want to use NGC1081 as a solution for sensing the world via NFC and energy harvesting. NGC1081 is an NFC tag-side controller, which combines in one device the functions of energy harvesting, NFC, sensing unit and motor control.
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Current between MA and MB I_HB Analog input AN_IN0 to AN_IN3 Analog outputs AN_OUT [*] The maximum external voltage should not exceed the selected clamping voltage of NGC1081 – see the datasheet for the possible values of the clamping voltage. User manual V 1.0...
User manual for DEV_KIT_NGC1081 System and functional description System and functional description The EVAL_NGC1081 has been developed to operate in two different modes. It can operate either in active mode (by external wired power supply) or passive mode (by harvesting energy from the NFC antenna and without any external wired power supply).
User manual for DEV_KIT_NGC1081 System and functional description Operation in passive mode In passive mode, the EVAL_NGC1081 not only communicates with the reader device (e.g., smartphone), but also harvests energy from it. 2.2.1 Steps to power up the board in passive mode Check jumper connections in Table •...
User manual for DEV_KIT_NGC1081 System design Layout Figure 4 EVAL_NGC1081 layout (top layer) Figure 5 EVAL_NGC1081 layout (bottom layer) User manual V 1.0 2023-04-12...
(Recommended) connected when wake-up pin is not in JP11 NGC1081 pins (3) JP12 NGC1081 pins (4) JP13, JP14 UART and SPI connection between NGC1081 and S2GO JP15 5 V pinouts connected to the S2GO sensors Debugger connector Micro-USB connector S2GO sensors connector...
System in operation System in operation To sense the world using NGC1081, you can use the internal temperature sensor or any of the other peripherals C, SPI, UART ...) that the NGC1081 supports to sense using external sensors. For an easy trial of different sensors, the EVAL_NGC1081 supports the S2GO boards.
(available in active and/or in passive mode). After going through one of the two options, the NGC1081 sends the results over UART. The results can be read using the Android app supplied with the board. Below is the flow chart of the firmware.
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User manual for DEV_KIT_NGC1081 System in operation Figure 10 measurement steps labeled on the EVAL_NGC1081 with the SHIELD_PASCO2_SENSOR After less than 2 s the result will already be shown on the UART terminal. 6. Additionally, if the phone is placed where the NFC antenna is, the result of the measurement will also be shown in the app.
1. Plug the micro-USB into J2 for power supply. 2. Make sure the following jumper is connected correctly: a. JP8 connected 3. Connect the Rx UART cable to GPIO2 (Tx of the NGC1081). 4. Switch S1 on. Figure 13 shows the steps mentioned above on the board.
User manual for DEV_KIT_NGC1081 System in operation The figures below show the results of temperature measurements. Figure 14 Screenshot of the result on the app terminal after temperature measurement Figure 15 Screenshot of the result on the UART terminal after temperature measurement 4.2.2.2 Passive mode temperature measurement For passive mode temperature measurement, there are just two steps:...
Appendices Appendices Debugger connection NGC1081 IC supports Arm® SWD and TAG debug ports for firmware programming. Figure 16 shows the connection of the debugger to the device. Two signals of the SWD debug port – SWDCLK and SWDIO – are connected with the pull-down resistors of 100 kΩ.
The evaluation kit offers an antenna as part of the evaluation board. An additional finished antenna design can be downloaded from the NGC1081 product web page. It is also possible to remove the antenna on the PCB and use an external antenna by connecting it to JP9. NFC readers operate in the 13.56 MHz high-frequency band.
User manual for DEV_KIT_NGC1081 Revision history Revision history Document Date Description of changes revision V 1.0 2023-04-12 Initial release User manual V 1.0 2023-04-12...
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