neard-explorenfc, neardal and reading a card's UID

Ok I've figured out how to init the BAL:

.) Configure neard-explorenfc-0.1 as described in the Readme

.) Just build nxprdlib

.) Put resulting libnxprdlib.a to /usr/local/lib

Code:

[...]

phStatus_t status;

/* Init SPI BAL */

status = phbalReg_RpiSpi_Init(&spi_balReader, sizeof(phbalReg_RpiSpi_DataParams_t));

if (status != PH_ERR_SUCCESS) {

}

[...]

...and then link against wiringpi and nxprdlib, e.g.:

gcc -o test test.c -Itypes -Iintfs -L/usr/local/lib -lwiringPi -lnxprdlib

I've finally managed to find a API documentation:

http://www.nxp.com/documents/software/SW297933.zip

This is related to PNEV512B but the API of nxprdlib is not any different there...

I have an EXPLORE-NFC kit.

The software isn't working on the latest distribution of Raspbian (from NOOBs), which was confirmed earlier.

The files don't appear to fix anything ...they install but there are no examples to run.

(It is being passed back to NXP)

Is there a chance you could enlighten me on getting this to run.

It shouldn't be that hard, as its a simple kit.

Thank

Mark

BTW Linux is like some foreign language where I know how to say hello and thanks, so don't assume anything.

Hi,

there war a mistake in the Start-up Guide. Please try running the basic example with the command

explorenfc-basic

Michael

michaelneurohr

Thanks for your reply.

I received the information a couple of hours ago via another path, and it indeed works.

While this gives the message

Tag found

there is little else.

Should there be more.?

Thanks

Mark

Hi Mark,

I guess either there is no NDEF record on your tag, or you're trying to read a record from a Mifare Classic tag. Try to write to the Mifare Ultralight card that's coming with the board with NFC tools (Android) for example and reading it afterwards. This way I could read the Ultralight but couldn't succeed in reading a Classic tag.

Regards,

Leandros

leandre84

The tag was the one supplied ...so quite possibly.

I'll have a look in a more civilised hour.

Thanks

Mark

Hi Mark,

this software is providing a new architecture approach. It provides full compatibility to the Linux-NFC approach driven by Intel.

The great benefit of this approach is that Linux-NFC got already integrated into the Linux Kernel since version 3.1 (current is 3.19).

The developer can access the NFC hardware by using the NeardAL API in his application. This API is also maintained by Intel.

Because of this integration, Linux-NFC got the standard for using NFC hardware which is integrated into the Computer hardware. It enables you to create NFC applications without the need to take care of the underlying NFC controller.

The NeardAL API supports exchanging NDEF messages via Reader/Writer mode and P2P. It supports data carrier handover and Bluetooth/WiFi pairing.

So as already mentioned by another user, you need to write an NDEF message onto your tag.

Michael