PN7120 |NFC controller with flexible host interface for Home appliances

Overview

The PN7120 is a Plug-and-Play all-in-one NFC solution for easy integration into any OS environment like Linux and Android, reducing Bill of Material (BoM) size and cost. The embedded Arm® Cortex®-M0 microcontroller core is loaded with the integrated firmware, simplifying the implementation as all the NFC real-time constraints, protocols and the device discovery (polling loop) are processed internally. This part is not recommended for new designs. For new projects, we recommend the PN7150.

Features

Full hardware and software compatibility

Support for Linux, Android, Windows IoT, RTOS, NullOS
Interface to Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone Black, and all boards with Arduino^®-compatible header

All NFC operating modes

Read/Write Mode: ISO/IEC 14443 A&B up to 848 kbit/s, FeliCa at 212 & 424 kbit/s, MIFARE Classic with 1K, 4K, NFC Forum type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 tags, ISO/IEC 15693
All peer-to-peer modes
Card Emulation Mode (from host): NFC Forum T4T (ISO/IEC 14443 A&B) at 106 kbit/s, NFC Forum T3T (FeliCa, PN7150 only)

Flexible host interface

Supply voltage: 1.8 to 3.3 V
I²C interface: 3.4 Mbit/s
NCI 1.0-compliant protocol
IRQ signal for improved synchronization

Complete, power-efficient NFC control

RF driver: 3.0 to 4.75 V, 180mA max (PN7150); 2.7 to 3.3 V, 180mA max (PN7120)
Implemented according to device requirements v1.3
Fully configurable polling loop with low-power mode
Load modulation scheme: active (PN7150), passive (PN7120)

Standard packages

HVQFN40 (PN7150)
VFBGA49 (PN7120)

Key Benefits

Seamless integration of NFC into any application, especially those with OS systems
Plug-and-play NFC operation with many platforms, including most LPC, QorIQ®, Kinetis and i.MX boards
All typical NFC use cases, including pairing, personalization, extended user interface, maintenance, etc
Fast deployment of advanced, fully interoperable NFC functionality, with a lower overall cost