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NFCController

NFCController class hierarchy

Using an NFC controller with Mbed OS allows you to emulate NFC tags that a smartphone can read, as well as generate NDEF messages on demand.

To use an NFC controller, you must initiate the instance with a driver instance, an event queue and a scratch buffer for NDEF messages.

NFCController class reference

Data Structures
struct  Delegate
 The NFCController delegate. More...
Public Member Functions
 NFCController (NFCControllerDriver *driver, events::EventQueue *queue, const Span< uint8_t > &ndef_buffer)
 Construct a NFCController instance. More...
nfc_err_t initialize ()
 Initialize the NFC controller. More...
void set_delegate (Delegate *delegate)
 Set the delegate that will receive events generated by this controller. More...
nfc_rf_protocols_bitmask_t get_supported_rf_protocols () const
 Get the list of RF protocols supported by this controller. More...
nfc_err_t configure_rf_protocols (nfc_rf_protocols_bitmask_t rf_protocols)
 Set the list of RF protocols to look for during discovery. More...
nfc_err_t start_discovery ()
 Start the discovery process using the protocols configured previously. More...
nfc_err_t cancel_discovery ()
 Cancel/stop a running discovery process. More...

NFCController example

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2020 Arm Limited and affiliates.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */
#include "stdint.h"
#include "NFC.h"
#include "events/EventQueue.h"
#include "nfc/controllers/PN512Driver.h"
#include "nfc/controllers/PN512SPITransportDriver.h"

static uint8_t ndef_buffer[1024] = {0};

int main()
{
    mbed::nfc::PN512SPITransportDriver pn512_transport(D11, D12, D13, D10, A1, A0);
    mbed::nfc::PN512Driver pn512_driver(&pn512_transport);
    events::EventQueue queue;
    mbed::nfc::NFCController nfc(&pn512_driver, &queue, ndef_buffer);

    // ...
}

A delegate mechanism handles events throughout the API.

For instance, a delegate for a NFC controller can look similar to this:

struct NFCDelegate : mbed::nfc::NFCController::Delegate {
    virtual void on_discovery_terminated(nfc_discovery_terminated_reason_t reason) {
        printf("Discovery terminated:\r\n");
        if(reason != nfc_discovery_terminated_completed) {
            nfc_ptr->start_discovery(); // Error, restart discovery
        }
    }
    virtual void on_nfc_initiator_discovered(const SharedPtr< mbed::nfc::NFCRemoteInitiator> &nfc_initiator) {
        printf("Remote inititator detected\r\n");
        nfc_initiator->set_delegate(nfc_initiator_delegate_ptr);
        nfc_initiator->connect(); // Connect to the initiator
    }
};
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