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1. Introduction

This document describes the functionality and electrical specifications of the contactless

reader/writer MFRC523.

Remark: The MFRC523 supports all variants of the MIFARE Mini, MIFARE 1K and

MIFARE 4K RF identification protocols. To aid readability throughout this data sheet, the

MIFARE Mini, MIFARE 1K and MIFARE 4K products and protocols have the generic

name MIFARE.

2. General description

The MFRC523 is a highly integrated reader/writer for contactless communication at

13.56 MHz. The MFRC523 reader supports ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE mode.

The MFRC523’s internal transmitter is able to drive a reader/writer antenna designed to

communicate with ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE cards and transponders without additional

active circuitry. The receiver module provides a robust and efficient implementation for

demodulating and decoding signals from ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE compatible cards and

transponders. The digital module manages the complete ISO/IEC 14443 A framing and

error detection (parity and CRC) functionality.

All protocol layers of the ISO/IEC 14443 A and ISO/IEC 14443 B communication

standards are supported provided:

• additional components, such as the oscillator, power supply, coil etc are correctly

applied

• standardized protocols, such as ISO/IEC 14443-4 and/or ISO/IEC 14443 B

anticollision are correctly implemented

Using this NXP Semiconductors’ device according to ISO/IEC 14443 B may infringe third

party patent rights.

The MFRC523 supports contactless communication using MIFARE higher baud rates

(see Section 8.3.4.11 on page 22) at transfer speeds up to 848 kBd in both directions.

The following host interfaces are provided:

• Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)

• Serial UART (similar to RS232 with voltage levels dependent on pin voltage supply)

• I²C-bus interface

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3. Features and benefits

 Highly integrated analog circuitry to demodulate and decode responses

 Buffered output drivers for connecting an antenna with the minimum number of

external components

 Supports ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE

 Supports ISO/IEC 14443 B Read/Write modes

 Typical operating distance in Read/Write mode up to 50 mm depending on the

antenna size and tuning

 Supports MIFARE Mini, MIFARE 1K and MIFARE 4K encryption in Read/Write mode

 Supports ISO/IEC 14443 A higher transfer speed communication at 212 kBd, 424 kBd

and 848 kBd

 Supports MFIN/MFOUT

 Additional internal power supply to the smart card IC connected via MFIN/MFOUT

 Supported host interfaces

 SPI up to 10 Mbit/s

 I²C-bus interface up to 400 kBd in Fast mode, up to 3400 kBd in High-speed mode

 RS232 Serial UART up to 1228.8 kBd, with voltage levels dependant on pin

voltage supply

 FIFO buffer handles 64 byte send and receive

 Flexible interrupt modes

 Hard reset with low power function

 Power-down by software mode

 Programmable timer

 Internal oscillator for connection to 27.12 MHz quartz crystal

 2.5 V to 3.3 V power supply

 CRC coprocessor

 Programmable I/O pins

 Internal self-test

4. Quick reference data

Table 1.

Quick reference data

Symbol Parameter

Conditions

Min

2.5

1.6

Typ

3.3

1.8

-

Max

3.6

Unit

V

[1][2]

[3]

V_DDA

V_DDD

analog supply voltage

digital supply voltage

V_DD(PVDD) V_DDA= V_DDD= V_DD(TVDD);

V_SSA= V_SSD= V_SS(PVSS)= V_SS(TVSS)= 0 V

V

V_DD(TVDD)TVDD supply voltage

V_DD(PVDD)PVDD supply voltage

V_DD(SVDD)SVDD supply voltage

V

V_SSA= V_SSD= V_SS(PVSS)= V_SS(TVSS)= 0 V

V_DDA= V_DDD= V_DD(TVDD)= V_DD(PVDD)= 3 V

hard power-down; pin NRSTPD set LOW

soft power-down; RF level detector on

pin DVDD; V_DDD= 3 V

V

I_pd

power-down current

[4]

-

5

A

mA

-

10

9

I_DDD

digital supply current

6.5

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Table 1.

Quick reference data …continued

Symbol Parameter

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

I_DDA

analog supply current

pin AVDD; V_DDA= 3 V, CommandReg register’s

RcvOff bit = 0

-

7

10

mA

pin AVDD; receiver switched off; V_DDA= 3 V,

CommandReg register’s RcvOff bit = 1

-

3

5

mA

[5]

I_DD(PVDD)PVDD supply current

I_DD(TVDD)TVDD supply current

pin PVDD

-

40

mA

C

[6][7][8]

pin TVDD; continuous wave

HVQFN32

-

60

-

100

+85

T_amb

ambient temperature

25

[1] Supply voltages below 3 V reduce the performance in, for example, the achievable operating distance.

[2] V_DDA, V_DDDand V_DD(TVDD)must always be the same voltage.

[3] V_DD(PVDD)must always be the same or lower voltage than V_DDD

.

[4] I_pdis the total current for all supplies.

[5] I_DD(PVDD)depends on the overall load at the digital pins.

[6] I_DD(TVDD)depends on V_DD(TVDD)and the external circuit connected to pins TX1 and TX2.

[7] During typical circuit operation, the overall current is below 100 mA.

[8] Typical value using a complementary driver configuration and an antenna matched to 40  between pins TX1 and TX2 at 13.56 MHz.

5. Ordering information

Table 2.

Ordering information

Type number

Package

Name

Description

Version

MFRC52302HN1/TRAYB^[1]

HVQFN32 plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads;

SOT617-1

32 terminal; body 5  5  0.85 mm

MFRC52302HN1/TRAYBM^[2]HVQFN32 plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads;

SOT617-1

32 terminal; body 5  5  0.85 mm

[1] Delivered in one tray.

[2] Delivered in five trays.

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6. Block diagram

The analog interface manages the modulation and demodulation of the analog signals.

The contactless UART manages the protocol requirements for the communication

protocols in cooperation with the host. The FIFO buffer ensures fast and convenient data

transfers to/from the host and the contactless UART.

Various host interfaces are implemented to meet different customer requirements.

REGISTER BANK

ANALOG

INTERFACE

CONTACTLESS

UART

ANTENNA

FIFO

BUFFER

SERIAL UART

SPI

I C-BUS

HOST

2

001aaj627

Fig 1. Simplified block diagram of the MFRC523

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D6/ADR_0/

MOSI/MX

D2/ADR_4

D1/ADR_5 D3/ADR_3

25 26 27

D4/ADR_2

D5/ADR_1/

D7/SCL/

SDA/NSS/RX EA I2C

24 32

PVDD PVSS

SCK/DTRQ

MISO/TX

1

28

29

30

31

2

5

3

DVDD

VOLTAGE

MONITOR

AND

POWER ON

DETECT

4

DVSS

2

SPI, UART, I C-BUS INTERFACE CONTROL

15

18

AVDD

AVSS

FIFO CONTROL

STATE MACHINE

64-BYTE FIFO

BUFFER

RESET

CONTROL

COMMAND REGISTER

PROGRAMABLE TIMER

INTERRUPT CONTROL

CRC16

6

POWER-DOWN

CONTROL

NRSTPD

IRQ

CONTROL REGISTER

BANK

23

MIFARE CLASSIC UNIT

GENERATION AND CHECK

RANDOM NUMBER

GENERATOR

PARALLEL/SERIAL

CONVERTER

BIT COUNTER

PARITY GENERATION AND CHECK

FRAME GENERATION AND CHECK

BIT DECODING

BIT ENCODING

7

8

9

MFIN

SERIAL DATA SWITCH

MFOUT

SVDD

21

22

CLOCK

OSCIN

GENERATION,

FILTERING AND

DISTRIBUTION

AMPLITUDE

RATING

OSCILLATOR

ANALOG TO DIGITAL

CONVERTER

OSCOUT

REFERENCE

VOLTAGE

Q-CLOCK

GENERATION

TEMPERATURE

SENSOR

ANALOG TEST

MULTIPLEXOR

AND

DIGITAL TO

ANALOG

I-CHANNEL

AMPLIFIER

Q-CHANNEL

AMPLIFIER

TRANSMITTER CONTROL

I-CHANNEL

DEMODULATOR

Q-CHANNEL

DEMODULATOR

CONVERTER

16

19

20

17

RX

10, 14

TVSS

11

TX1

13

TX2

12

VMID AUX1 AUX2

TVDD

001aak602

Fig 2. Detailed block diagram of the MFRC523

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7. Pinning information

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

24

23

22

21

20

19

18

17

I2C

PVDD

SDA/NSS/RX

IRQ

DVDD

OSCOUT

OSCIN

AUX2

AUX1

AVSS

RX

DVSS

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PVSS

NRSTPD

MFIN

MFOUT

001aal155

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Fig 3. Pinning configuration HVQFN32 (SOT617-1)

7.1 Pin description

Table 3.

Pin description

1

Symbol

I2C

Type^[1]Description

I^[2]

I²C-bus enable input

2

PVDD

DVDD

DVSS

PVSS

NRSTPD

P

pin power supply

3

P

digital power supply

4

G^[3]

G

I

digital ground

5

pin power supply ground

reset and power-down input:

reset: enabled by a positive edge

6

power-down: enabled when LOW; internal current sinks are switched off, the oscillator

is inhibited and the input pins are disconnected from the outside world

7

MFIN

MFOUT

SVDD

TVSS

TX1

I

MIFARE signal input

8

O

P

G

O

P

O

G

P

MIFARE signal output

9

MFIN and MFOUT pin power supply

transmitter output stage 1 ground

10

11

12

13

14

15

transmitter 1 modulated 13.56 MHz energy carrier output

transmitter power supply: supplies the output stage of transmitters 1 and 2

transmitter 2 modulated 13.56 MHz energy carrier output

transmitter output stage 2 ground

TVDD

TX2

TVSS

AVDD

analog power supply

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Table 3.

16

Pin description …continued

Symbol

VMID

RX

Type^[1]Description

P

I

internal reference voltage

17

RF signal input

18

AVSS

AUX1

AUX2

OSCIN

G

O

I

analog ground

19

auxiliary outputs for test purposes

20

21

crystal oscillator inverting amplifier input; also the input for an externally generated clock

(f_clk= 27.12 MHz)

22

23

24

OSCOUT

IRQ

SDA^[2]

NSS^[2]

RX^[2]

O

crystal oscillator inverting amplifier output

interrupt request output: indicates an interrupt event

I²C-bus serial data line input/output

SPI signal input

O

I/O

I

UART address input

25

26

27

28

29

D1^[2]

ADR_5^[2]

I/O

I

test port

I²C-bus address 5 input

D2

test port

ADR_4^[2]

D3

ADR_3^[2]

I²C-bus address 4 input

test port

I²C-bus address 3 input

I/O

I

D4

I/O

I

test port

ADR_2^[2]

D5

ADR_1^[2]

SCK^[2]

DTRQ^[2]

D6

ADR_0^[2]

MOSI^[2]

MX^[2]

I²C-bus address 2 input

test port

I²C-bus address 1 input

I/O

I

SPI serial clock input

O

UART request to send output to microcontroller

test port

I²C-bus address 0 input

SPI master out, slave in

UART output to microcontroller

test port

I²C-bus clock input/output

SPI master in, slave out

UART data output to microcontroller

external address input for coding I²C-bus address

30

31

32

I/O

I

I/O

O

D7

I/O

O

SCL^[2]

MISO^[2]

TX^[2]

EA^[2]

I

[1] Pin types: I = Input, O = Output, I/O = Input/Output, P = Power and G = Ground.

[2] The pin functionality of these pins is explained in Section 8.3 “Digital interfaces”.

[3] Connection of heatsink pad on package underside is not necessary. Optional connection to pin DVSS is possible.

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8. Functional description

The MFRC523 transmission module supports ISO/IEC 14443 A and ISO/IEC 14443 B

Read/Write mode at various transfer speeds and modulation protocols.

BATTERY

MFRC523

ISO/IEC 14443 A CARD

MICROCONTROLLER

contactless card

reader/writer

001aal156

Fig 4. MFRC523 Read/Write mode

8.1 ISO/IEC 14443 A functionality

The physical level communication is shown in Figure 5.

(1)

ISO/IEC 14443 A

READER

ISO/IEC 14443 A CARD

(2)

MFRC523

001aal157

(1) Reader to card (MFRC523 sends data to a card).

(2) Card to reader (card sends data to the MFRC523).

Fig 5. ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE Read/Write mode communication diagram

The physical parameters are described in Table 4.

Table 4.

Communication overview for ISO/IEC 14443 A reader/writer

Communication

direction

Signal type

Transfer speed

106 kBd

212 kBd

424 kBd

848 kBd

Reader to card

reader side

100 % ASK

(MFRC523 sends data modulation

to a card)

bit encoding

modified Miller

encoding

modified Miller

encoding

modified Miller

encoding

modified Miller

encoding

bit length

128 (13.56 s)

64 (13.56 s)

32 (13.56 s)

16 (13.56 s)

Card to reader (card

sends data to the

MFRC523)

card side

modulation

subcarrier load

modulation

subcarrier load

modulation

subcarrier load

modulation

subcarrier load

modulation

subcarrier

frequency

13.56 MHz / 16

bit encoding

Manchester

encoding

BPSK

The MFRC523’s contactless UART and dedicated external host must manage the

ISO/IEC 14443 A protocol. Figure 6 shows the data coding and framing according to

ISO/IEC 14443 A.

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ISO/IEC 14443 A framing at 106 kBd

start

8-bit data

odd

parity

start bit is 1

ISO/IEC 14443 A framing at 212 kBd, 424 kBd and 848 kBd

start

even

parity

8-bit data

odd

parity

odd

parity

start bit is 0

burst of 32

subcarrier clocks

even parity at the

end of the frame

001aak585

Fig 6. Data coding and framing according to ISO/IEC 14443 A

The internal CRC coprocessor calculates the CRC value based on ISO/IEC 14443 A

part 3 and handles parity generation internally based on the transfer speed. Automatic

parity generation can be switched off using the ManualRCVReg register’s ParityDisable

bit.

8.2 ISO/IEC 14443 B functionality

The MFRC523 reader IC fully supports the ISO 14443 international standard which

includes the communication schemes ISO 14443 A and ISO 14443 B. Refer to the

ISO 14443 reference documents Identification cards - Contactless integrated circuit cards

- Proximity cards (parts 1 to 4).

Remark: NXP Semiconductors does not offer a software library to enable design-in of the

ISO 14443 B protocol.

8.3 Digital interfaces

8.3.1 Automatic microcontroller interface detection

The MFRC523 supports direct interfacing to hosts using SPI, I²C-bus or serial UART

interfaces. The MFRC523 resets its interface and checks the current host interface type

automatically after performing a power-on or hard reset.

The MFRC523 identifies the host interface by sensing the logic levels on the control pins

after the reset phase. This is done using a combination of fixed pin connections. Table 5

shows the different pin connection configurations.

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Table 5.

Connection protocol for detecting different interface types

Interface type

UART (input)

SPI (output)

I²C-bus (I/O)

SDA

I2C

EA

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

RX

NSS

0

1

0

1

EA

TX

MISO

SCL

MX

MOSI

ADR_0

ADR_1

ADR_2

ADR_3

ADR_4

ADR_5

DTRQ

SCK

-

8.3.2 Serial Peripheral Interface

The 5-wire Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) is supported and enables high-speed

communication with the host. The interface can manage data speeds up to 10 Mbit/s.

When communicating with a host, the MFRC523 acts as a slave. As such, it receives data

from the external host for register settings, sends and receives data relevant for RF

interface communication.

An interface compatible with SPI enables high-speed serial communication between the

MFRC523 and a microcontroller. The implemented interface meets with the SPI standard.

The timing specification is given in Section 14.1 on page 76.

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SCK

MOSI

MISO

NSS

001aal159

Fig 7. SPI connection to host

The MFRC523 acts as a slave during SPI communication and is timed using the SPI clock

signal (SCK) generated by the master. Data communication from the master to the slave

uses the MOSI line. The MISO line is used to send data from the MFRC523 to the master.

Data bytes on both MOSI and MISO lines are sent with the MSB first. Data on both MOSI

and MISO lines must be stable on the rising edge of the clock and can be changed on the

falling edge. Data is sent by the MFRC523 on the falling clock edge and is stable during

the rising clock edge.

8.3.2.1 SPI read data

Reading data using SPI requires the byte order shown in Table 6 to be used. It is possible

to read out up to n-data bytes.

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The first byte sent defines both the mode and the address.

Table 6. MOSI and MISO byte order

Line

Byte 0

address 0

X^[1]

Byte 1

Byte 2

To

...

Byte n

Byte n + 1

00

MOSI

MISO

address 1

data 0

address 2

data 1

address n

...

data n  1

data n

[1] X = Do not care.

Remark: The MSB must be sent first.

8.3.2.2 SPI write data

To write data to the MFRC523 using SPI requires the byte order shown in Table 7. It is

possible to write up to n-data bytes by only sending one address byte.

The first send byte defines both the mode and the address byte.

Table 7.

Line

MOSI and MISO byte order

Byte 0

address 0

X^[1]

Byte 1

data 0

X^[1]

Byte 2

data 1

X^[1]

To

...

Byte n

data n  1

X^[1]

Byte n + 1

data n

X^[1]

MOSI

MISO

...

[1] X = Do not care.

Remark: The MSB must be sent first.

8.3.2.3 SPI Read and Write address byte

The read address byte must meet the following criteria:

• the Most Significant Bit (MSB) of the first byte sets the mode. To read data from the

MFRC523, the MSB is set to logic 1; see Table 8

• bits [6:1] define the address

• the Least Significant Bit (LSB) should be set to logic 0

Table 8.

SPI read address

Address

(MOSI)

Bit 7

(MSB)

Bit 6

Bit 5

Bit 4

Bit 3

Bit 2

Bit 1

Bit 0

(LSB)

byte 0

1

address address address address address address

0

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The write address byte must meet the following criteria:

• the MSB of the first byte sets the mode. To write data to the MFRC523, the MSB is set

to logic 0; see Table 9

• bits [6:1] define the address

• the LSB should be set to logic 0

Table 9.

SPI write address

Address line

(MOSI)

Bit 7

(MSB)

Bit 6

Bit 5

Bit 4

Bit 3

Bit 2

Bit 1

Bit 0

(LSB)

byte 0

0

address address address address address address

0

8.3.3 UART interface

8.3.3.1 Connection to a host

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RX

TX

RX

TX

DTRQ

MX

001aal158

Fig 8. UART connection to microcontrollers

Remark: Signals DTRQ and MX can be disabled by clearing TestPinEnReg register’s

RS232LineEn bit.

8.3.3.2 Selectable UART transfer speeds

The internal UART interface is compatible with the RS232 serial interface.

The default transfer speed is 9.6 kBd. To change the transfer speed, the host controller

must write a value for the new transfer speed to the SerialSpeedReg register. Bits

BR_T0[2:0] and BR_T1[4:0] define the factors for setting the transfer speed in the

SerialSpeedReg register.

The BR_T0[2:0] and BR_T1[4:0] settings are described in Table 10. Examples of different

transfer speeds and the relevant register settings are given in Table 11.

Table 10. BR_T0 and BR_T1 settings

BR_Tn

Bit 0

Bit 1

Bit 2

Bit 3

Bit 4

Bit 5

Bit 6

Bit 7

BR_T0 factor

BR_T1 range

1

2

4

8

16

32

64

1 to 32 33 to 64 33 to 64 33 to 64 33 to 64 33 to 64 33 to 64 33 to 64

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Table 11. Selectable UART transfer speeds

Transfer speed (kBd) SerialSpeedReg value

Transfer speed accuracy (%)^[1]

Decimal

250

235

218

203

171

154

122

116

90

Hexadecimal

FAh

7.2

0.25

0.32

9.6

EBh

14.4

19.2

38.4

57.6

115.2

128

DAh

0.25

0.32

CBh

ABh

0.32

9Ah

0.25

0.06

0.25

1.45

7Ah

74h

230.4

460.8

921.6

1228.8

5Ah

58

3Ah

28

1Ch

21

15h

0.32

[1] The resulting transfer speed error is less than 1.5 % for all described transfer speeds.

The selectable transfer speeds shown in Table 11 are calculated according to the

following equations:

If BR_T0[2:0] = 0:

27.12  10⁶

BR_T0 + 1

-------------------------------

transfer speed =

(1)

(2)

If BR_T0[2:0] > 0:









27.12  10⁶





----------------------------------

transfer speed =

BR_T1 + 33

----------------------------------

2^{BR_T0 – 1}

Remark: Transfer speeds above 1228.8 kBd are not supported.

8.3.3.3 UART framing

Table 12. UART framing

Bit

Length

1-bit

Value

0

Start

Data

Stop

8-bit

data

1

1-bit

Remark: The LSB for data and address bytes must be sent first. No parity bit is used

during transmission.

To read data using the UART interface, the flow shown in Table 13 must be used. The first

byte sent defines both the mode and the address.

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Table 13. Read data byte order

RX

TX

Byte 0

address

-

Byte 1

-

data 0

ADDRESS

RX

SA

A0

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

(1)

R/W SO

DATA

TX

SA

D0

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D7

SO

MX

DTRQ

001aak588

(1) Reserved.

Fig 9. UART read data timing diagram

To write data to the MFRC523 using the UART interface, the structure shown in Table 14

must be used.

The first byte sent defines both the mode and the address.

Table 14. Write data byte order

RX

TX

Byte 0

Byte 1

address 0

-

data 0

address 0

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The address byte must meet the following formats:

• the MSB of the first byte sets the mode used

– the MSB is set to logic 0 to write data to the MFRC523

– the MSB is set to logic 1 to read data from the MFRC523

• bit 6 is reserved for future use

• bits [5:0] define the address; see Table 15

Table 15. Address byte 0 register; address MOSI

Bit 7

Bit 6

Bit 5

Bit 4

Bit 3

Bit 2

Bit 1

Bit 0

(MSB)

(LSB)

1 or 0

reserved

address

8.3.4 I²C Bus Interface

An I²C-bus interface is supported and enables implementation of a low-cost, low pin count

serial bus interface to the host. The I²C-bus interface is implemented based on

NXP Semiconductors’ I²C-bus interface specification, rev. 2.1, January 2000. The

interface can only act in slave mode. Therefore the MFRC523 does not perform clock

generation or access arbitration.

PULL-UP

NETWORK

PULL-UP

NETWORK

MFRC523

SDA

SCL

MICROCONTROLLER

I2C

CONFIGURATION

WIRING

EA

ADR_[5:0]

001aal160

Fig 11. I²C-bus interface

The MFRC523 can act as a slave receiver or slave transmitter in Standard mode, Fast

mode and High-speed mode.

SDA is a bidirectional line connected to a positive supply voltage using a current source or

a pull-up resistor. Both SDA and SCL lines are set HIGH when data is not transmitted. The

MFRC523 has a 3-state output stage to perform the wired-AND function. Data on the

I²C-bus can be transferred at data rates of up to 100 kBd in Standard mode, up to

400 kBd in Fast mode or up to 3.4 Mbit/s in High-speed mode.

If the I²C-bus interface is selected, spike suppression is activated on lines SCL and SDA

as defined in the I²C-bus interface specification.

See Table 156 on page 77 for timing requirements.

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8.3.4.1 Data validity

Data on the SDA line must be stable during the HIGH clock period. The HIGH or LOW

state of the data line must only change when the clock signal on SCL is LOW.

SDA

SCL

data line

stable;

data valid

change

of data

allowed

mbc621

Fig 12. Bit transfer on the I²C-bus

8.3.4.2 START and STOP conditions

To manage the data transfer on the I²C-bus, unique START (S) and STOP (P) conditions

are defined.

• A START condition is defined with a HIGH-to-LOW transition on the SDA line while

SCL is HIGH.

• A STOP condition is defined with a LOW-to-HIGH transition on the SDA line while

SCL is HIGH.

The I²C-bus master always generates the START and STOP conditions. The bus is busy

after the START condition. The bus is free again a certain time after the STOP condition.

The bus stays busy if a repeated START (Sr) is generated instead of a STOP condition.

The START (S) and repeated START (Sr) conditions are functionally identical. Therefore,

S is used as a generic term to represent both the START (S) and repeated START (Sr)

conditions.

SDA

SCL

SDA

SCL

S

P

START condition

STOP condition

mbc622

Fig 13. START and STOP conditions

8.3.4.3 Byte format

Each byte must be followed by an acknowledge bit. Data is transferred with the MSB first;

see Figure 16. The number of transmitted bytes during one data transfer is unrestricted

but must meet the read/write cycle format.

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8.3.4.4 Acknowledge

An acknowledge must be sent at the end of one data byte. The acknowledge-related clock

pulse is generated by the master. The transmitter of data, either master or slave, releases

the SDA line (HIGH) during the acknowledge clock pulse. The receiver pulls down the

SDA line during the acknowledge clock pulse so that it remains stable LOW during the

HIGH period of this clock pulse.

The master can then generate either a STOP (P) condition to stop the transfer or a

repeated START (Sr) condition to start a new transfer.

A master-receiver indicates the end of data to the slave-transmitter by not generating an

acknowledge on the last byte that was clocked out by the slave. The slave-transmitter

releases the data line to allow the master to generate a STOP (P) or repeated START (Sr)

condition.

data output

by transmitter

not acknowledge

data output

by receiver

acknowledge

SCL from

master

1

2

8

9

S

clock pulse for

acknowledgement

START

condition

mbc602

Fig 14. Acknowledge on the I²C-bus

P

SDA

Sr

acknowledgement

signal from slave

acknowledgement

signal from receiver

MSB

byte complete,

interrupt within slave

clock line held LOW while

interrupts are serviced

S

or

Sr

or

P

SCL

1

2

7

8

9

1

2

3 - 8

9

ACK

START or

repeated START

condition

STOP or

repeated START

condition

msc608

Fig 15. Data transfer on the I²C-bus

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8.3.4.5 7-Bit addressing

During the I²C-bus address procedure, the first byte after the START condition is used to

determine which slave will be selected by the master.

Several address numbers are reserved. During device configuration, the designer must

ensure that collisions with these reserved addresses cannot occur. Check the I²C-bus

specification for a complete list of reserved addresses.

The I²C-bus address specification is dependent on the definition of pin EA. Immediately

after releasing pin NRSTPD or after a power-on reset, the device defines the I²C-bus

address according to pin EA.

If pin EA is set LOW, the upper 4 bits of the device bus address are reserved by

NXP Semiconductors and set to 0101b for all MFRC523 devices. The remaining 3 bits

(ADR_0, ADR_1, ADR_2) of the slave address can be freely configured by the customer

to prevent collisions with other I²C-bus devices.

If pin EA is set HIGH, ADR_0 to ADR_5 can be completely specified at the external pins

according to Table 5 on page 10. ADR_6 is always set to logic 0.

In both modes, the external address coding is latched immediately after releasing the

reset condition. Further changes at the used pins are not taken into consideration.

Depending on the external wiring, the I²C-bus address pins can be used for test signal

outputs.

MSB

bit 6

LSB

R/W

bit 5

bit 4

bit 3

bit 2

bit 1

bit 0

slave address

001aak591

Fig 16. First byte following the START procedure

8.3.4.6 Register write access

To write data from the host controller using the I²C-bus to a specific register in the

MFRC523 the following frame format must be used.

• The first byte of a frame indicates the device address according to the I²C-bus rules.

• The second byte indicates the register address followed by up to n-data bytes.

In one frame, all data bytes are written to the same register address. This enables fast

FIFO buffer access. The Read/Write (R/W) bit is set to logic 0.

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8.3.4.7 Register read access

To read out data from a specific register address in the MFRC523, the host controller must

use the following procedure:

• Firstly, a write access to the specific register address must be performed as indicated

in the frame that follows

• The first byte of a frame indicates the device address according to the I²C-bus rules

• The second byte indicates the register address. No data bytes are added

• The Read/Write bit is 0

After the write access, read access can start. The host sends the device address of the

MFRC523. In response, the MFRC523 sends the content of the read access register. In

one frame all data bytes can be read from the same register address. This enables fast

FIFO buffer access or register polling.

The Read/Write (R/W) bit is set to logic 1.

write cycle

2

I C-BUS

SLAVE ADDRESS

[A7:A0]

0

(W)

JOINER REGISTER

ADDRESS [A5:A0]

DATA

[7:0]

S

A

0

A

[0:n]

A

P

read cycle

0

2

I C-BUS

0

(W)

JOINER REGISTER

ADDRESS [A5:A0]

SLAVE ADDRESS

[A7:A0]

S

A

0

A

P

optional, if the previous access was on the same register address

[0:n]

2

I C-BUS

1

(R)

DATA

[7:0]

SLAVE ADDRESS

[A7:A0]

S

A

[0:n]

A

DATA

[7:0]

P

sent by master

S

P

A

start condition

stop condition

acknowledge

A

not acknowledge

write cycle

W

R

sent by slave

read cycle

001aak592

Fig 17. Register read and write access

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8.3.4.8 High-speed mode

In High-speed mode (HS mode), the device can transfer information at data rates of up to

3.4 Mbit/s, while remaining fully downward-compatible with Fast or Standard modes

(F/S modes) for bidirectional communication in a mixed-speed bus system.

8.3.4.9 High-speed transfer

To achieve data rates of up to 3.4 Mbit/s the following improvements have been made to

I²C-bus operation.

• The inputs of the device in HS mode incorporate spike suppression, a Schmitt trigger

on the SDA and SCL inputs and different timing constants when compared to

F/S mode

• The output buffers of the device in HS mode incorporate slope control of the falling

edges of the SDA and SCL signals with different fall times compared to F/S mode

8.3.4.10 Serial data transfer format in HS mode

The HS mode serial data transfer format meets the Standard mode I²C-bus specification.

HS mode can only start after all of the following conditions (all of which are in F/S mode):

1. START condition (S)

2. 8-bit master code (00001 XXXb)

3. Not-acknowledge bit (A)

When HS mode starts, the active master sends a repeated START condition (Sr) followed

by a 7-bit slave address with a R/W bit address and receives an acknowledge bit (A) from

the selected MFRC523.

Data transfer continues in HS mode after the next repeated START (Sr), only switching

back to F/S mode after a STOP condition (P). To reduce the overhead of the master code,

a master links a number of HS mode transfers, separated by repeated START conditions

(Sr).

HS mode (current-source for SCL HIGH enabled)

F/S mode

S

MASTER CODE

A

Sr SLAVE ADDRESS R/W

A

DATA

A/A

P

(n-bytes + A)

HS mode continues

SLAVE ADDRESS

Sr

001aak749

Fig 18. I²C-bus HS mode protocol switch

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t

1

A

8-bit master code 0000 1xxx

S

t

H

SDA high

SCL high

1

2 to 5

6

7

8

9

F/S mode

n + (8-bit data

+

A/A)

R/W

A

7-bit SLA

Sr

Sr P

SDA high

SCL high

1

2 to 5

6

7

8

9

1

2 to 5

6

7

8

9

If P then

HS mode

F/S mode

If Sr (dotted lines)

then HS mode

t

H

t

FS

= Master current source pull-up

= Resistor pull-up

msc618

Fig 19. I²C-bus HS mode protocol frame

8.3.4.11 Switching between F/S mode and HS mode

After reset and initialization, the MFRC523 is in Fast mode (which is in effect F/S mode as

Fast mode is downward-compatible with Standard mode). The connected MFRC523

recognizes the “S 00001XXX A” sequence and switches its internal circuitry from the Fast

mode setting to the HS mode setting.

The following actions are taken:

1. Adapt the SDA and SCL input filters according to the spike suppression requirement

in HS mode.

2. Adapt the slope control of the SDA output stages.

It is possible for system configurations that do not have other I²C-bus devices involved in

the communication to switch to HS mode permanently. This is implemented by setting

Status2Reg register’s I²CForceHS bit to logic 1. In permanent HS mode, the master code

is not required to be sent. This is not defined in the specification and must only be used

when no other devices are connected on the bus. In addition, spikes on the I²C-bus lines

must be avoided because of the reduced spike suppression.

8.3.4.12 MFRC523 in lower speed modes

MFRC523 is fully downward-compatible and can be connected to an F/S mode I²C-bus

system. The device stays in F/S mode and communicates at F/S mode speeds because a

master code is not transmitted in this configuration.

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8.4 Analog interface and contactless UART

8.4.1 General

The integrated contactless UART supports the external host online with framing and error

checking of the protocol requirements up to 848 kBd. An external circuit can be connected

to the communication interface pins MFIN and MFOUT to modulate and demodulate the

data.

The contactless UART manage the protocol requirements for the communication

protocols in cooperation with the host. Protocol handling generates bit and byte-oriented

framing. In addition, it manages error detection such as parity and CRC, based on the

various supported contactless communication protocols.

Remark: The size and tuning of the antenna and the power supply voltage have an

important impact on the achievable operating distance.

8.4.2 TX p-driver

The signal on pins TX1 and TX2 is the 13.56 MHz energy carrier modulated by an

envelope signal. It can be used to drive an antenna directly using a few passive

components for matching and filtering; see Section 15 on page 79. The signal on pins TX1

and TX2 can be configured using the TxControlReg register; see Section 9.2.2.5 on

page 48.

The modulation index can be set by adjusting the impedance of the drivers. The

impedance of the p-driver can be configured using registers CWGsPReg and

ModGsPReg. The impedance of the n-driver can be configured using the GsNReg

register. The modulation index also depends on the antenna design and tuning.

The TxModeReg and TxSelReg registers control the data rate and framing during

transmission and the antenna driver setting to support the different requirements at the

different modes and transfer speeds.

Table 16. Register and bit settings controlling the signal on pin TX1

Bit

Tx1RFEn Force

100ASK

Bit

Envelope Pin

TX1

GSPMos GSNMos Remarks

InvTx1RFOn InvTx1RFOff

0

X^[1]

0

X^[1]

not specified if RF is

switched off

1

0

1

0

1

0

1

0

1

RF

0

pMod

pCW

pMod

pCW

pMod

nMod

nCW

nMod

nCW

nMod

nCW

100 % ASK: pin TX1

pulled to logic 0,

independently of the

InvTx1RFOff bit

1

X^[1]

RF_n pCW

[1] X = Do not care.

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Table 17. Register and bit settings controlling the signal on pin TX2

Bit

Tx1RFEn Force

100ASK

Bit

Envelope Pin

TX2

GSPMos GSNMos Remarks

Tx2CW InvTx2RFOn InvTx2RFOff

0

X^[1]

not specified if

RF is switched

off

1

0

1

X^[1]

0

RF

pMod

pCW

nMod

nCW

nMod

nCW

-

1

0

RF_n pMod

RF_n pCW

1

0

1

X^[1]

RF

pCW

conductance

always CW for

the Tx2CW bit

RF_n pCW

1

0

1

X^[1]

0

pMod

pCW

pMod

nMod

nCW

nMod

nCW

100 % ASK: pin

TX2 pulled

to logic 0

(independent of

the

InvTx2RFOn/Inv

Tx2RFOff bits)

1

RF

0

1

RF_n pCW

RF pCW

RF_n pCW

1

0

1

X^[1]

[1] X = Do not care.

The following abbreviations have been used in Table 16 and Table 17:

• RF: 13.56 MHz clock derived from 27.12 MHz quartz crystal oscillator divided by 2

• RF_n: inverted 13.56 MHz clock

• GSPMos: conductance, configuration of the PMOS array

• GSNMos: conductance, configuration of the NMOS array

• pCW: PMOS conductance value for continuous wave defined by the CWGsPReg

register

• pMod: PMOS conductance value for modulation defined by the ModGsPReg register

• nCW: NMOS conductance value for continuous wave defined by the GsNReg

register’s CWGsN[3:0] bits

• nMod: NMOS conductance value for modulation defined by the GsNReg register’s

ModGsN[3:0] bits

• X = Do not care

Remark: If only one driver is switched on, the values for CWGsPReg, ModGsPReg and

GsNReg registers are used for both drivers.

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8.4.3 Serial data switch

Two main blocks are implemented in the MFRC523. The digital block comprises the state

machines, encoder/decoder logic. The analog block comprises the modulator and

antenna drivers, the receiver and amplifiers. It is possible for the interface between these

two blocks to be configured so that the interfacing signals are routed to pins MFIN and

MFOUT. This topology allows the analog block of the MFRC523 to be connected to the

digital block of another device.

The serial signal switch is controlled by the TxSelReg and RxSelReg registers.

Figure 20 shows the serial data switch for TX1 and TX2.

DriverSel[1:0]

3-state

1

00

01

10

11

envelope

INTERNAL

CODER

INVERT IF

InvMod = 1

to driver TX1 and TX2

0 = impedance = modulated

1 = impedance = CW

INVERT IF

PolMFin = 0

MFIN

001aak593

Fig 20. Serial data switch for TX1 and TX2

8.4.4 MFIN and MFOUT interface support

The MFRC523 is divided into a digital circuit block and an analog circuit block. The digital

block contains state machines, encoder and decoder logic, etc. The analog block contains

the modulator and antenna drivers, receiver and amplifiers. The interface between these

two blocks can be configured to enable the interfacing signals to be routed to pins MFIN

and MFOUT; see Figure 21 on page 26. This configuration is implemented using

TxSelReg register’s MFOutSel[3:0]/DriverSel[1:0] bits and RxSelReg register’s

UARTSel[1:0] bits. This topology allows some parts of the analog block to be connected to

the digital block of another device.

Switch MFOutSel in the TxSelReg register can be used to measure MIFARE and

ISO/IEC14443 A related signals. This is especially important during the design-in phase

or for testing purposes as it enables checking of the transmitted and received data.

The most important use of pins MFIN and MFOUT is found in the active antenna concept.

An external active antenna circuit can be connected to the MFRC523’s digital block.

Switch MFOutSel must be configured so that the internal Miller encoded signal is sent to

pin MFOUT (MFOutSel = 100b). UARTSel[1:0] must be configured to receive a

Manchester signal with subcarrier from pin MFIN (UARTSel[1:0] = 01).

It is possible to connect a passive antenna to pins TX1, TX2 and RX (using the

appropriate filter and matching circuit) and an active antenna to pins MFOUT and MFIN at

the same time. In this configuration, two RF circuits can be driven (one after another) by a

single host processor.

Remark: Pins MFIN and MFOUT have a dedicated supply on pin SVDD with the ground

on pin PVSS.

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8.4.5 CRC coprocessor

The following CRC coprocessor parameters can be configured:

• The CRC preset value can be either 0000h, 6363h, A671h or FFFFh depending on

the ModeReg register’s CRCPreset[1:0] bits setting

• The CRC polynomial for the 16-bit CRC is fixed to x¹⁶+ x¹²+ x⁵+ 1

• The CRCResultReg register indicates the result of the CRC calculation. This register

is split into two 8-bit registers representing the higher and lower bytes.

• The ModeReg register’s MSB first bit indicates that data will be loaded with the MSB

first.

Table 18. CRC coprocessor parameters

Parameter

Value

CRC register length

CRC algorithm

CRC preset value

16-bit CRC

algorithm according to ISO/IEC 14443 A and ITU-T

0000h, 6363h, A671h or FFFFh depending on the setting of the

ModeReg register’s CRCPreset[1:0] bits

8.5 FIFO buffer

An 8  64 bit FIFO buffer is used in the MFRC523. It buffers the input and output data

stream between the host and the MFRC523’s internal state machine. This makes it

possible to manage data streams up to 64 bytes long without the need to take timing

constraints into account.

8.5.1 Accessing the FIFO buffer

The FIFO buffer input and output data bus is connected to the FIFODataReg register.

Writing to this register stores one byte in the FIFO buffer and increments the internal FIFO

buffer write pointer. Reading from this register shows the FIFO buffer contents stored in

the FIFO buffer read pointer and decrements the FIFO buffer read pointer. The distance

between the write and read pointer can be obtained by reading the FIFOLevelReg

register.

When the microcontroller starts a command, the MFRC523 can, while the command is in

progress, access the FIFO buffer according to that command. Only one FIFO buffer has

been implemented which can be used for input and output. The microcontroller must

ensure that there are not any unintentional FIFO buffer accesses.

8.5.2 Controlling the FIFO buffer

The FIFO buffer pointers can be reset by setting FIFOLevelReg register’s FlushBuffer bit

to logic 1. Consequently, the FIFOLevel[6:0] bits are all set to logic 0 and the ErrorReg

register’s BufferOvfl bit is cleared. The bytes stored in the FIFO buffer are no longer

accessible allowing the FIFO buffer to be filled with another 64 bytes.

8.5.3 FIFO buffer status information

The host can get the following FIFO buffer status information:

• Number of bytes stored in the FIFO buffer: FIFOLevelReg register’s FIFOLevel[6:0]

• FIFO buffer almost full warning: Status1Reg register’s HiAlert bit

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• FIFO buffer almost empty warning: Status1Reg register’s LoAlert bit

• FIFO buffer overflow warning: ErrorReg register’s BufferOvfl bit. The BufferOvfl bit

can only be cleared by setting the FIFOLevelReg register’s FlushBuffer bit.

The MFRC523 can generate an interrupt signal when:

• ComIEnReg register’s LoAlertIEn bit is set to logic 1. It activates pin IRQ when

Status1Reg register’s LoAlert bit changes to logic 1.

• ComIEnReg register’s HiAlertIEn bit is set to logic 1. It activates pin IRQ when

Status1Reg register’s HiAlert bit changes to logic 1.

If the maximum number of WaterLevel[5:0] bits (as set in the WaterLevelReg register) or

less are stored in the FIFO buffer, the HiAlert bit is set to logic 1. It is generated according

to Equation 3:

HiAlert = 64 – FIFOLength  WaterLevel

(3)

If the number of WaterLevel[5:0] bits (as set in the WaterLevelReg register) or less are

stored in the FIFO buffer, the LoAlert bit is set to logic 1. It is generated according to

Equation 4:

LoAlert = FIFOLength  WaterLevel

(4)

8.6 Interrupt request system

The MFRC523 indicates certain events by setting the Status1Reg register’s IRq bit and, if

activated, by pin IRQ. The signal on pin IRQ can be used to interrupt the host using its

interrupt handling capabilities. This allows the implementation of efficient host software.

8.6.1 Interrupt sources overview

Table 19 shows the available interrupt bits, the corresponding source and the condition for

its activation. The ComIrqReg register’s TimerIRq interrupt bit indicates an interrupt set by

the timer unit which is set when the timer decrements from 1 to 0.

The ComIrqReg register’s TxIRq bit indicates that the transmitter has finished. If the state

changes from sending data to transmitting the end of the frame pattern, the transmitter

unit automatically sets the interrupt bit. The CRC coprocessor sets the DivIrqReg

register’s CRCIRq bit after processing all the FIFO buffer data which is indicated by

CRCReady bit = 1.

The ComIrqReg register’s RxIRq bit indicates an interrupt when the end of the received

data is detected. The ComIrqReg register’s IdleIRq bit is set if a command finishes and

the Command[3:0] value in the CommandReg register changes to idle (see Table 150 on

page 68).

The ComIrqReg register’s HiAlertIRq bit is set to logic 1 when the Status1Reg register’s

HiAlert bit is set to logic 1 which means that the FIFO buffer has reached the level

indicated by the WaterLevel[5:0] bits.

The ComIrqReg register’s LoAlertIRq bit is set to logic 1 when the Status1Reg register’s

LoAlert bit is set to logic 1 which means that the FIFO buffer has reached the level

indicated by the WaterLevel[5:0] bits.

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The ComIrqReg register’s ErrIRq bit indicates an error detected by the contactless UART

during send or receive. This is indicated when any bit is set to logic 1 in register ErrorReg.

Table 19. Interrupt sources

Interrupt flag Interrupt source

Trigger action

TimerIRq

TxIRq

timer unit

the timer counts from 1 to 0

a transmitted data stream ends

all data from the FIFO buffer has been processed

a received data stream ends

command execution finishes

the FIFO buffer is almost full

the FIFO buffer is almost empty

an error is detected

transmitter

CRCIRq

RxIRq

CRC coprocessor

receiver

IdleIRq

ComIrqReg register

FIFO buffer

HiAlertIRq

LoAlertIRq

ErrIRq

FIFO buffer

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8.7 Timer unit

The MFRC523A has a timer unit which the external host can use to manage timing tasks.

The timer unit can be used in one of the following timer/counter configurations:

• Timeout counter

• Watchdog counter

• Stop watch

• Programmable one shot

• Periodic trigger

The timer unit can be used to measure the time interval between two events or to indicate

that a specific event occurred after a specific time. The timer can be triggered by events

explained in the paragraphs below. The timer does not influence any internal events, for

example, a time-out during data reception does not automatically influence the reception

process. In addition, several timer-related bits can be used to generate an interrupt.

The timer has an input clock of 13.56 MHz derived from the 27.12 MHz quartz crystal

oscillator. The timer consists of two stages: prescaler and counter.

The prescaler (TPrescaler) is a 12-bit counter. The reload values (TReloadVal_Hi[7:0] and

TReloadVal_Lo[7:0]) for TPrescaler can be set between 0 and 4095 in the TModeReg

register’s TPrescaler_Hi[3:0] bits and TPrescalerReg register’s TPrescaler_Lo[7:0] bits.

The reload value for the counter is defined by 16 bits between 0 and 65535 in the

TReloadReg register.

The current value of the timer is indicated in the TCounterValReg register.

When the counter reaches 0, an interrupt is automatically generated, indicated by the

ComIrqReg register’s TimerIRq bit setting. If enabled, this event can be indicated on

pin IRQ. The TimerIRq bit can be set and reset by the host. Depending on the

configuration, the timer will stop at 0 or restart with the value set in the TReloadReg

register.

The timer status is indicated by the Status1Reg register’s TRunning bit.

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The timer can be started manually using the ControlReg register’s TStartNow bit and

stopped using the ControlReg register’s TStopNow bit.

The timer can also be activated automatically to meet any dedicated protocol

requirements, by setting the TModeReg register’s TAuto bit to logic 1.

The delay time of a timer stage is set by the reload value + 1. The total delay time (t_d) is

calculated using Equation 5:

TPrescaler  2 + 1  TReloadVal + 1

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

t_d

=

(5)

13.56 MHz

or if the TPrescalEven bit is set, using Equation 6:

TPrescaler  2 + 2  TReloadVal + 1

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=

t_d

(6)

13.56 MHz

An example of calculating total delay time (t_d) is shown in Equation 7, where the

TPrescaler value = 4095 and TReloadVal = 65535:

4095  2 + 1  65535 + 1

----------------------------------------------------------------------

39.59 s =

(7)

13.56 MHz

Example: To give a delay time of 25 s requires 339 clock cycles to be counted and a

TPrescaler value of 169. This configures the timer to count up to 65535 time-slots for

every 25 s period.

8.8 Power reduction modes

8.8.1 Hard power-down

Hard power-down is enabled when pin NRSTPD is LOW. This turns off all internal current

sinks including the oscillator. All digital input buffers are separated from the input pins and

clamped internally (except pin NRSTPD). The output pins are frozen at either a HIGH or

LOW level.

8.8.2 Soft power-down mode

Soft power-down mode is entered immediately after the CommandReg register’s

PowerDown bit is set to logic 1. All internal current sinks are switched off, including the

oscillator buffer. However, the digital input buffers are not separated from the input pins

and keep their functionality. The digital output pins do not change their state.

During soft power-down, all register values, the FIFO buffer content and the configuration

keep their current contents.

After setting the PowerDown bit to logic 0, it takes 1024 clocks until the Soft power-down

mode is exited indicated by the PowerDown bit. Setting it to logic 0 does not immediately

clear it. It is automatically cleared by the MFRC523 when Soft power-down mode is

exited.

Remark: When the internal oscillator is used, time (t_osc) is required for the oscillator to

become stable. This is because the internal oscillator is supplied by V_DDAand any clock

cycles will not be detected by the internal logic until V_DDAis stable. It is recommended for

the serial UART, to first send the value 55h to the MFRC523. The oscillator must be stable

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for further access to the registers. To ensure this, perform a read access to address 0 until

the MFRC523 answers to the last read command with the register content of address 0.

This indicates that the MFRC523 is ready.

8.8.3 Transmitter Power-down mode

The Transmitter Power-down mode switches off the internal antenna drivers and the RF

field. Transmitter Power-down mode is entered by setting either the TxControlReg

register’s Tx1RFEn bit or Tx2RFEn bit to logic 0.

8.9 Oscillator circuit

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OSCIN

27.12 MHz

001aal162

Fig 22. Quartz crystal connection

The clock applied to the MFRC523 provides a time basis for the synchronous system’s

encoder and decoder. The stability of the clock frequency is an important factor for correct

operation. To obtain optimum performance, clock jitter must be reduced as much as

possible. This is best achieved using the internal oscillator buffer with the recommended

circuitry.

If an external clock source is used, the clock signal must be applied to pin OSCIN. In this

case, be very careful in optimizing clock duty cycle and clock jitter. Ensure the clock

quality has been verified.

8.10 Reset and oscillator start-up time

8.10.1 Reset timing requirements

The reset signal is filtered by a hysteresis circuit and a spike filter before it enters the

digital circuit. The spike filter rejects signals shorter than 10 ns. In order to perform a reset,

the signal must be LOW for at least 100 ns.

8.10.2 Oscillator start-up time

If the MFRC523 has been set to a Power-down mode or is powered by a V_DDXsupply, the

start-up time for the MFRC523 depends on the oscillator used and is shown in Figure 23.

The time (t_startup) is the start-up time of the crystal oscillator circuit. The crystal oscillator

start-up time is defined by the crystal.

The time (t_d) is the internal delay time of the MFRC523 when the clock signal is stable

before the MFRC523 can be addressed.

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The delay time is calculated by:

1024

27 s

-------------

t_d

=

= 37.74 s

(8)

The time (t_osc) is the sum of t_dand t_startup

.

device activation

oscillator

clock stable

clock ready

t

startup

t

d

t

osc

t

001aak596

Fig 23. Oscillator start-up time

9. MFRC523 registers

9.1 Register bit behavior

Depending on the functionality of a register, the access conditions to the register can vary.

In principle, bits with same behavior are grouped in common registers. The access

conditions are described in Table 20.

Table 20. Behavior of register bits and their designation

Abbreviation Behavior

Description

R/W

read and write These bits can be written and read by the microcontroller. Since

they are used only for control purposes, their content is not

influenced by internal state machines, for example the

ComIEnReg register can be written and read by the

microcontroller. It will also be read by internal state machines but

never changed by them.

D

R

dynamic

These bits can be written and read by the microcontroller.

Nevertheless, they can also be written automatically by internal

state machines, for example the CommandReg register changes

its value automatically after the execution of the command.

read only

These register bits hold values which are determined by internal

states only, for example the CRCReady bit cannot be written

externally but shows internal states.

W

write only

-

Reading these register bits always returns zero.

reserved

Registers which are indicated as being reserved must not be

changed. However, in the case of a write access, it is

recommended that 0 is always written.

-

Registers which are indicated as being reserved for future use or

are for production tests must not be changed.

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9.1.1 MFRC523 register overview

Table 21. MFRC523 register overview

Subaddress Register name

(Hex)

Function

Refer to

Page 0: Command and status

00h

01h

02h

03h

04h

05h

06h

07h

08h

09h

0Ah

0Bh

0Ch

0Dh

0Eh

0Fh

Reserved

reserved for future use

Table 22 on page 36

Table 24 on page 36

Table 26 on page 37

Table 28 on page 37

Table 30 on page 38

Table 32 on page 39

CommandReg

ComlEnReg

DivlEnReg

starts and stops command execution

enable and disable interrupt request control bits

interrupt request bits

ComIrqReg

DivIrqReg

interrupt request bits

ErrorReg

error bits showing the error status of the last command executed Table 36 on page 40

Status1Reg

Status2Reg

FIFODataReg

FIFOLevelReg

WaterLevelReg

ControlReg

BitFramingReg

CollReg

communication status bits

Table 36 on page 40

Table 38 on page 41

Table 40 on page 42

Table 42 on page 42

Table 44 on page 43

Table 46 on page 43

Table 48 on page 44

Table 50 on page 44

Table 52 on page 45

receiver and transmitter status bits

input and output of 64 byte FIFO buffer

number of bytes stored in the FIFO buffer

level for FIFO underflow and overflow warning

miscellaneous control registers

adjustments for bit-oriented frames

bit position of the first bit-collision detected on the RF interface

reserved for future use

Reserved

Page 1: Command

Reserved

10h

11h

12h

13h

14h

15h

16h

17h

18h

19h

1Ah

1Bh

1Ch

1Dh

1Eh

1Fh

reserved for future use

Table 54 on page 45

Table 56 on page 46

Table 58 on page 47

Table 60 on page 47

Table 62 on page 48

Table 64 on page 49

Table 66 on page 49

Table 68 on page 50

Table 70 on page 51

Table 72 on page 51

Table 74 on page 52

Table 76 on page 52

Table 78 on page 52

Table 80 on page 53

Table 82 on page 53

Table 84 on page 54

ModeReg

defines general modes for transmitting and receiving

defines transmission data rate and framing

defines reception data rate and framing

controls the antenna driver pins TX1 and TX2

controls the setting of the transmission modulation

selects the internal sources for the antenna driver

selects internal receiver settings

TxModeReg

RxModeReg

TxControlReg

TxASKReg

TxSelReg

RxSelReg

RxThresholdReg selects thresholds for the bit decoder

DemodReg

Reserved

MfTxReg

MfRxReg

TypeBReg

defines demodulator settings

reserved for future use

controls MIFARE communication transmit parameters

controls MIFARE communication receive parameters

controls the ISO/IEC 14443 B functionality

SerialSpeedReg selects the speed of the serial UART interface

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Table 21. MFRC523 register overview …continued

Subaddress Register name

(Hex)

Function

Refer to

Page 2: Configuration

20h

21h

22h

23h

24h

25h

26h

27h

Reserved

reserved for future use

Table 86 on page 55

Table 88 on page 55

Table 90 on page 55

Table 92 on page 56

Table 94 on page 56

Table 96 on page 56

Table 98 on page 57

CRCResultReg

Reserved

shows the MSB and LSB values of the CRC calculation

reserved for future use

ModWidthReg

Reserved

controls the ModWidth setting

reserved for future use

RFCfgReg

GsNReg

configures the receiver gain

selects the conductance of the antenna driver pins TX1 and TX2 Table 100 on

for modulation

page 57

28h

29h

2Ah

2Bh

CWGsPReg

ModGsPReg

TModeReg

defines the conductance of the p-driver output when not active

Table 102 on

page 58

defines the conductance of the p-driver output during modulation Table 104 on

page 58

defines settings for the internal timer

Table 106 on

page 58

TPrescalerReg

Table 108 on

page 59

2Ch

2Dh

2Eh

2Fh

TReloadReg

defines the 16-bit timer reload value

Table 110 on page 60

Table 112 on page 60

Table 114 on page 60

Table 116 on page 61

TCounterValReg shows the 16-bit timer value

Page 3: Test register

30h

31h

Reserved

reserved for future use

Table 118 on page 61

TestSel1Reg

TestSel2Reg

TestPinEnReg

general test signal configuration

Table 120 on

page 61

32h

33h

34h

35h

36h

37h

38h

39h

general test signal configuration and PRBS control

enables pin output driver on pins D1 to D7

Table 122 on

page 62

Table 124 on

page 62

TestPinValueReg defines the values for D1 to D7 when it is used as an I/O bus

Table 126 on

page 63

TestBusReg

AutoTestReg

VersionReg

shows the status of the internal test bus

controls the digital self-test

Table 128 on

page 63

Table 130 on

page 63

shows the software version

Table 132 on

page 64

AnalogTestReg

TestDAC1Reg

controls the pins AUX1 and AUX2

defines the test value for TestDAC1

Table 134 on

page 64

Table 136 on

page 66

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Table 21. MFRC523 register overview …continued

Subaddress Register name

(Hex)

Function

Refer to

3Ah

TestDAC2Reg

TestADCReg

Reserved

defines the test value for TestDAC2

shows the value of ADC I-channel and Q-channel

reserved for production tests

Table 138 on

page 66

3Bh

Table 140 on

page 66

3Ch to 3Fh

Table 142 to

Table 148 on

page 67

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9.2 Register descriptions

9.2.1 Page 0: Command and status

9.2.1.1 Reserved register 00h

Functionality is reserved for future use.

Table 22. Reserved register (address 00h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

Table 23. Reserved register bit descriptions

Bit Symbol Value Description

7 to 0 reserved reserved for future use

-

9.2.1.2 CommandReg register

Starts and stops command execution.

Table 24. CommandReg register (address 01h); reset value: 20h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

PowerDown

D

3

2

1

0

Symbol:

Access:

00

-

RcvOff

R/W

Command[3:0]

D

Table 25. CommandReg register bit descriptions

Bit Symbol Value Description

7 to 6 00

0

1

0

reserved

5

4

RcvOff

PowerDown

analog part of the receiver is switched off

Soft Power-down mode entered

MFRC523 starts the wake up procedure during which this bit is

read as a logic 1; it is read as a logic 0 when the MFRC523 is

ready; see Section 8.8.2 on page 30

Remark: The PowerDown bit cannot be set when the SoftReset

command is activated

3 to 0 Command[3:0] -

activates a command based on the Command value; reading this

register shows which command is executed; see Section 10.3 on

page 68

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9.2.1.3 ComIEnReg register

Control bits to enable and disable the passing of interrupt requests.

Table 26. ComIEnReg register (address 02h); reset value: 80h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

IRqInv

R/W

TxIEn

R/W

RxIEn

R/W

IdleIEn HiAlertIEn LoAlertIEn ErrIEn TimerIEn

R/W R/W R/W R/W R/W

Table 27. ComIEnReg register bit descriptions

Bit Symbol Value Description

7

IRqInv

1

signal on pin IRQ is inverted with respect to the Status1Reg register’s IRq

bit

0

signal on pin IRQ is equal to the IRq bit; in combination with the

DivIEnReg register’s IRqPushPull bit, the default value of logic 1 ensures

that the output level on pin IRQ is 3-state

6

5

TxIEn

RxIEn

-

allows the transmitter interrupt request (TxIRq bit) to be propagated to pin

IRQ

allows the receiver interrupt request (RxIRq bit) to be propagated to pin

IRQ

4

3

IdleIEn

-

allows the idle interrupt request (IdleIRq bit) to be propagated to pin IRQ

HiAlertIEn

allows the high alert interrupt request (HiAlertIRq bit) to be propagated to

pin IRQ

2

LoAlertIEn -

allows the low alert interrupt request (LoAlertIRq bit) to be propagated to

pin IRQ

1

0

ErrIEn

-

allows the error interrupt request (ErrIRq bit) to be propagated to pin IRQ

TimerIEn

allows the timer interrupt request (TimerIRq bit) to be propagated to pin

IRQ

9.2.1.4 DivIEnReg register

Control bits to enable and disable the passing of interrupt requests.

Table 28. DivIEnReg register (address 03h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

IRQPushPull

R/W

reserved

-

MfinActIEn

R/W

reserved

-

CRCIEn

R/W

reserved

-

Table 29. DivIEnReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

7

IRQPushPull

1

0

-

pin IRQ is a standard CMOS output pin

pin IRQ is an open-drain output pin

reserved for future use

6 to 5 reserved

4

MfinActIEn

-

allows the MFIN active interrupt request to be propagated to

pin IRQ

3

2

reserved

CRCIEn

-

reserved for future use

allows the CRC interrupt request, indicated by the DivIrqReg

register’s CRCIRq bit, to be propagated to pin IRQ

1 to 0 reserved

-

reserved for future use

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9.2.1.5 ComIrqReg register

Interrupt request bits.

Table 30. ComIrqReg register (address 04h); reset value: 14h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

HiAlertIRq

D

2

LoAlertIRq

D

1

0

Symbol

Access

Set1 TxIRq RxIRq IdleIRq

ErrIRq TimerIRq

W

D

Table 31. ComIrqReg register bit descriptions

All bits in the ComIrqReg register are cleared by software.

Bit Symbol

Value Description

7

Set1

1

0

1

indicates that the marked bits in the ComIrqReg register are set

indicates that the marked bits in the ComIrqReg register are cleared

set immediately after the last bit of the transmitted data was sent out

receiver has detected the end of a valid data stream

6

5

TxIRq

RxIRq

if the RxModeReg register’s RxNoErr bit is set to logic 1, the RxIRq bit is

only set to logic 1 when data bytes are available in the FIFO

4

IdleIRq

1

if a command terminates, for example, when the CommandReg changes

its value from any command to the Idle command (see Table 150 on

page 68)

if an unknown command is started, the CommandReg register

Command[3:0] value changes to the idle state and the IdleIRq bit is set

the microcontroller starting the Idle command does not set the IdleIRq bit

the Status1Reg register’s HiAlert bit is set

3

2

HiAlertIRq

LoAlertIRq

1

the HiAlertIRq bit stores this event and can only be reset as indicated by

the Set1 bit in this register

Status1Reg register’s LoAlert bit is set

the LoAlertIRq bit stores this event and can only be reset as indicated by

the Set1 bit in this register

1

0

ErrIRq

1

any error bit in the ErrorReg register is set

TimerIRq

the timer decrements the timer value in register TCounterValReg to zero

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9.2.1.6 DivIrqReg register

Interrupt request bits.

Table 32. DivIrqReg register (address 05h); reset value: x0h bit allocation

Bit

7

Set2

W

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

MfinActIRq reserved CRCIRq

reserved

-

D

-

D

Table 33. DivIrqReg register bit descriptions

All bits in the DivIrqReg register are cleared by software.

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

7

Set2

1

0

-

indicates that the marked bits in the DivIrqReg register are set

indicates that the marked bits in the DivIrqReg register are cleared

reserved for future use

6 to 5 reserved

4

MfinActIRq 1

MFIN is active; this interrupt is set when either a rising or falling signal

edge is detected

3

2

reserved

CRCIRq

-

reserved for future use

1

-

the CalcCRC command is active and all data is processed

reserved for future use

1 to 0 reserved

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9.2.1.7 ErrorReg register

Error bit register showing the error status of the last command executed.

Table 34. ErrorReg register (address 06h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

Symbol WrErr TempErr reserved BufferOvfl CollErr CRCErr ParityErr ProtocolErr

Access

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

R

-

R

Table 35. ErrorReg register bit descriptions

Bit Symbol Value Description

7

WrErr

1

data is written into the FIFO buffer by the host during the MFAuthent

command or if data is written into the FIFO buffer by the host during the

time between sending the last bit on the RF interface and receiving the

last bit on the RF interface

6

TempErr^[1]

1

internal temperature sensor detects overheating, in which case the

antenna drivers are automatically switched off

5

4

reserved

-

reserved for future use

BufferOvfl

1

the host or a MFRC523’s internal state machine (e.g. receiver) tries to

write data to the FIFO buffer even though it is already full

3

CollErr

1

a bit-collision is detected

cleared automatically at receiver start-up phase

only valid during the bitwise anticollision at 106 kBd

always set to logic 0 during communication protocols at 212 kBd,

424 kBd and 848 kBd

2

1

CRCErr

1

the RxModeReg register’s RxCRCEn bit is set and the CRC calculation

fails

automatically cleared to logic 0 during receiver start-up phase

parity check failed

ParityErr

automatically cleared during receiver start-up phase

only valid for ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE communication at 106 kBd

set to logic 1 if the SOF is incorrect

0

ProtocolErr

1

automatically cleared during receiver start-up phase

bit is only valid for 106 kBd

during the MFAuthent command, the ProtocolErr bit is set to logic 1 if the

number of bytes received in one data stream is incorrect

[1] Command execution clears all error bits except the TempErr bit. Cannot be set by software.

9.2.1.8 Status1Reg register

Contains status bits of the CRC, interrupt and FIFO buffer.

Table 36. Status1Reg register (address 07h); reset value: 21h bit allocation

Bit

Symbol reserved CRCOk CRCReady

Access

7

6

5

4

IRq

R

3

2

1

0

LoAlert

R

TRunning reserved HiAlert

-

R

-

R

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Table 37. Status1Reg register bit descriptions

Bit Symbol Value Description

7

6

reserved

CRCOk

-

reserved for future use

the CRC result is zero

1

the CRCOk bit is undefined for data transmission and reception: use

the ErrorReg register’s CRCErr bit

indicates the status of the CRC coprocessor, during calculation the

value changes to logic 0, when the calculation is done correctly the

value changes to logic 1

5

4

CRCReady

IRq

1

-

the CRC calculation has finished; only valid for the CRC coprocessor

calculation using the CalcCRC command

indicates if any interrupt source requests attention with respect to the

setting of the interrupt enable bits: see the ComIEnReg and DivIEnReg

registers

3

TRunning

1

MFRC523’s timer unit is running, i.e. the timer will decrement the

TCounterValReg register with the next timer clock

Remark: in gated mode, the TRunning bit is set to logic 1 when the

timer is enabled by TModeReg register’s TGated[1:0] bits; this bit is not

influenced by the gated signal

2

1

reserved

HiAlert

-

reserved for future use

1

the alert level for the number of bytes in the FIFO buffer

(FIFOLength[6:0]) is: HiAlert = 64 – FIFOLength  WaterLevel

otherwise value = logic 0

Example:

FIFOLength = 60, WaterLevel = 4 then HiAlert = logic 1

FIFOLength = 59, WaterLevel = 4 then HiAlert = logic 0

0

LoAlert

1

the alert level for number of bytes in the FIFO buffer (FIFOLength[6:0])

is:

LoAlert = FIFOLength  WaterLevel otherwise value = logic 0

Example:

FIFOLength = 4, WaterLevel = 4 then LoAlert = logic 1

FIFOLength = 5, WaterLevel = 4 then LoAlert = logic 0

9.2.1.9 Status2Reg register

Contains status bits of the receiver, transmitter and data mode detector.

Table 38. Status2Reg register (address 08h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

Symbol TempSensClear I²CForceHS

Access R/W R/W

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

reserved

-

MFCrypto1On

D

ModemState[2:0]

R

Table 39. Status2Reg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

7

TempSensClear

1

clears the temperature error if the temperature is below the

alarm limit of 125 C

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Table 39. Status2Reg register bit descriptions …continued

Bit

Symbol

I²CForceHS

Value Description

I²C-bus input filter settings:

6

1

the I²C-bus input filter is set to the High-speed mode

independent of the I²C-bus protocol

0

-

the I²C-bus input filter is set to the I²C-bus protocol used

5 to 4 reserved

reserved

3

MFCrypto1On

-

indicates that the MIFARE Crypto1 unit is switched on and

all data communication with the card is encrypted; this bit is

cleared by software; can only be set to logic 1 by a

successful execution of the MFAuthent command only valid

in Read/Write mode for MIFARE standard cards

2 to 0 ModemState[2:0]

-

shows the state of the transmitter and receiver state

machines:

000

001

010

idle

wait for the BitFramingReg register’s StartSend bit

TxWait: wait until RF field is present if the TModeReg

register’s TxWaitRF bit is set to logic 1. The minimum

time for TxWait is defined by the TxWaitReg register

011

100

transmitting

RxWait: wait until RF field is present if the TModeReg

register’s TxWaitRF bit is set to logic 1. The minimum

time for RxWait is defined by the RxWaitReg register

101

110

wait for data

receiving

9.2.1.10 FIFODataReg register

Input and output of 64 byte FIFO buffer.

Table 40. FIFODataReg register (address 09h); reset value: xxh bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

FIFOData[7:0]

D

Table 41. FIFODataReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

FIFOData[7:0] data input and output port for the internal 64-byte FIFO buffer. FIFO

buffer acts as parallel in/parallel out converter for all serial data stream

inputs and outputs

9.2.1.11 FIFOLevelReg register

Indicates the number of bytes stored in the FIFO.

Table 42. FIFOLevelReg register (address 0Ah); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

Symbol FlushBuffer

Access

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

FIFOLevel[6:0]

R

W

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Table 43. FIFOLevelReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

7

FlushBuffer

1

immediately clears the internal FIFO buffer’s read and write

pointer and ErrorReg register’s BufferOvfl bit. Reading this bit

always returns 0

6 to 0 FIFOLevel[6:0]

-

indicates the number of bytes stored in the FIFO buffer. Writing to

the FIFODataReg register increments and reading decrements

the FIFOLevel value

9.2.1.12 WaterLevelReg register

Defines the level for FIFO under- and overflow warning.

Table 44. WaterLevelReg register (address 0Bh); reset value: 08h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

WaterLevel[5:0]

R/W

Table 45. WaterLevelReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 6 reserved

reserved for future use

5 to 0 WaterLevel[5:0] defines a warning level to indicate a FIFO buffer overflow or underflow:

Status1Reg register’s HiAlert bit is set to logic 1 if the remaining

number of bytes in the FIFO buffer space is equal to, or less than the

defined number of WaterLevel[5:0] bits

Status1Reg register’s LoAlert bit is set to logic 1 if equal to, or less

than the WaterLevel[5:0] bits in the FIFO buffer

Remark: to calculate values for HiAlert and LoAlert, see

Section 9.2.1.9 on page 41.

9.2.1.13 ControlReg register

Miscellaneous control bits.

Table 46. ControlReg register (address 0Ch); reset value: 10h bit allocation

Bit

Symbol TStopNow TStartNow

Access

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

reserved

-

RxLastBits[2:0]

R

W

Table 47. ControlReg register bit descriptions

Bit

7

Symbol

Value Description

TStopNow

TStartNow

1

-

timer stops immediately

6

timer starts immediately. Reading this bit always returns it to 0

reserved for future use

5 to 3 reserved

2 to 0 RxLastBits[2:0]

-

indicates the number of valid bits in the last received byte. If this

value is zero, the whole byte is valid

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9.2.1.14 BitFramingReg register

Adjustments for bit-oriented frames.

Table 48. BitFramingReg register (address 0Dh); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

Symbol StartSend

Access

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

RxAlign[2:0]

R/W

reserved

-

TxLastBits[2:0]

R/W

W

Table 49. BitFramingReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

7

StartSend

1

starts the transmission of data

only valid in combination with the Transceive command

6 to 4

RxAlign[2:0]

used for reception of bit-oriented frames: defines the bit

position for the first bit received to be stored in the FIFO buffer

example:

0

1

7

LSB of the received bit is stored at bit position 0, the second

received bit is stored at bit position 1

LSB of the received bit is stored at bit position 1, the second

received bit is stored at bit position 2

LSB of the received bit is stored at bit position 7, the second

received bit is stored in the next byte that follows at bit

position 0

These bits are only to be used for bitwise anticollision at

106 kBd, for all other modes they are set to 0

3

reserved

-

reserved for future use

2 to 0

TxLastBits[2:0]

used for transmission of bit oriented frames: defines the

number of bits of the last byte that will be transmitted. 000b

indicates that all bits of the last byte will be transmitted

9.2.1.15 CollReg register

Defines the first bit-collision detected on the RF interface.

Table 50. CollReg register (address 0Eh); reset value: xxh bit allocation

Bit

Symbol ValuesAfterColl reserved CollPosNotValid

Access R/W

7

6

5

4

3

2

CollPos[4:0]

R

1

0

-

R

Table 51. CollReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

7

ValuesAfterColl

0

all received bits will be cleared after a collision

only used during bitwise anticollision at 106 kBd,

otherwise it is set to logic 1

6

5

reserved

-

reserved for future use

CollPosNotValid

1

no collision detected or the position of the collision is

out of the range of CollPos[4:0]

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Table 51. CollReg register bit descriptions …continued

Bit Symbol Value Description

4 to 0 CollPos[4:0]

-

shows the bit position of the first detected collision in a

received frame

only data bits are interpreted

example:

00h

01h

08h

indicates a bit-collision in the 32^ndbit

indicates a bit-collision in the 1^stbit

indicates a bit-collision in the 8^thbit

these bits will only be interpreted if the

CollPosNotValid bit is set to logic 0

9.2.1.16 Reserved register 0Fh

Functionality is reserved for future use.

Table 52. Reserved register (address 0Fh); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

Table 53. Reserved register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

reserved for future use

7 to 0

reserved

9.2.2 Page 1: Communication

9.2.2.1 Reserved register 10h

Functionality is reserved for future use.

Table 54. Reserved register (address 10h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

Table 55. Reserved register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

reserved for future use

7 to 0

reserved

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9.2.2.2 ModeReg register

Defines general mode settings for transmitting and receiving.

Table 56. ModeReg register (address 11h); reset value: 3Fh bit allocation

Bit

Symbol MSBFirst reserved TxWaitRF reserved PolMFin reserved

Access R/W R/W R/W

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

CRCPreset[1:0]

R/W

-

Table 57. ModeReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

7

MSBFirst

1

CRC coprocessor calculates the CRC with MSB first. In the

CRCResultReg register the values for the CRCResultMSB[7:0]

bits and the CRCResultLSB[7:0] bits are bit reversed

Remark: during RF communication this bit is ignored

reserved for future use

6

5

4

3

reserved

TxWaitRF

reserved

PolMFin

-

1

-

transmitter can only be started if an RF field is generated

reserved for future use

defines the polarity of pin MFIN

Remark: the internal envelope signal is encoded active LOW,

changing this bit generates a MFinActIRq event

1

0

-

polarity of pin MFIN is active HIGH

polarity of pin MFIN is active LOW

reserved for future use

2

reserved

1 to 0 CRCPreset

[1:0]

defines the preset value for the CRC coprocessor for the CalcCRC

command

Remark: during any communication, the preset values are

selected automatically according to the definition of bits in the

RxModeReg and TxModeReg registers

00

01

10

11

0000h

6363h

A671h

FFFFh

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9.2.2.3 TxModeReg register

Defines the data rate during transmission.

Table 58. TxModeReg register (address 12h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

Symbol TxCRCEn

Access R/W

7

6

5

TxSpeed[2:0]

D

4

3

2

1

TxFraming

D

0

InvMod

R/W

Table 59. TxModeReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Value

Description

7

TxCRCEn

1

enables CRC generation during data transmission

Remark: can only be set to logic 0 at 106 kBd

defines the bit rate during data transmission

6 to 4

TxSpeed[2:0]

the MFRC523 handles transfer speeds up to

848 kBd

000

001

010

011

100

101

110

111

1

106 kBd

212 kBd

424 kBd

848 kBd

reserved

3

InvMod

modulation of transmitted data is inverted

defines the framing used for data transmission

ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE

reserved

2 to 0

TxFraming[1:0]

00

01

10

11

reserved

ISO/IEC 14443 B

9.2.2.4 RxModeReg register

Defines the data rate during reception.

Table 60. RxModeReg register (address 13h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

Symbol RxCRCEn

Access R/W

7

6

5

RxSpeed[2:0]

D

4

3

2

1

0

RxNoErr RxMultiple

R/W R/W

RxFraming

D

Table 61. RxModeReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

7

RxCRCEn

1

enables the CRC calculation during reception

Remark: can only be set to logic 0 at 106 kBd

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Table 61. RxModeReg register bit descriptions …continued

Bit Symbol Value Description

6 to 4 RxSpeed[2:0] defines the bit rate while receiving data. The MFRC523

manages transfer speeds up to 848 kBd

000

001

010

011

100

101

110

111

1

106 kBd

212 kBd

424 kBd

848 kBd

reserved

3

2

RxNoErr

an invalid received data stream (less than 4 bits received) will

be ignored and the receiver remains active

RxMultiple

0

1

receiver is deactivated after receiving a data frame

able to receive more than one data frame

only valid for data rates above 106 kBd in order to handle the

polling command

after setting this bit, the Receive and Transceive commands will

not terminate automatically. Multiple reception can only be

deactivated by writing any command (except the Receive

command) to the CommandReg register, or by the host clearing

the bit

if set to logic 1, an error byte is added to the FIFO buffer at the

end of a received data stream which is a copy of the ErrorReg

register value

1 to 0 RxFraming

defines the expected framing for data reception

00

01

10

11

ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE

reserved

ISO/IEC 14443 B

9.2.2.5 TxControlReg register

Controls the logical behavior of the antenna driver pins TX1 and TX2.

Table 62. TxControlReg register (address 14h); reset value: 80h bit allocation

Bit

Symbol InvTx2RF InvTx1RF InvTx2RF InvTx1RF Tx2CW reserved Tx2RFEn Tx1RFEn

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

On

Off

Access

R/W

-

R/W

Table 63. TxControlReg register bit descriptions

Bit Symbol Value Description

InvTx2RFOn 1

7

6

5

4

output signal on pin TX2 inverted when driver TX2 is enabled

output signal on pin TX1 inverted when driver TX1 is enabled

output signal on pin TX2 inverted when driver TX2 is disabled

output signal on pin TX1 inverted when driver TX1 is disabled

InvTx1RFOn 1

InvTx2RFOff 1

InvTx1RFOff 1

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Table 63. TxControlReg register bit descriptions …continued

Bit Symbol Value Description

3

Tx2CW

1

output signal on pin TX2 continuously delivers the unmodulated

13.56 MHz energy carrier

0

-

Tx2CW bit is enabled to modulate the 13.56 MHz energy carrier

reserved for future use

2

1

reserved

Tx2RFEn

1

output signal on pin TX2 delivers the 13.56 MHz energy carrier

modulated by the transmission data

0

Tx1RFEn

1

output signal on pin TX1 delivers the 13.56 MHz energy carrier

modulated by the transmission data

9.2.2.6 TxASKReg register

Controls transmit modulation settings.

Table 64. TxASKReg register (address 15h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

Symbol reserved Force100ASK

Access R/W

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

reserved

-

Table 65. TxASKReg register bit descriptions

Bit

7

Symbol

Value Description

- reserved for future use

reserved

6

Force100ASK 1

forces 100 % ASK modulation independently of the ModGsPReg

register setting

5 to 0 reserved

-

reserved for future use

9.2.2.7 TxSelReg register

Selects the internal sources for the analog module.

Table 66. TxSelReg register (address 16h); reset value: 10h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol:

Access:

reserved

-

DriverSel[1:0]

R/W

MFOutSel[3:0]

R/W

Table 67. TxSelReg register bit descriptions

Bit Symbol Value Description

7 to 6 reserved

-

reserved for future use

5 to 4 DriverSel[1:0]

-

selects the input of drivers TX1 and TX2

00

3-state; in soft power-down the drivers are only in 3-state

mode if the DriverSel[1:0] value is set to 3-state mode

01

modulation signal (envelope) from the internal encoder, Miller

pulse encoded

10

11

modulation signal (envelope) from pin MFIN

HIGH; the HIGH level depends on the setting of bits

InvTx1RFOn/InvTx1RFOff and InvTx2RFOn/InvTx2RFOff

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Table 67. TxSelReg register bit descriptions …continued

Bit Symbol Value Description

selects the input for pin MFOUT

3-state

3 to 0 MFOutSel[3:0]

0000

0001

0010

0011

LOW

HIGH

test bus signal as defined by the TestSel1Reg register’s

TstBusBitSel[2:0] value

0100

0101

modulation signal (envelope) from the internal encoder, Miller

pulse encoded

serial data stream to be transmitted, data stream before Miller

encoder

0110

0111

reserved

serial data stream received, data stream after Manchester

decoder

1000

to

reserved

1111

9.2.2.8 RxSelReg register

Selects internal receiver settings.

Table 68. RxSelReg register (address 17h); reset value: 84h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

UARTSel[1:0]

R/W

RxWait[5:0]

R/W

Table 69. RxSelReg register bit descriptions

Bit Symbol Value Description

7 to 6 UARTSel[1:0]

selects the input of the contactless UART

constant LOW

00

01

10

11

Manchester with subcarrier from pin MFIN

modulated signal from the internal analog module, default

NRZ coding without subcarrier from pin MFIN which is only

valid for transfer speeds above 106 kBd

5 to 0 RxWait[5:0]

-

after data transmission the activation of the receiver is delayed

for RxWait bit-clocks, during this ‘frame guard time’ any signal on

pin RX is ignored

this parameter is ignored by the Receive command

all other commands, such as Transceive, MFAuthent use this

parameter

the counter starts immediately after the external RF field is

switched on

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9.2.2.9 RxThresholdReg register

Selects thresholds for the bit decoder.

Table 70. RxThresholdReg register (address 18h); reset value: 84h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

MinLevel[3:0]

R/W

reserved

-

CollLevel[2:0]

R/W

Table 71. RxThresholdReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 4

MinLevel[3:0]

defines the minimum signal strength at the decoder input that will be

accepted. If the signal strength is below this level it is not evaluated

3

reserved

reserved for future use

2 to 0

CollLevel[2:0] defines the minimum signal strength at the decoder input that must be

reached by the weaker half-bit of the Manchester encoded signal to

generate a bit-collision relative to the amplitude of the stronger half-bit

9.2.2.10 DemodReg register

Defines demodulator settings.

Table 72. DemodReg register (address 19h); reset value: 4Dh bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

AddIQ[1:0]

FixIQ

TPrescal

Even

TauRcv[1:0]

TauSync[1:0]

Access

R/W

-

R/W

Table 73. DemodReg register bit descriptions

Bit Symbol Value Description

7 to 6 AddIQ[1:0]

-

defines the use of I-channel and Q-channel during reception

Remark: the FixIQ bit must be set to logic 0 to enable the

following settings:

00

01

selects the stronger channel

selects the stronger channel and freezes the selected channel

during communication

10

11

1

reserved

5

FixIQ

if the bits of AddIQ are set to X0, the reception is fixed to

I-channel

if the bits of AddIQ are set to X1, the reception is fixed to

Q-channel

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Table 73. DemodReg register bit descriptions …continued

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

4

TPrescalEven 0

the following formula is used to calculate f_Timerof the prescaler:

f_Timer= 13.56 MHz / (2 * TPreScaler + 1).

1

the following formula is used to calculate f_Timerof the prescaler:

f_Timer= 13.56 MHz / (2 * TPreScaler + 2).

(Default TPrescalEven is logic 0)

3 to 2 TauRcv[1:0]

1 to 0 TauSync[1:0]

-

changes the time-constant of the internal PLL during data

reception

Remark: if set to 00b the PLL is frozen during data reception

-

changes the time constant of the internal PLL during burst

9.2.2.11 Reserved register 1Ah

Functionality is reserved for future use.

Table 74. Reserved register (address 1Ah); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

Table 75. Reserved register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

reserved for future use

7 to 0

reserved

9.2.2.12 Reserved register 1Bh

Functionality is reserved for future use.

Table 76. Reserved register (address 1Bh); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

Table 77. Reserved register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

reserved for future use

7 to 0

reserved

9.2.2.13 MfTxReg register

Controls some MIFARE communication transmit parameters.

Table 78. MfTxReg register (address 1Ch); reset value: 62h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

TxWait[1:0]

R/W

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Table 79. MfTxReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

reserved

TxWait

Description

7 to 2

1 to 0

reserved for future use

defines the additional response time. 7 bits are added to the value of

the register bit by default

9.2.2.14 MfRxReg register

Table 80. MfRxReg register (address 1Dh); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

ParityDisable

R/W

reserved

-

Table 81. MfRxReg register bit descriptions

Bit Symbol Value Description

7 to 5 reserved reserved for future use

ParityDisable 1

-

4

generation of the parity bit for transmission and the parity check for

receiving is switched off. The received parity bit is handled like a

data bit

3 to 0 reserved

-

reserved for future use

9.2.2.15 TypeBReg register

Configures the ISO/IEC 14443 B functionality.

Table 82. TypeBReg register (address 1Eh); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol RxSOFReq RxEOFReq reserved EOFSOF NoTxSOF NoTxEOF

Width

TxEGT[1:0]

Access

R/W

-

R/W

Table 83. TypeBReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

7

RxSOFReq

1

0

requires SOF; a datastream starting without SOF is ignored

accepts a datastream starting with or without SOF; an SOF is

removed and not written into the FIFO

6

5

RxEOFReq

reserved

1

0

-

requires EOF; a datastream ending without EOF generates a

protocol error

accepts a datastream ending with or without EOF; an EOF is

removed and not written into the FIFO

reserved for future use

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Table 83. TypeBReg register bit descriptions …continued

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

4

EOFSOFWidth

1

if this bit is set to logic 1 and EOFSOFAdjust bit (AutoTestReg

register) is logic 0, the SOF and EOF will have the maximum

length defined in ISO/IEC 14443 B.

if this bit is set to logic 1 and the EOFSOFAadjust bit is logic 1:

then

SOF low = (11 ETU 8 cycles) / f_clk

SOF high = (2 ETU + 8 cycles) / f_clk

EOF low = (11 ETU  8 cycles) / f_clk

0

if this bit is cleared and EOFSOFAdjust bit is logic 0, the SOF

and EOF will have the minimum length defined in

ISO/IEC 14443 B.

if this bit is set to logic 0 and the EOFSOFAdjust bit is logic 1

results in an incorrect system behavior in respect to ISO

specification

3

2

NoTxSOF

NoTxEOF

1

SOF is suppressed

EOF is suppressed

defines EGT bit length

no bits

1 to 0 TxEGT

00

01

10

11

1 bit

2 bits

3 bits

9.2.2.16 SerialSpeedReg register

Selects the speed of the serial UART interface.

Table 84. SerialSpeedReg register (address 1Fh); reset value: EBh bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

BR_T0[2:0]

R/W

BR_T1[4:0]

R/W

Table 85. SerialSpeedReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 5

BR_T0[2:0]

factor BR_T0 adjusts the transfer speed: for description, see

Section 8.3.3.2 on page 12

4 to 0

BR_T1[4:0]

factor BR_T1 adjusts the transfer speed: for description, see

Section 8.3.3.2 on page 12

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9.2.3 Page 2: Configuration

9.2.3.1 Reserved register 20h

Functionality is reserved for future use.

Table 86. Reserved register (address 20h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

Table 87. Reserved register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

reserved for future use

7 to 0

reserved

9.2.3.2 CRCResultReg registers

Shows the MSB and LSB values of the CRC calculation.

Remark: The CRC is split into two 8-bit registers.

Table 88. CRCResultReg (higher bits) register (address 21h); reset value: FFh bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

CRCResultMSB[7:0]

R

Table 89. CRCResultReg register higher bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

CRCResultMSB[7:0] shows the value of the CRCResultReg register’s most

significant byte. Only valid if Status1Reg register’s CRCReady

bit is set to logic 1

Table 90. CRCResultReg (lower bits) register (address 22h); reset value: FFh bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

CRCResultLSB[7:0]

R

Table 91. CRCResultReg register lower bit descriptions

Bit Symbol Description

7 to 0 CRCResultLSB[7:0] shows the value of the least significant byte of the CRCResultReg

register. Only valid if Status1Reg register’s CRCReady bit is set to

logic 1

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9.2.3.3 Reserved register 23h

Functionality is reserved for future use.

Table 92. Reserved register (address 23h); reset value: 88h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

Table 93. Reserved register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

reserved for future use

7 to 0

reserved

9.2.3.4 ModWidthReg register

Sets the modulation width.

Table 94. ModWidthReg register (address 24h); reset value: 26h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

ModWidth[7:0]

R/W

Table 95. ModWidthReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

ModWidth[7:0] defines the width of the Miller modulation as multiples of the carrier

frequency (ModWidth + 1 / f_clk). The maximum value is half the bit

period

9.2.3.5 Reserved register 25h

Functionality is reserved for future use.

Table 96. Reserved register (address 25h); reset value: 87h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

Table 97. Reserved register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

reserved for future use

7 to 0

reserved

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9.2.3.6 RFCfgReg register

Configures the receiver gain.

Table 98. RFCfgReg register (address 26h); reset value: 48h bit allocation

Bit

Symbol reserved

Access

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

RxGain[2:0]

R/W

reserved

-

Table 99. RFCfgReg register bit descriptions

Bit

7

Symbol

Value

Description

reserved

RxGain[2:0]

-

reserved for future use

6 to 4

defines the receiver’s signal voltage gain factor:

000

001

010

011

100

101

110

111

-

18 dB

23 dB

18 dB

23 dB

33 dB

38 dB

43 dB

48 dB

3 to 0

reserved

reserved for future use

9.2.3.7 GsNReg register

Defines the conductance of the antenna driver pins TX1 and TX2 for the n-driver when the

driver is switched on.

Table 100. GsNReg register (address 27h); reset value: 88h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

CWGsN[3:0]

R/W

ModGsN[3:0]

R/W

Table 101. GsNReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 4

CWGsN[3:0] defines the conductance of the output n-driver during periods without

modulation which can be used to regulate the output power and

subsequently current consumption and operating distance. The value is

only used if driver TX1 or TX2 is switched on

during Soft power-down mode the highest bit is forced to logic 1

Remark: the conductance value is binary-weighted

3 to 0

ModGsN[3:0] defines the conductance of the output n-driver during periods without

modulation which can be used to regulate the modulation index. The

value is only used if driver TX1 or TX2 is switched on

during Soft power-down mode the highest bit is forced to logic 1

Remark: the conductance value is binary weighted

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9.2.3.8 CWGsPReg register

Defines the conductance of the p-driver output during periods of no modulation.

Table 102. CWGsPReg register (address 28h); reset value: 20h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

CWGsP[5:0]

R/W

Table 103. CWGsPReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 6

5 to 0

reserved

reserved for future use

CWGsP[5:0]

defines the conductance of the p-driver output which can be used to

regulate the output power and subsequently current consumption and

operating distance

during Soft power-down mode the highest bit is forced to logic 1

Remark: the conductance value is binary weighted

9.2.3.9 ModGsPReg register

Defines the conductance of the p-driver output during modulation.

Table 104. ModGsPReg register (address 29h); reset value: 20h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

ModGsP[5:0]

R/W

Table 105. ModGsPReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 6

5 to 0

reserved

reserved for future use

ModGsP[5:0] defines the conductance of the p-driver output during modulation

which can be used to regulate the modulation index. If the TxASKReg

register’s Force100ASK bit is set to logic 1 the value of ModGsP has

no effect

during Soft power-down mode the highest bit is forced to logic 1

Remark: the conductance value is binary weighted

9.2.3.10 TModeReg and TPrescalerReg registers

These registers define the timer settings.

Remark: The TPrescaler setting higher 4 bits are in the TModeReg register and the lower

8 bits are in the TPrescalerReg register.

Table 106. TModeReg register (address 2Ah); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

TAuto

R/W

TGated[1:0]

R/W

TAutoRestart

R/W

TPrescaler_Hi[3:0]

R/W

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Table 107. TModeReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

7

TAuto

1

the timer starts automatically at the end of the transmission in

all communication modes at all speeds or when InvTxnRFOn

bits are set to logic 1 and the RF field is switched on

when RxMultiple bit in register RxModeReg is logic 0: in

MIFARE mode and ISO/IEC 14443 B at 106 kBd, the timer

stops after the 5^thbit (1 start bit, 4 data bits). In all other

modes, the timer stops after the 4^thbit

if the RxMultiple bit is set to logic 1, the timer never stops. In

this case the timer can be stopped by setting the TStopNow

bit in register ControlReg to logic 1

0

indicates that the timer is not influenced by the protocol

internal timer is runs in gated or non-gated mode

6 to 5 TGated[1:0]

Remark: in gated mode, the Status1Reg register’s TRunning

bit is logic 1 when the timer is enabled by the TModeReg

register bits

these bits do not influence the gating signal

00

01

10

11

1

non-gated mode

gated by pin MFIN

gated by pin AUX1

-

4

TAutoRestart

timer automatically restarts its count-down from the 16-bit

timer reload value instead of counting down to zero

0

timer decrements to 0 and the ComIrqReg register’s

TimerIRq bit is set to logic 1

3 to 0 TPrescaler_Hi[3:0] -

defines the higher 4 bits of the TPrescaler value

the following formula is used to calculate f_Timerif

TPrescalEven bit in Demod Reg is set to logic 0:

f_Timer= 13.56 MHz / (2 * TPreScaler + 1).

where TPreScaler = [TPrescaler_Hi:TPrescaler_Lo]

(TPrescaler value on 12 bits). The default TPrescalEven is

logic 0

the following formula is used to calculate f_Timerif

TPrescalEven bit in Demod Reg is set to logic 1:

f_Timer= 13.56 MHz / (2 * TPreScaler + 2); see Section 8.7

“Timer unit”

Table 108. TPrescalerReg register (address 2Bh); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

TPrescaler_Lo[7:0]

R/W

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Table 109. TPrescalerReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

TPrescaler_Lo[7:0] defines the lower 8 bits of the TPrescaler value

the following formula is used to calculate f_Timerif TPrescalEven bit in

Description

7 to 0

Demot Reg is set to logic 0:

f_Timer= 13.56 MHz / (2 * TPreScaler + 1)

where TPreScaler = [TPrescaler_Hi:TPrescaler_Lo] (TPrescaler

value on 12 bits). The default TPrescalEven is logic 0;

f

_Timer= 13.56 MHz / (2 * TPreScaler + 2); see Section 8.7 “Timer

unit”

9.2.3.11 TReloadReg register

Defines the 16-bit timer reload value.

Remark: The reload value bits are contained in two 8-bit registers.

Table 110. TReloadReg (higher bits) register (address 2Ch); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

TReloadVal_Hi[7:0]

R/W

Table 111. TReloadReg register higher bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

TReloadVal_Hi[7:0]

defines the higher 8 bits of the 16-bit timer reload value. On a

start event, the timer loads the timer reload value. Changing

this register affects the timer only at the next start event

Table 112. TReloadReg (lower bits) register (address 2Dh); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

TReloadVal_Lo[7:0]

R/W

Table 113. TReloadReg register lower bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

TReloadVal_Lo[7:0] defines the lower 8 bits of the 16-bit timer reload value. On a

start event, the timer loads the timer reload value. Changing this

register affects the timer only at the next start event

9.2.3.12 TCounterValReg register

Contains the timer value.

Remark: The timer value bits are contained in two 8-bit registers.

Table 114. TCounterValReg (higher bits) register (address 2Eh); reset value: xxh bit

allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

TCounterVal_Hi[7:0]

R

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Table 115. TCounterValReg register higher bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

TCounterVal_Hi[7:0] timer value higher 8 bits

Table 116. TCounterValReg (lower bits) register (address 2Fh); reset value: xxh bit

allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

TCounterVal_Lo[7:0]

R

Table 117. TCounterValReg register lower bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

TCounterVal_Lo[7:0] timer value lower 8 bits

9.2.4 Page 3: Test

9.2.4.1 Reserved register 30h

Functionality is reserved for future use.

Table 118. Reserved register (address 30h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

Table 119. Reserved register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

reserved for future use

7 to 0

reserved

9.2.4.2 TestSel1Reg register

General test signal configuration.

Table 120. TestSel1Reg register (address 31h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

TstBusBitSel[2:0]

R/W

Table 121. TestSel1Reg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 3

2 to 0

reserved

reserved for future use

TstBusBitSel[2:0] selects a test bus signal which is output at pin MFOUT. If

AnalogSelAux2[3:0] = FFh in AnalogTestReg register, test bus

signal is also output at pins AUX1 or AUX2

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9.2.4.3 TestSel2Reg register

General test signal configuration and PRBS control.

Table 122. TestSel2Reg register (address 32h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

TstBusFlip

R/W

PRBS9 PRBS15

R/W R/W

TestBusSel[4:0]

R/W

Table 123. TestSel2Reg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

7

TstBusFlip

1

test bus is mapped to the parallel port in the following order:

TstBusBit4,TstBusBit3, TstBusBit2, TstBusBit6, TstBusBit5,

TstBusBit0; see Section 16.1 on page 80

6

5

PRBS9

-

starts and enables the PRBS9 sequence according to

ITU-TO150; the data transmission of the defined sequence is

started by the Transmit command

Remark: all relevant registers to transmit data must be

configured before entering PRBS9 mode

PRBS15

-

starts and enables the PRBS15 sequence according to

ITU-TO150; the data transmission of the defined sequence is

started by the Transmit command

Remark: all relevant registers to transmit data must be

configured before entering PRBS15 mode

4 to 0 TestBusSel[4:0]

selects the test bus; see Section 16.1 “Test signals” on page 80

9.2.4.4 TestPinEnReg register

Enables the test bus pin output driver.

Table 124. TestPinEnReg register (address 33h); reset value: 80h bit allocation

Bit

Symbol RS232LineEn

Access R/W

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

TestPinEn[5:0]

R/W

reserved

-

Table 125. TestPinEnReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

7

RS232LineEn

0

-

serial UART lines MX and DTRQ are disabled

6 to 1 TestPinEn[5:0]

enables the output driver on one of the data pins D1 to D7 which

outputs a test signal

Example:

setting bit 1 to logic 1 enables pin D1 output

setting bit 5 to logic 1 enables pin D5 output

Remark: If the SPI is used, only pins D1 to D4 can be used. If the

serial UART interface is used and the RS232LineEn bit is set to

logic 1 only pins D1 to D4 can be used.

0

reserved

-

reserved for future use

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9.2.4.5 TestPinValueReg register

Defines the high and low values for the test port D1 to D7 when it is used as I/O.

Table 126. TestPinValueReg register (address 34h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

UseIO

R/W

TestPinValue[5:0]

R/W

reserved

-

Table 127. TestPinValueReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Value Description

7

UseIO

1

enables the I/O functionality for the test port when one of the

serial interfaces is used. The input/output behavior is defined

by value TestPinEn[5:0] in the TestPinEnReg register

6 to 1 TestPinValue[5:0]

-

defines the value of the test port when it is used as I/O and

each output must be enabled by TestPinEn[5:0] in the

TestPinEnReg register

Remark: Reading the register indicates the status of pins D6

to D1 if the UseIO bit is set to logic 1. If the UseIO bit is set to

logic 0, the value of the TestPinValueReg register is read back.

0

reserved

-

reserved for future use

9.2.4.6 TestBusReg register

Shows the status of the internal test bus.

Table 128. TestBusReg register (address 35h); reset value: xxh bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

TestBus[7:0]

R

Table 129. TestBusReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 0

TestBus[7:0]

shows the status of the internal test bus. The test bus is selected using

the TestSel2Reg register; see Section 16.1 on page 80

9.2.4.7 AutoTestReg register

Controls the digital self-test.

Table 130. AutoTestReg register (address 36h); reset value: 40h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol reserved AmpRcv reserved EOFSOF

Adjust

SelfTest[3:0]

Access

-

R/W

-

R/W

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Table 131. AutoTestReg register bit descriptions

Bit

7

Symbol

reserved

AmpRcv

Value Description

-

reserved for production tests

6

1

internal signal processing in the receiver chain is performed

non-linearly which increases the operating distance in

communication modes at 106 kBd

Remark: due to non-linearity, the effect of the RxThresholdReg

register’s MinLevel[3:0] and the CollLevel[2:0] values is also

non-linear

5

4

reserved

-

reserved for production tests

EOFSOFAdjust

0

If set to logic 0 and the EOFSOFwidth bit is set to logic 1 it

results in the maximum length of SOF and EOF according to

ISO/IEC 14443 B

If set to logic 0 and the EOFSOFwidth bit is set to logic 0 it

results in the minimum length of SOF and EOF according to

ISO/IEC 14443 B

1

-

If this bit is set to logic 1 and the EOFSOFwidth bit is logic 1, it

results in

SOF high = (2 ETU + 8 cycles) / f_clk

SOF low = (11 ETU  8 cycles) / f_clk

EOF low = (11 ETU  8 cycles) / f_clk

3 to 0 SelfTest[3:0]

enables the digital self-test. The self-test can also be started by

the CalcCRC command; see Section 10.3.1.4 “CalcCRC

command” on page 69. Self-test is enabled by 1001b.

Remark: for default operation the self-test must be disabled

by 0000b

9.2.4.8 VersionReg register

Shows the MFRC523 software version.

Table 132. VersionReg register (address 37h); reset value: xxh bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

Version[7:0]

R

Table 133. VersionReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

indicates current MFRC523 software version

Remark: the current version of the MFRC523 is B1h or B2h

7 to 0

Version[7:0]

9.2.4.9 AnalogTestReg register

Determines the analog output test signal at, and status of, pins AUX1 and AUX2.

Table 134. AnalogTestReg register (address 38h); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

AnalogSelAux1[3:0]

R/W

AnalogSelAux2[3:0]

R/W

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Table 135. AnalogTestReg register bit descriptions

Bit Symbol Value Description

7 to 4 AnalogSelAux1[3:0] controls pin AUX1

3-state

0000

0001

0010

0011

0100

0101

0110

0111

1000

1001

1010

1011

1100

output of TestDAC1 (AUX1), output of TestDAC2 (AUX2)^[1]

test signal Corr1^[1]

reserved

DAC: test signal MinLevel^[1]

DAC: test signal ADC_I^[1]

DAC: test signal ADC_Q^[1]

reserved

reserved, test signal for production test^[1]

reserved

HIGH

LOW

TxActive:

106 kBd: HIGH during start bit, data bit, parity and CRC

212 kBd, 424 kBd and 848 kBd: HIGH during data and

CRC

1101

1110

1111

RxActive:

106 kBd: HIGH during data bit, parity and CRC

212 kBd, 424 kBd and 848 kBd: HIGH during data and

CRC

subcarrier detected:

106 kBd: not applicable

212 kBd: 424 kBd and 848 kBd: HIGH during last part of

data and CRC

test bus bit as defined by the TestSel1Reg register’s

TstBusBitSel[2:0] bits

Remark: all test signals are described in Section 16.1 “Test

signals” on page 80

3 to 0 AnalogSelAux2[3:0] -

controls pin AUX2 (see bit descriptions for AUX1)

[1] Remark: Current source output; the use of 1 k pull-down resistor on AUXn is recommended.

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9.2.4.10 TestDAC1Reg register

Defines the test value for TestDAC1.

Table 136. TestDAC1Reg register (address 39h); reset value: xxh bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

TestDAC1[5:0]

R/W

Table 137. TestDAC1Reg register bit descriptions

Bit

7

Symbol

reserved

Description

reserved for production tests

reserved for future use

6

5 to 0

TestDAC1[5:0] defines the test value for TestDAC1. Output of DAC1 can be routed to

AUX1 by setting value AnalogSelAux1[3:0] to 0001b in the

AnalogTestReg register

9.2.4.11 TestDAC2Reg register

Defines the test value for TestDAC2.

Table 138. TestDAC2Reg register (address 3Ah); reset value: xxh bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

TestDAC2[5:0]

R/W

Table 139. TestDAC2Reg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 6

5 to 0

reserved

reserved for future use

TestDAC2[5:0] defines the test value for TestDAC2. DAC2 output can be routed to

AUX2 by setting value AnalogSelAux2[3:0] to 0001b in the

AnalogTestReg register

9.2.4.12 TestADCReg register

Shows the values of ADC I-channel and Q-channel.

Table 140. TestADCReg register (address 3Bh); reset value: xxh bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

ADC_I[3:0]

ADC_Q[3:0]

R

Table 141. TestADCReg register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

7 to 4

3 to 0

ADC_I[3:0]

ADC_Q[3:0]

ADC I-channel value

ADC Q-channel value

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9.2.4.13 Reserved register 3Ch

Functionality reserved for production test.

Table 142. Reserved register (address 3Ch); reset value: FFh bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

Table 143. Reserved register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

reserved for production tests

7 to 0

reserved

Table 144. Reserved register (address 3Dh); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

Table 145. Reserved register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

reserved for production tests

7 to 0

reserved

Table 146. Reserved register (address 3Eh); reset value: 03h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

Table 147. Reserved register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

reserved for production tests

7 to 0

reserved

Table 148. Reserved register (address 3Fh); reset value: 00h bit allocation

Bit

7

6

5

4

3

2

Symbol

Access

reserved

-

Table 149. Reserved register bit descriptions

Bit

Symbol

Description

reserved for production tests

7 to 0

reserved

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10. MFRC523 command set

The MFRC523 operation is determined by a state machine capable of performing a set of

commands. A command is executed by writing a command code (see Table 150) to the

CommandReg register.

Arguments and data necessary to process a command are exchanged using the FIFO

buffer.

10.1 General description

The MFRC523 operation is determined by a state machine capable of performing a set of

commands. A command is executed by writing a command code (see Table 150) to the

CommandReg register.

Arguments and/or data necessary to process a command are exchanged via the FIFO

buffer.

10.2 General behavior

• Each command that needs a data bit stream (or data byte stream) as an input

immediately processes any data in the FIFO buffer. An exception to this rule is the

Transceive command. Using this command, transmission is started with the

BitFramingReg register’s StartSend bit.

• Each command that needs a certain number of arguments, starts processing only

when it has received the correct number of arguments from the FIFO buffer.

• The FIFO buffer is not automatically cleared when commands start. This makes it

possible to write command arguments and/or the data bytes to the FIFO buffer and

then start the command.

• Each command can be interrupted by the host writing a new command code to the

CommandReg register, for example, the Idle command.

10.3 MFRC523 command overview

Table 150. Command overview

Command

Command Action

code

Idle

0000

0001

no action, cancels current command execution

Mem

stores 25 bytes into the internal buffer

Generate RandomID 0010

generates a 10-byte random ID number

activates the CRC coprocessor or performs a self-test

transmits data from the FIFO buffer

CalcCRC

0011

0100

0111

Transmit

NoCmdChange

no command change, can be used to modify the

CommandReg register bits without affecting the command,

for example, the PowerDown bit

Receive

1000

1100

activates the receiver circuits

Transceive

transmits data from FIFO buffer to antenna and automatically

activates the receiver after transmission

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Table 150. Command overview …continued

Command

Command Action

code

-

1101

1110

1111

reserved for future use

MFAuthent

SoftReset

performs the MIFARE standard authentication as a reader

resets the MFRC523

10.3.1 MFRC523 command descriptions

10.3.1.1 Idle mode

Places the MFRC523 in Idle mode. The Idle command also terminates itself.

10.3.1.2 Mem command

Transfers 25 bytes from the FIFO buffer to the internal buffer. To read out the 25 bytes

from the internal buffer the Mem command must be started with an empty FIFO buffer. In

this case, the 25 bytes are transferred from the internal buffer to the FIFO.

During a hard power-down (using pin NRSTPD), the 25 bytes in the internal buffer remain

unchanged and are only lost if the power supply is removed from the MFRC523.

This command automatically terminates when finished and the Idle command becomes

active.

10.3.1.3 Generate RandomID

This command generates a 10-byte random number which is initially stored in the internal

buffer. This then overwrites the 10 bytes in the internal 25-byte buffer. This command

automatically terminates when finished and the MFRC523 returns to Idle mode.

10.3.1.4 CalcCRC command

The FIFO buffer content is transferred to the CRC coprocessor and the CRC calculation is

started. The calculation result is stored in the CRCResultReg register. The CRC

calculation is not limited to a dedicated number of bytes. The calculation is not stopped

when the FIFO buffer is empty during the data stream. The next byte written to the FIFO

buffer is added to the calculation.

The CRC preset value is controlled by the ModeReg register’s CRCPreset[1:0] bits. The

value is loaded in to the CRC coprocessor when the command starts. This command

must be terminated by writing a command to the CommandReg register, such as, the Idle

command.

If the AutoTestReg register’s SelfTest[3:0] bits are set correctly, the MFRC523 enters

Self-test mode. Starting the CalcCRC command initiates a digital self-test. The result of

the self-test is written to the FIFO buffer.

10.3.1.5 Transmit command

The FIFO buffer content is immediately transmitted after starting this command. Before

transmitting the FIFO buffer content, all relevant registers must be set for data

transmission.

This command automatically terminates when the FIFO buffer is empty. It can be

terminated by another command written to the CommandReg register.

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10.3.1.6 NoCmdChange command

This command does not influence any running command in the CommandReg register. It

can be used to manipulate any bit except the CommandReg register Command[3:0] bits,

for example, the RcvOff bit or the PowerDown bit.

10.3.1.7 Receive command

The MFRC523 activates the receiver path and waits for a data stream to be received. The

correct settings must be chosen before starting this command.

This command automatically terminates when the data stream ends. This is indicated

either by the end of frame pattern or by the length byte depending on the selected frame

type and speed.

Remark: If the RxModeReg register’s RxMultiple bit is set to logic 1, the Receive

command does not automatically terminate. It must be terminated by starting another

command in the CommandReg register.

10.3.1.8 Transceive command

This command continuously repeats the transmission of data from the FIFO buffer and the

reception of data from the RF field. The first action is transmit and after transmission the

command is changed to receive a data stream.

Each transmit process must be started by setting the BitFramingReg register’s StartSend

bit to logic 1. This command must be cleared by writing any command to the

CommandReg register.

Remark: If the RxModeReg register’s RxMultiple bit is set to logic 1, the Transceive

command never leaves the receive state because this state cannot be cancelled

automatically.

10.3.1.9 MFAuthent command

This command manages MIFARE authentication to enable a secure communication to

any MIFARE card. The following data is written to the FIFO buffer before the command

can be activated:

• Authentication command code (60h, 61h)

• Block address

• Sector key byte 0

• Sector key byte 1

• Sector key byte 2

• Sector key byte 3

• Sector key byte 4

• Sector key byte 5

• Card serial number byte 0

• Card serial number byte 1

• Card serial number byte 2

• Card serial number byte 3

12 bytes in total are written to the FIFO.

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Remark: When the MFAuthent command is active all access to the FIFO buffer is

blocked. However, if there is access to the FIFO buffer, the ErrorReg register’s WrErr bit is

set.

This command automatically terminates when the MIFARE card is authenticated and the

Status2Reg register’s MFCrypto1On bit is set to logic 1.

This command does not terminate automatically if the card does not answer, so the timer

must be initialized to automatic mode. In this case, in addition to the IdleIRq bit, the

TimerIRq bit can be used as the termination criteria. During authentication processing, the

RxIRq bit and TxIRq bit are blocked. The Crypto1On bit is only valid after termination of

the MFAuthent command, either after processing the protocol or writing Idle to the

CommandReg register.

If an error occurs during authentication, the ErrorReg register’s ProtocolErr bit is set to

logic 1 and the Status2Reg register’s Crypto1On bit is set to logic 0.

10.3.1.10 SoftReset command

This command performs a reset of the device. The configuration data of the internal buffer

remains unchanged. All registers are set to the reset values. This command automatically

terminates when finished.

Remark: The SerialSpeedReg register is reset and therefore the serial data rate is set to

9.6 kBd.

11. Limiting values

Table 151. Limiting values

In accordance with the Absolute Maximum Rating System (IEC 60134).

Symbol Parameter

Conditions

Min

Max

+4.0

Unit

V

V_DDA

V_DDD

analog supply voltage

digital supply voltage

0.5

V

V_DD(PVDD)PVDD supply voltage

V_DD(TVDD)TVDD supply voltage

V_DD(SVDD)SVDD supply voltage

V

V_I

input voltage

all input pins except pins MFIN and

RX

V_SS(PVSS) 0.5 V_DD(PVDD)+ 0.5 V

pin MFIN

V_SS(PVSS) 0.5 V_DD(SVDD)+ 0.5 V

P_tot

total power dissipation

junction temperature

per package; V_DDDin shortcut

mode

-

200

mW

T_j

-

100

C

V_ESD

electrostatic discharge voltage HBM; 1500 , 100 pF;

2000

V

JESD22-A114-B

MM; 0.75 H, 200 pF;

-

200

V

JESD22-A114-A

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12. Recommended operating conditions

Table 152. Operating conditions

Symbol

Parameter

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max Unit

[1][2]

[3]

V_DDA

analog supply voltage

V_DD(PVDD) V_DDA= V_DDD= V_DD(TVDD)

;

2.5

3.3

3.6

V

V_SSA= V_SSD= V_SS(PVSS)= V_SS(TVSS)= 0 V

V_DDD

digital supply voltage

V_DD(PVDD) V_DDA= V_DDD= V_DD(TVDD)

;

2.5

1.6

3.3

1.8

V_SSA= V_SSD= V_SS(PVSS)= V_SS(TVSS)= 0 V

V_DD(PVDD) V_DDA= V_DDD= V_DD(TVDD)

V_SSA= V_SSD= V_SS(PVSS)= V_SS(TVSS)= 0 V

V_DD(PVDD) V_DDA= V_DDD= V_DD(TVDD)

_SSA= V_SSD= V_SS(PVSS)= V_SS(TVSS)= 0 V

V_DD(TVDD)TVDD supply voltage

V_DD(PVDD)PVDD supply voltage

V_DD(SVDD)SVDD supply voltage

;

V

V_SSA= V_SSD= V_SS(PVSS)= V_SS(TVSS)= 0 V

HVQFN32

1.6

-

3.6

V

T_amb

ambient temperature

25

+85

C

[1] Supply voltages below 3 V reduce the performance in, for example, the achievable operating distance.

[2] V_DDA, V_DDDand V_DD(TVDD)must always be the same voltage.

[3] V_DD(PVDD)must always be the same or lower voltage than V_DDD

13. Thermal characteristics

Table 153. Thermal characteristics

.

Symbol Parameter

R_th(j-a)thermal resistance from junction to

ambient

Conditions

Package

Typ Unit

in still air with exposed pin soldered on a

4 layer JEDEC PCB

HVQFN32 40

K/W

14. Characteristics

Table 154. Characteristics

Symbol Parameter

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Input characteristics

Pins EA, I2C and NRSTPD

I_LI

input leakage

current

1

-

+1

A

V

V_IH

V_IL

HIGH-level input

voltage

0.7V_DD(PVDD)

-

LOW-level input

voltage

0.3V_DD(PVDD)

V

Pin MFIN

I_LI

input leakage

current

1

-

+1

A

V

V_IH

V_IL

HIGH-level input

voltage

0.7V_DD(SVDD)

-

LOW-level input

voltage

0.3V_DD(SVDD)

V

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Table 154. Characteristics …continued

Symbol Parameter

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Pin SDA

I_LI

input leakage

current

1

-

+1

A

V

V_IH

V_IL

HIGH-level input

voltage

0.7V_DD(PVDD)

-

LOW-level input

voltage

0.3V_DD(PVDD)

V

Pin RX^[1]

V_i

C_i

input voltage

1

-

V_DDA+1

-

V

input capacitance

V_DDA= 3 V; receiver active;

V_RX(p-p)= 1 V; 1.5 V (DC)

offset

-

10

pF

R_i

input resistance

V_DDA= 3 V; receiver active;

-

350

-



V_RX(p-p)= 1 V; 1.5 V (DC)

offset

Input voltage range; see Figure 24

V_i(p-p)(min)minimum Manchester encoded;

peak-to-peak input V_DDA= 3 V

-

100

4

-

mV

V

voltage

V_i(p-p)(max)maximum

Manchester encoded;

peak-to-peak input V_DDA= 3 V

voltage

Input sensitivity; see Figure 24

V_mod

modulation voltage minimum Manchester

encoded; V_DDA= 3 V;

-

5

-

mV

RxGain[2:0] = 111b (48 dB)

Pin OSCIN

I_LI

input leakage

current

1

-

+1

A

V

V_IH

V_IL

C_i

HIGH-level input

voltage

0.7V_DDA

-

LOW-level input

voltage

-

0.3V_DDA

-

V

input capacitance

V_DDA= 2.8 V; DC = 0.65 V;

AC = 1 V (p-p)

2

pF

Input/output characteristics

pins D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6 and D7

I_LI

input leakage

current

1

-

+1

A

V

V_IH

V_IL

V_OH

V_OL

HIGH-level input

voltage

0.7V_DD(PVDD)

-

V_DD(PVDD) 0.4

V_SS(PVSS)

-

LOW-level input

voltage

0.3V_DD(PVDD)

V_DD(PVDD)

V_SS(PVSS)+ 0.4

V

HIGH-level output

voltage

V_DD(PVDD)= 3 V; I_O= 4 mA

V

LOW-level output

voltage

V

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Table 154. Characteristics …continued

Symbol Parameter

I_OHHIGH-level output

Conditions

V_DD(PVDD)= 3 V

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

-

4

mA

current

I_OL

LOW-level output

current

V_DD(PVDD)= 3 V

-

4

mA

Output characteristics

Pin MFOUT

V_OH

V_OL

I_OL

HIGH-level output

voltage

V_DD(SVDD)= 3 V; I_O= 4 mA

V_DD(SVDD)= 3 V

V_DD(SVDD) 0.4

-

V_DD(SVDD)

V

LOW-level output

voltage

V_SS(PVSS)

V_SS(PVSS)+ 0.4

V

LOW-level output

current

-

4

mA

I_OH

HIGH-level output

current

V_DD(SVDD)= 3 V

Pin IRQ

V_OH

HIGH-level output

voltage

V_DD(PVDD)= 3 V; I_O= 4 mA

V_DD(PVDD)= 3 V

V_DD(PVDD) 0.4

-

V_DD(PVDD)

V

V_OL

I_OL

LOW-level output

voltage

V_SS(PVSS)

V_SS(PVSS)+ 0.4

V

LOW-level output

current

-

4

mA

I_OH

HIGH-level output

current

V_DD(PVDD)= 3 V

Pins AUX1 and AUX2

V_OH

V_OL

I_OL

HIGH-level output

voltage

V_DDD= 3 V; I_O= 4 mA

V_DDD= 3 V

V_DDD 0.4

-

V_DDD

V

LOW-level output

voltage

V_SS(PVSS)

V_SS(PVSS)+ 0.4

V

LOW-level output

current

-

4

mA

I_OH

HIGH-level output

current

V_DDD= 3 V

Pins TX1 and TX2

V_OH

HIGH-level output

voltage

V_DD(TVDD)= 3 V;

I_DD(TVDD)= 32 mA;

CWGsP[5:0] = 3Fh

V_DD(TVDD) 0.15

V_DD(TVDD) 0.4

V_DD(TVDD) 0.24

V_DD(TVDD) 0.64

-

V

_DD(TVDD)= 3 V;

_DD(TVDD)= 80 mA;

CWGsP[5:0] = 3Fh

I

V_DD(TVDD)= 2.5 V;

I_DD(TVDD)= 32 mA;

CWGsP[5:0] = 3Fh

V_DD(TVDD)= 2.5 V;

I_DD(TVDD)= 80 mA;

CWGsP[5:0] = 3Fh

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Table 154. Characteristics …continued

Symbol Parameter

V_OLLOW-level output

voltage

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

V_DD(TVDD)= 3 V;

I_DD(TVDD)= 32 mA;

CWGsP[5:0] = 0Fh

-

0.15

V

I

_DD(TVDD)= 3 V;

_DD(TVDD)= 80 mA;

CWGsP[5:0] = 0Fh

-

0.4

V

V_DD(TVDD)= 2.5 V;

0.24

0.64

I_DD(TVDD)= 32 mA;

CWGsP[5:0] = 0Fh

V_DD(TVDD)= 2.5 V;

I_DD(TVDD)= 80 mA;

CWGsP[5:0] = 0Fh

Current consumption

I_pd

power-down current V_DDA= V_DDD= V_DD(TVDD)=

V_DD(PVDD)= 3 V

[2]

hard power-down; pin

NRSTPD set LOW

-

5

A

soft power-down; RF

level detector on

-

10

9

A

I_DDD

I_DDA

digital supply

current

pin DVDD; V_DDD= 3 V

6.5

7

mA

analog supply

current

pin AVDD; V_DDA= 3 V;

CommandReg register’s

bit RcvOff = 0

10

pin AVDD; receiver

switched off; V_DDA= 3 V;

CommandReg register’s

bit RcvOff = 1

-

3

5

mA

[3]

[4][5][6]

[7]

I_DD(PVDD)PVDD supply

current

pin PVDD

-

40

100

4

mA

I_DD(TVDD)TVDD supply

current

pin TVDD; continuous wave

pin SVDD

60

-

I_DD(SVDD)SVDD supply

current

Clock frequency

f_clk

_clk

t_jit

clock frequency

clock duty cycle

jitter time

-

27.12

-

MHz

%

40

-

50

-

60

10

RMS

ps

Crystal oscillator

V_OH

V_OL

C_i

HIGH-level output

voltage

pin OSCOUT

-

1.1

0.2

-

V

LOW-level output

voltage

input capacitance

pin OSCOUT

pin OSCIN

-

2

-

pF

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Table 154. Characteristics …continued

Symbol Parameter

Conditions

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

Typical input requirements

f_xtal

crystal frequency

-

27.12

-

MHz

ESR

equivalent series

resistance

100



C_L

load capacitance

-

10

50

-

pF

P_xtal

crystal power

dissipation

100

W

[1] The voltage on pin RX is clamped by internal diodes to pins AVSS and AVDD.

[2] I_pdis the total current for all supplies.

[3] I_DD(PVDD)depends on the overall load at the digital pins.

[4] I_DD(TVDD)depends on V_DD(TVDD)and the external circuit connected to pins TX1 and TX2.

[5] During typical circuit operation, the overall current is below 100 mA.

[6] Typical value using a complementary driver configuration and an antenna matched to 40  between pins TX1 and TX2 at 13.56 MHz.

[7] I_DD(SVDD)depends on the load at pin MFOUT.

V

DDA

+ 1 V

V

mod

V

i(p-p)(min)

i(p-p)(max)

VMID

13.56 MHz

carrier

0 V

001aak012

−1 V

Fig 24. Pin RX input voltage range

14.1 Timing characteristics

Table 155. SPI timing characteristics

Symbol

t_WL

Parameter

Conditions

line SCK

Min

50

Typ

Max Unit

pulse width LOW

pulse width HIGH

-

ns

t_WH

line SCK

50

t_h(SCKH-D)

SCK HIGH to data input SCK to changing MOSI

hold time

25

t_su(D-SCKH)data input to SCK HIGH changing MOSI to SCK

set-up time

25

-

ns

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Table 155. SPI timing characteristics …continued

Symbol Parameter Conditions

t_h(SCKL-Q)

Min

Typ

Max Unit

SCK LOW to data output SCK to changing MISO

hold time

-

25

ns

t_(SCKL-NSSH)SCK LOW to NSS HIGH

time

0

-

t_NSSH

NSS HIGH time

before communication

50

-

Table 156. I²C-bus timing in Fast mode

Symbol Parameter

Conditions

Fast mode High-speed Unit

mode

Min Max Min Max

f_SCL

SCL clock frequency

0

400

-

0

3400 kHz

t_HD;STA

hold time (repeated) START

condition

after this period,

the first clock pulse

is generated

600

160

-

ns

t_SU;STA

set-up time for a repeated

START condition

600

-

160

-

ns

t_SU;STOset-up time for STOP condition

600

1300

600

0

-

160

60

0

-

ns

t_LOW

t_HIGH

LOW period of the SCL clock

HIGH period of the SCL clock

-

t_HD;DATdata hold time

900

-

70

-

t_SU;DAT

data set-up time

rise time

100

20

10

t_r

t_f

t_r

SCL signal

300 10

40

80

fall time

20

rise time

SDA and SCL

signals

20

t_f

fall time

SDA and SCL

signals

20

300 10

80

-

ns

t_BUF

bus free time between a STOP

and START condition

1.3

-

1.3

s

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t

SCKL

SCKH

SHDX

SCK

t

SLDX

t

DXSH

MOSI

MISO

NSS

MSB

LSB

t

SLNH

001aaj634

Remark: The signal NSS must be LOW to be able to send several bytes in one data stream.

To send more than one data stream NSS must be set HIGH between the data streams.

Fig 25. Timing diagram for SPI

SDA

t

r

f

SU;DAT

SP

t

BUF

LOW

f

HD;STA

SCL

t

SU;STO

r

HIGH

t

SU;STA

HD;STA

t

HD;DAT

S

Sr

P

S

001aaj635

Fig 26. Timing for Fast and Standard mode devices on the I²C-bus

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15. Application information

A typical application diagram using a complementary antenna connection to the

MFRC523 is shown in Figure 27.

The antenna tuning and RF part matching is described in the application note Ref. 1 and

Ref. 2.

supply

DVDD

AVDD

15

TVDD

12

3

C

Rx

PVDD

PVSS

RX

2

5

6

17

16

R1

C

vmid

VMID

TX1

R2

C1

L0

Ra

C2

NRSTPD

11

antenna

Lant

host

interface

C0

MFRC523

TVSS

TX2

MICRO-

PROCESSOR

10, 14

13

C2

Ra

L0

IRQ

23

18

AVSS

DVSS

4

21

22

OSCOUT

OSCIN

27.12 MHz

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16. Test information

16.1 Test signals

16.1.1 Self-test

The MFRC523 has the capability to perform a digital self-test. The self-test is started by

using the following procedure:

1. Perform a soft reset.

2. Clear the internal buffer by writing 25 bytes of 00h and implement the Config

command.

3. Enable the self-test by writing 09h to the AutoTestReg register.

4. Write 00h to the FIFO buffer.

5. Start the self-test with the CalcCRC command.

6. The self-test is initiated.

7. When the self-test has completed, the FIFO buffer contains the following 64 bytes:

FIFO buffer byte values for version B2h:

0x00, 0xEB, 0x66, 0xBA, 0x57, 0xBF, 0x23, 0x95, 0xD0, 0xE3, 0x0D, 0x3D, 0x27, 0x89,

0x5C, 0xDE, 0x9D, 0x3B, 0xA7, 0x00, 0x21, 0x5B, 0x89, 0x82, 0x51, 0x3A, 0xEB,

0x02, 0x0C, 0xA5, 0x00, 0x49, 0x7C, 0x84, 0x4D, 0xB3, 0xCC, 0xD2, 0x1B, 0x81,

0x5D, 0x48, 0x76, 0xD5, 0x71, 0x61, 0x21, 0xA9, 0x86, 0x96, 0x83, 0x38, 0xCF,

0x9D, 0x5B, 0x6D, 0xDC, 0x15, 0xBA, 0x3E, 0x7D, 0x95, 0x3B, 0x2F

16.1.2 Test bus

The test bus is used for production tests. The following configuration can be used to

improve the design of a system using the MFRC523. The test bus allows internal signals

to be routed to the digital interface. The test bus comprises two sets of test signals which

are selected using their subaddress specified in the TestSel2Reg register’s

TestBusSel[4:0] bits. The test signals and their related digital output pins are described in

Table 157 and Table 158.

Table 157. Test bus signals: TestBusSel[4:0] = 07h

Pins

Internal

Description

signal name

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

s_data

s_coll

received data stream

bit-collision detected (106 kBd only)

s_data and s_coll signals are valid

receiver has detected a stop condition

receiver is reset

s_valid

s_over

RCV_reset

-

reserved

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Table 158. Test bus signals: TestBusSel[4:0] = 0Dh

Pins

Internal test

signal name

Description

D6

clkstable

oscillator output signal

oscillator output signal divided by 8

reserved

D5

clk27/8

D4 to D3

D2

-

clk27

-

oscillator output signal

reserved

D1

16.1.3 Test signals on pins AUX1 or AUX2

The MFRC523 allows the user to select internal signals for measurement on pins AUX1 or

AUX2. These measurements can be helpful during the design-in phase to optimize the

design or used for test purposes.

Table 159 shows the signals that can be switched to pin AUX1 or AUX2 by setting

AnalogSelAux1[3:0] or AnalogSelAux2[3:0] in the AnalogTestReg register.

Remark: The DAC has a current output, therefore it is recommended that a 1 k

pull-down resistor is connected to pin AUX1 or pin AUX2.

Table 159. Test signal descriptions

AnalogSelAuxn[3:0] Signal on pin AUXn

0000

0001

0010

0011

3-state

DAC: register TestDAC1 or TestDAC2

DAC: test signal Corr1

reserved

0100

0101

0110

DAC: test signal MinLevel

DAC: test signal ADC_I

DAC: test signal ADC_Q

reserved

0111 to 1001

1010

1011

HIGH

LOW

1100

TxActive

1101

RxActive

1110

subcarrier detected

TstBusBit

1111

16.1.3.1 Example: Output test signals TestDAC1 and TestDAC2

The AnalogTestReg register is set to 11h. The output on pin AUX1 has the test signal

TestDAC1 and the output on pin AUX2 has the test signal TestDAC2. The signal values of

TestDAC1 and TestDAC2 are controlled by the TestDAC1Reg and TestDAC2Reg

registers.

Figure 28 shows test signal TestDAC1 on pin AUX1 and TestDAC2 on pin AUX2 when the

TestDAC1Reg register is programmed with a slope defined by values 00h to 3Fh and the

TestDAC2Reg register is programmed with a rectangular signal defined by values 00h

and 3Fh.

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(1)

(2)

100 ms/div

(1) TestDAC1 (500 mV/div) on pin AUX1.

(2) TestDAC2 (500 mV/div) on pin AUX2.

Fig 28. Output test signals TestDAC1 on pin AUX1 and TestDAC2 on pin AUX2

16.1.3.2 Example: Output test signals Corr1 and MinLevel

Figure 29 shows test signals Corr1 and MinLevel on pins AUX1 and AUX2, respectively.

The AnalogTestReg register is set to 24h.

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(1)

(2)

(3)

10 μs/div

(1) MinLevel (1 V/div) on pin AUX2.

(2) Corr1 (1 V/div) on pin AUX1.

(3) RF field.

Fig 29. Output test signals Corr1 on pin AUX1 and MinLevel on pin AUX2

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16.1.3.3 Example: Output test signals ADC I-channel and ADC Q-channel

Figure 30 shows the channel behavior test signals ADC_I and ADC_Q on pins AUX1 and

AUX2, respectively. The AnalogTestReg register is set to 56h.

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(2)

(3)

5 μs/div

(1) ADC_I (1 V/div) on pin AUX1.

(2) ADC_Q (500 mV/div) on pin AUX2.

(3) RF field.

Fig 30. Output ADC I-channel on pin AUX1 and ADC Q-channel on pin AUX2

16.1.3.4 Example: Output test signals RxActive and TxActive

Figure 31 shows the RxActive and TxActive test signals relating to RF communication.

The AnalogTestReg register is set to CDh.

• At 106 kBd, RxActive is HIGH during data bits, parity and CRC reception. Start bits

are not included

• At 106 kBd, TxActive is HIGH during start bits, data bits, parity and CRC transmission

• At 212 kBd, 424 kBd and 848 kBd, RxActive is HIGH during data bits and CRC

reception. Start bits are not included

• At 212 kBd, 424 kBd and 848 kBd, TxActive is HIGH during data bits and CRC

transmission

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(2)

(3)

10 μs/div

(1) RxActive (2 V/div) on pin AUX1.

(2) TxActive (2 V/div) on pin AUX2.

(3) RF field.

Fig 31. Output RxActive on pin AUX1 and TxActive on pin AUX2

16.1.3.5 Example: Output test signal RX data stream

Figure 32 shows the data stream that is currently being received. The TestSel2Reg

register’s TestBusSel[4:0] bits are set to 07h to enable test bus signals on pins D1 to D6;

see Section 16.1.2 “Test bus” on page 80. The TestSel1Reg register’s TstBusBitSel[2:0]

bits are set 06h (pin D6 = s_data) and AnalogTestReg register is set to FFh (TstBusBit)

which outputs the received data stream on pins AUX1 and AUX2.

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(2)

20 μs/div

(1) s_data (received data stream) (2 V/div).

(2) RF field.

Fig 32. Received data stream on pins AUX1 and AUX2

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16.1.3.6 Pseudo-Random Binary Sequences (PRBS)

The pseudo-random binary sequences PRBS9 and PRBS15 are based on ITU-TO150

and are defined with the TestSel2Reg register. Transmission of either data stream is

started by the Transmit command. The preamble/sync byte/start bit/parity bit are

automatically generated depending on the mode selected.

Remark: All relevant registers for transmitting data must be configured in accordance with

ITU-TO150 before selecting PRBS transmission.

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17. Package outline

HVQFN32: plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads;

32 terminals; body 5 x 5 x 0.85 mm

SOT617-1

B

A

D

terminal 1

index area

A

1

E

c

detail X

C

e

1

y

e

1/2 e

v

M

b

C

A B

C

1

w

9

16

L

17

8

e

E

h

2

1/2 e

1

24

terminal 1

index area

32

25

X

D

h

0

2.5

5 mm

scale

DIMENSIONS (mm are the original dimensions)

(1)

A

(1)

UNIT

A

1

b

c

E

e

2

y

D

E

L

v

w

y

1

h

1

h

max.

0.05 0.30

0.00 0.18

5.1

4.9

3.25

2.95

5.1

4.9

3.25

2.95

0.5

0.3

mm

0.05 0.1

1

0.2

0.5

3.5

0.1

0.05

Note

1. Plastic or metal protrusions of 0.075 mm maximum per side are not included.

REFERENCES

OUTLINE

EUROPEAN

PROJECTION

ISSUE DATE

VERSION

IEC

JEDEC

JEITA

01-08-08

02-10-18

SOT617-1

- - -

MO-220

- - -

Fig 33. Package outline SOT617-1 (HVQFN32)

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18. Handling information

Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL) evaluation has been performed according to

SNW-FQ-225B rev.04/07/07 (JEDEC J-STD-020C). MSL for this package is level 1 which

means 260 C convection reflow temperature.

Dry pack is not required.

Unlimited out-of-pack floor life at maximum ambient 30 C/85 % RH.

19. Packing information

strap 46 mm from corner

The straps around the package of

stacked trays inside the piano-box

have sufficient pre-tension to avoid

loosening of the trays.

tray

ESD warning preprinted

barcode label (permanent)

barcode label (peel-off)

chamfer

PIN 1

chamfer

PIN 1

QA seal

Hyatt patent preprinted

In the traystack (2 trays)

only ONE tray type* allowed

printed piano box

*one supplier and one revision number.

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Fig 34. Packing information 1 tray

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strap 46 mm from corner

The straps around the package of

stacked trays inside the piano-box

have sufficient pre-tension to avoid

loosening of the trays.

tray

ESD warning preprinted

chamfer

barcode label (permanent)

barcode label (peel-off)

PIN 1

chamfer

PIN 1

QA seal

Hyatt patent preprinted

In the traystack (2 trays)

only ONE tray type* allowed

printed piano box

*one supplier and one revision number.

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20. Abbreviations

Table 160. Abbreviations

Acronym

ADC

ASK

BPSK

CRC

CW

Description

Analog-to-Digital Converter

Amplitude Shift Keying

Binary Phase Shift Keying

Cyclic Redundancy Check

Continuous Wave

DAC

EOF

ETU

HBM

I²C

Digital-to-Analog Converter

End Of Frame

Elementary Time Unit

Human Body Model

Inter-integrated Circuit

Least Significant Bit

Master In Slave Out

Machine Model

LSB

MISO

MM

MOSI

MSB

NRZ

NSS

PCB

PLL

Master Out Slave In

Most Significant Bit

Not Return to Zero

Not Slave Select

Printed-Circuit Board

Phase-Locked Loop

Pseudo-Random Bit Sequence

Receiver

PRBS

RX

SOF

SPI

Start Of Frame

Serial Peripheral Interface

Transmitter

TX

UART

Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter

21. Glossary

Modulation index — Defined as the voltage ratio (V_max V_min) / (V_max+ V_min).

Load modulation index — Defined as the voltage ratio for the card

(V_max V_min) / (V_max+ V_min) measured at the card’s coil.

22. References

[1] Application note — MFRC52x Reader IC Family Directly Matched Antenna

Design

[2] Application note — MIFARE (ISO/IEC 14443 A) 13.56 MHz RFID Proximity

Antennas

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23. Revision history

Table 161. Revision history

Document ID

Release date

Data sheet status

Change notice

Supersedes

MFRC523 v. 3.7 20111108

Product data sheet

-

MFRC523 v. 3.6

Modifications:

• Table 2 “Ordering information”: updated

• Table 154 “Characteristics”: unit of P_xtalcorrected

MFRC523 v. 3.6 20110628

Product data sheet

• Section 9.2.1.7 “ErrorReg register” on page 40 added

20100924 Product data sheet

-

MFRC523_35

MFRC523_34

MFRC523_33

Modifications:

MFRC523_35

Modifications:

MFRC523_34

Modifications:

• Table 131 “VersionReg register bit descripitons” on page 63 changed

20100715 Product data sheet

-

• Section 9.2.2.10 “DemodReg register”: register updated.

• Section 9.2.2.15 “TypeBReg register”: register updated.

• Section 9.2.3.10 “TModeReg and TPrescalerReg registers”: register updated.

• Section 9.2.4.7 “AutoTestReg register”: register updated.

• Section 8.7 “Timer unit”: timer calculation updated.

• Section 9.2.4.8 “VersionReg register”: version: B2h updated.

• Section 16.1 “Test signals”: selftest result updated.

MFRC523_33

Modifications:

20100305

Product data sheet

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MFRC523_32

• Table 106 “TModeReg register bit descriptions” and Table 108

“TPrescalerReg register bit descriptions”: text updated.

• Section 8.7 “Timer unit”: input clock frequency changed to 13.56 MHz and

text updated.

• Table 154 “SPI timing characteristics”: NSS HIGH time, t_NSSHadded.

MFRC523_32

Modifications:

20100112

Product data sheet

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115231

• The format of this data sheet has been redesigned to comply with the new identity guidelines of NXP

Semiconductors.

• Legal texts have been adapted to the new company name where appropriate.

• General re-wording of MIFARE designation and commercial conditions.

• Table 106 “TModeReg register bit descriptions” and Table 108 “TPrescalerReg register bit

descriptions”: changed value "f_Timer= 13.56 MHz / (TPreScaler + 1)".

• Graphics: updated to latest standard.

• Descriptive text: updated.

• Register and bit names: updated.

• Register tables: presentation updated.

• Parameter symbols: updated.

• Section 9 “MFRC523 registers” now follows Section 8 “Functional description”.

• Section 16 “Test information” added, incorporating Section 16.1 “Test signals”.

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115230

115220

May 2007

Product data sheet

Preliminary data sheet

-

115230

115220

-

September 2006

August 2006

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Document status^[1][2]

Product status^[3]

Development

Definition

Objective [short] data sheet

This document contains data from the objective specification for product development.

This document contains data from the preliminary specification.

This document contains the product specification.

Preliminary [short] data sheet Qualification

Product [short] data sheet Production

[1]

[2]

[3]

Please consult the most recently issued document before initiating or completing a design.

The term ‘short data sheet’ is explained in section “Definitions”.

The product status of device(s) described in this document may have changed since this document was published and may differ in case of multiple devices. The latest product status

information is available on the Internet at URL http://www.nxp.com.

malfunction of an NXP Semiconductors product can reasonably be expected

24.2 Definitions

to result in personal injury, death or severe property or environmental

damage. NXP Semiconductors accepts no liability for inclusion and/or use of

NXP Semiconductors products in such equipment or applications and

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Draft — The document is a draft version only. The content is still under

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Applications — Applications that are described herein for any of these

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representation or warranty that such applications will be suitable for the

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24.3 Disclaimers

Limiting values — Stress above one or more limiting values (as defined in

the Absolute Maximum Ratings System of IEC 60134) will cause permanent

damage to the device. Limiting values are stress ratings only and (proper)

operation of the device at these or any other conditions above those given in

the Recommended operating conditions section (if present) or the

Characteristics sections of this document is not warranted. Constant or

repeated exposure to limiting values will permanently and irreversibly affect

the quality and reliability of the device.

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applying the customer’s general terms and conditions with regard to the

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Notwithstanding any damages that customer might incur for any reason

whatsoever, NXP Semiconductors’ aggregate and cumulative liability towards

customer for the products described herein shall be limited in accordance

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limitation specifications and product descriptions, at any time and without

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Quick reference data — The Quick reference data is an extract of the

product data given in the Limiting values and Characteristics sections of this

document, and as such is not complete, exhaustive or legally binding.

24.4 Licenses

Purchase of NXP ICs with ISO/IEC 14443 type B functionality

Non-automotive qualified products — Unless this data sheet expressly

states that this specific NXP Semiconductors product is automotive qualified,

the product is not suitable for automotive use. It is neither qualified nor tested

in accordance with automotive testing or application requirements. NXP

Semiconductors accepts no liability for inclusion and/or use of

This NXP Semiconductors IC is ISO/IEC 14443 Type B

software enabled and is licensed under Innovatron’s

Contactless Card patents license for ISO/IEC 14443 B.

The license includes the right to use the IC in systems

and/or end-user equipment.

non-automotive qualified products in automotive equipment or applications.

In the event that customer uses the product for design-in and use in

automotive applications to automotive specifications and standards, customer

(a) shall use the product without NXP Semiconductors’ warranty of the

product for such automotive applications, use and specifications, and (b)

whenever customer uses the product for automotive applications beyond

NXP Semiconductors’ specifications such use shall be solely at customer’s

own risk, and (c) customer fully indemnifies NXP Semiconductors for any

liability, damages or failed product claims resulting from customer design and

use of the product for automotive applications beyond NXP Semiconductors’

standard warranty and NXP Semiconductors’ product specifications.

RATP/Innovatron

Technology

24.5 Trademarks

Notice: All referenced brands, product names, service names and trademarks

are the property of their respective owners.

I²C-bus — logo is a trademark of NXP B.V.

MIFARE — is a trademark of NXP B.V.

25. Contact information

For more information, please visit: http://www.nxp.com

For sales office addresses, please send an email to: salesaddresses@nxp.com

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26. Tables

Table 1. Quick reference data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Table 2. Ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Table 3. Pin description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Table 4. Communication overview for ISO/IEC 14443 A

reader/writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Table 37. Status1Reg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . 41

Table 38. Status2Reg register (address 08h); reset value:

00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Table 39. Status2Reg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . 41

Table 40. FIFODataReg register (address 09h); reset value:

xxh bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Table 41. FIFODataReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . 42

Table 42. FIFOLevelReg register (address 0Ah); reset

value: 00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Table 43. FIFOLevelReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . 43

Table 44. WaterLevelReg register (address 0Bh); reset

value: 08h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Table 45. WaterLevelReg register bit descriptions . . . . . 43

Table 46. ControlReg register (address 0Ch); reset value:

10h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Table 47. ControlReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . 43

Table 48. BitFramingReg register (address 0Dh); reset

value: 00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Table 49. BitFramingReg register bit descriptions . . . . . 44

Table 50. CollReg register (address 0Eh); reset value: xxh

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Table 5. Connection protocol for detecting different

interface types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Table 6. MOSI and MISO byte order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Table 7. MOSI and MISO byte order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Table 8. SPI read address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Table 9. SPI write address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Table 10. BR_T0 and BR_T1 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Table 11. Selectable UART transfer speeds . . . . . . . . . .13

Table 12. UART framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Table 13. Read data byte order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Table 14. Write data byte order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Table 15. Address byte 0 register; address MOSI . . . . . .16

Table 16. Register and bit settings controlling the signal on

pin TX1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Table 17. Register and bit settings controlling the signal on

pin TX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Table 18. CRC coprocessor parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Table 19. Interrupt sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Table 20. Behavior of register bits and their designation .32

Table 21. MFRC523 register overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Table 22. Reserved register (address 00h); reset value: 00h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Table 51. CollReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Table 52. Reserved register (address 0Fh); reset value: 00h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Table 53. Reserved register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . . 45

Table 54. Reserved register (address 10h); reset value: 00h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Table 23. Reserved register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .36

Table 24. CommandReg register (address 01h); reset

value: 20h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Table 55. Reserved register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . . 45

Table 56. ModeReg register (address 11h); reset value: 3Fh

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Table 25. CommandReg register bit descriptions . . . . . .36

Table 26. ComIEnReg register (address 02h); reset value:

80h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Table 57. ModeReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . 46

Table 58. TxModeReg register (address 12h); reset value:

00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Table 27. ComIEnReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . .37

Table 28. DivIEnReg register (address 03h); reset value:

00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Table 59. TxModeReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . 47

Table 60. RxModeReg register (address 13h); reset value:

00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Table 29. DivIEnReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . .37

Table 30. ComIrqReg register (address 04h); reset value:

14h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Table 61. RxModeReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . 47

Table 62. TxControlReg register (address 14h); reset value:

80h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Table 31. ComIrqReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . .38

Table 32. DivIrqReg register (address 05h); reset value: x0h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Table 63. TxControlReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . 48

Table 64. TxASKReg register (address 15h); reset value:

00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Table 33. DivIrqReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .39

Table 34. ErrorReg register (address 06h); reset value: 00h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Table 65. TxASKReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . 49

Table 66. TxSelReg register (address 16h); reset value: 10h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Table 35. ErrorReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .40

Table 36. Status1Reg register (address 07h); reset value:

21h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Table 67. TxSelReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . 49

Table 68. RxSelReg register (address 17h); reset value: 84h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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Table 69. RxSelReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .50

Table 70. RxThresholdReg register (address 18h); reset

value: 84h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Table 103. CWGsPReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . 58

Table 104. ModGsPReg register (address 29h); reset value:

20h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Table 71. RxThresholdReg register bit descriptions . . . .51

Table 72. DemodReg register (address 19h); reset value:

4Dh bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Table 105. ModGsPReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . 58

Table 106. TModeReg register (address 2Ah); reset value:

00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Table 73. DemodReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . .51

Table 74. Reserved register (address 1Ah); reset value: 00h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Table 107. TModeReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . 59

Table 108. TPrescalerReg register (address 2Bh); reset

value: 00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Table 75. Reserved register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .52

Table 76. Reserved register (address 1Bh); reset value: 00h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Table 109. TPrescalerReg register bit descriptions . . . . . 60

Table 110. TReloadReg (higher bits) register (address 2Ch);

reset value: 00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Table 77. Reserved register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .52

Table 78. MfTxReg register (address 1Ch); reset value: 62h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Table 111. TReloadReg register higher bit descriptions . . 60

Table 112. TReloadReg (lower bits) register (address 2Dh);

reset value: 00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Table 79. MfTxReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .53

Table 80. MfRxReg register (address 1Dh); reset value: 00h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Table 113. TReloadReg register lower bit descriptions . . 60

Table 114. TCounterValReg (higher bits) register (address

2Eh); reset value: xxh bit allocation . . . . . . . . 60

Table 81. MfRxReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .53

Table 82. TypeBReg register (address 1Eh); reset value:

00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Table 83. TypeBReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . .53

Table 84. SerialSpeedReg register (address 1Fh); reset

value: EBh bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Table 115. TCounterValReg register higher bit

descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Table 116. TCounterValReg (lower bits) register (address

2Fh); reset value: xxh bit allocation . . . . . . . . 61

Table 117. TCounterValReg register lower bit

descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Table 85. SerialSpeedReg register bit descriptions . . . . .54

Table 86. Reserved register (address 20h); reset value: 00h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Table 87. Reserved register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .55

Table 88. CRCResultReg (higher bits) register (address

21h); reset value: FFh bit allocation . . . . . . . .55

Table 89. CRCResultReg register higher bit descriptions 55

Table 90. CRCResultReg (lower bits) register (address

22h); reset value: FFh bit allocation . . . . . . . .55

Table 91. CRCResultReg register lower bit descriptions .55

Table 92. Reserved register (address 23h); reset value: 88h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Table 93. Reserved register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .56

Table 94. ModWidthReg register (address 24h); reset value:

26h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Table 95. ModWidthReg register bit descriptions . . . . . .56

Table 96. Reserved register (address 25h); reset value: 87h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Table 97. Reserved register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .56

Table 98. RFCfgReg register (address 26h); reset value:

48h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Table 99. RFCfgReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . .57

Table 100. GsNReg register (address 27h); reset value: 88h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Table 118. Reserved register (address 30h); reset value: 00h

bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Table 119. Reserved register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . 61

Table 120. TestSel1Reg register (address 31h); reset value:

00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Table 121. TestSel1Reg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . 61

Table 122. TestSel2Reg register (address 32h); reset value:

00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Table 123. TestSel2Reg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . 62

Table 124. TestPinEnReg register (address 33h); reset

value: 80h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Table 125. TestPinEnReg register bit descriptions . . . . . 62

Table 126. TestPinValueReg register (address 34h); reset

value: 00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Table 127. TestPinValueReg register bit descriptions . . . 63

Table 128. TestBusReg register (address 35h); reset value:

xxh bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Table 129. TestBusReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . 63

Table 130. AutoTestReg register (address 36h); reset value:

40h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Table 131. AutoTestReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . 64

Table 132. VersionReg register (address 37h); reset value:

xxh bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Table 133. VersionReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . 64

Table 134. AnalogTestReg register (address 38h); reset

value: 00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Table 101. GsNReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .57

Table 102. CWGsPReg register (address 28h); reset value:

20h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Table 135. AnalogTestReg register bit descriptions . . . . . 65

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Table 136. TestDAC1Reg register (address 39h); reset

value: xxh bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Table 137. TestDAC1Reg register bit descriptions . . . . . .66

Table 138. TestDAC2Reg register (address 3Ah); reset

value: xxh bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Table 139. TestDAC2Reg register bit descriptions . . . . . .66

Table 140. TestADCReg register (address 3Bh); reset value:

xxh bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Table 141. TestADCReg register bit descriptions . . . . . . .66

Table 142. Reserved register (address 3Ch); reset value:

FFh bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Table 143. Reserved register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .67

Table 144. Reserved register (address 3Dh); reset value:

00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Table 145. Reserved register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .67

Table 146. Reserved register (address 3Eh); reset value:

03h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Table 147. Reserved register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .67

Table 148. Reserved register (address 3Fh); reset value:

00h bit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Table 149. Reserved register bit descriptions . . . . . . . . . .67

Table 150. Command overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Table 151. Limiting values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Table 152. Operating conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Table 153. Thermal characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Table 154. Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Table 155. SPI timing characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Table 156. I²C-bus timing in Fast mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Table 157. Test bus signals: TestBusSel[4:0] = 07h . . . . .80

Table 158. Test bus signals: TestBusSel[4:0] = 0Dh . . . . .81

Table 159. Test signal descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Table 160. Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Table 161. Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

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27. Figures

Fig 1. Simplified block diagram of the MFRC523. . . . . . .4

Fig 2. Detailed block diagram of the MFRC523. . . . . . . .5

Fig 3. Pinning configuration HVQFN32 (SOT617-1) . . . .6

Fig 4. MFRC523 Read/Write mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Fig 5. ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE Read/Write mode

communication diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Fig 6. Data coding and framing according to

ISO/IEC 14443 A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Fig 7. SPI connection to host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Fig 8. UART connection to microcontrollers . . . . . . . . .12

Fig 9. UART read data timing diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Fig 10. UART write data timing diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Fig 11. I²C-bus interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Fig 12. Bit transfer on the I²C-bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Fig 13. START and STOP conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Fig 14. Acknowledge on the I²C-bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Fig 15. Data transfer on the I²C-bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Fig 16. First byte following the START procedure . . . . . .19

Fig 17. Register read and write access . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Fig 18. I²C-bus HS mode protocol switch . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Fig 19. I²C-bus HS mode protocol frame. . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Fig 20. Serial data switch for TX1 and TX2 . . . . . . . . . . .25

Fig 21. Overview of MFIN and MFOUT signal routing. . .26

Fig 22. Quartz crystal connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Fig 23. Oscillator start-up time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Fig 24. Pin RX input voltage range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Fig 25. Timing diagram for SPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Fig 26. Timing for Fast and Standard mode devices on the

I²C-bus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Fig 27. Typical application diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Fig 28. Output test signals TestDAC1 on pin AUX1 and

TestDAC2 on pin AUX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Fig 29. Output test signals Corr1 on pin AUX1 and MinLevel

on pin AUX2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Fig 30. Output ADC I-channel on pin AUX1 and ADC

Q-channel on pin AUX2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Fig 31. Output RxActive on pin AUX1 and TxActive on pin

AUX2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Fig 32. Received data stream on pins AUX1 and AUX2 .84

Fig 33. Package outline SOT617-1 (HVQFN32) . . . . . . .86

Fig 34. Packing information 1 tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Fig 35. Packing information 5 trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

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28. Contents

1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

8.8

Power reduction modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Hard power-down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Soft power-down mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Transmitter Power-down mode . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Oscillator circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Reset and oscillator start-up time . . . . . . . . . 31

Reset timing requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Oscillator start-up time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

8.8.1

8.8.2

8.8.3

8.9

8.10

8.10.1

8.10.2

2

General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Features and benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Quick reference data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Ordering information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Pinning information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Pin description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3

4

5

6

7

7.1

9

9.1

9.1.1

9.2

MFRC523 registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Register bit behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

MFRC523 register overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Register descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Page 0: Command and status . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Reserved register 00h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

CommandReg register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

ComIEnReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

DivIEnReg register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

ComIrqReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

DivIrqReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

ErrorReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Status1Reg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Status2Reg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

8

8.1

8.2

8.3

8.3.1

8.3.2

Functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

ISO/IEC 14443 A functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

ISO/IEC 14443 B functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Digital interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Automatic microcontroller interface detection. . 9

Serial Peripheral Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

SPI read data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

SPI write data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

SPI Read and Write address byte . . . . . . . . . 11

UART interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Connection to a host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Selectable UART transfer speeds . . . . . . . . . 12

UART framing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

I²C Bus Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Data validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

START and STOP conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Byte format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Acknowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

7-Bit addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Register write access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Register read access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

High-speed mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

High-speed transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

9.2.1

9.2.1.1

9.2.1.2

9.2.1.3

9.2.1.4

9.2.1.5

9.2.1.6

9.2.1.7

9.2.1.8

9.2.1.9

8.3.2.1

8.3.2.2

8.3.2.3

8.3.3

8.3.3.1

8.3.3.2

8.3.3.3

8.3.4

8.3.4.1

8.3.4.2

8.3.4.3

8.3.4.4

8.3.4.5

8.3.4.6

8.3.4.7

8.3.4.8

8.3.4.9

9.2.1.10 FIFODataReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

9.2.1.11 FIFOLevelReg register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

9.2.1.12 WaterLevelReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

9.2.1.13 ControlReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

9.2.1.14 BitFramingReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

9.2.1.15 CollReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

9.2.1.16 Reserved register 0Fh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

9.2.2

Page 1: Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Reserved register 10h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

ModeReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

TxModeReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

RxModeReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

TxControlReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

TxASKReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

TxSelReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

RxSelReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

RxThresholdReg register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

9.2.2.1

9.2.2.2

9.2.2.3

9.2.2.4

9.2.2.5

9.2.2.6

9.2.2.7

9.2.2.8

9.2.2.9

8.3.4.10 Serial data transfer format in HS mode . . . . . 21

8.3.4.11 Switching between F/S mode and HS mode . 22

8.3.4.12 MFRC523 in lower speed modes . . . . . . . . . . 22

8.4

Analog interface and contactless UART. . . . . 23

General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

TX p-driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Serial data switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

MFIN and MFOUT interface support . . . . . . . 25

CRC coprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

FIFO buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Accessing the FIFO buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Controlling the FIFO buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

FIFO buffer status information . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Interrupt request system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Interrupt sources overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Timer unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

8.4.1

8.4.2

8.4.3

8.4.4

8.4.5

8.5

8.5.1

8.5.2

8.5.3

8.6

9.2.2.10 DemodReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

9.2.2.11 Reserved register 1Ah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

9.2.2.12 Reserved register 1Bh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

9.2.2.13 MfTxReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

9.2.2.14 MfRxReg register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

9.2.2.15 TypeBReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

9.2.2.16 SerialSpeedReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

9.2.3

9.2.3.1

Page 2: Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Reserved register 20h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

8.6.1

8.7

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MFRC523

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Contactless reader IC

9.2.3.2

9.2.3.3

9.2.3.4

9.2.3.5

9.2.3.6

9.2.3.7

9.2.3.8

9.2.3.9

CRCResultReg registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

16.1.2

16.1.3

Test bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Test signals on pins AUX1 or AUX2. . . . . . . . 81

Reserved register 23h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

ModWidthReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Reserved register 25h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

RFCfgReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

GsNReg register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

CWGsPReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

ModGsPReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

16.1.3.1 Example: Output test signals TestDAC1 and

TestDAC2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

16.1.3.2 Example: Output test signals Corr1 and

MinLevel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

16.1.3.3 Example: Output test signals ADC I-channel

and ADC Q-channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

16.1.3.4 Example: Output test signals RxActive and

TxActive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

16.1.3.5 Example: Output test signal RX data stream. 84

16.1.3.6 Pseudo-Random Binary Sequences (PRBS). 85

9.2.3.10 TModeReg and TPrescalerReg registers . . . . 58

9.2.3.11 TReloadReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

9.2.3.12 TCounterValReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

9.2.4

Page 3: Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Reserved register 30h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

TestSel1Reg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

TestSel2Reg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

TestPinEnReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

TestPinValueReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

TestBusReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

AutoTestReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

VersionReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

AnalogTestReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

9.2.4.1

9.2.4.2

9.2.4.3

9.2.4.4

9.2.4.5

9.2.4.6

9.2.4.7

9.2.4.8

9.2.4.9

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Package outline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Handling information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Packing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

24

Legal information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Data sheet status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Disclaimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

9.2.4.10 TestDAC1Reg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

9.2.4.11 TestDAC2Reg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

9.2.4.12 TestADCReg register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

9.2.4.13 Reserved register 3Ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

24.1

24.2

24.3

24.4

24.5

10

MFRC523 command set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

General behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

MFRC523 command overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

MFRC523 command descriptions . . . . . . . . . 69

10.1

10.2

10.3

10.3.1

25

26

27

28

Contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

10.3.1.1 Idle mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

10.3.1.2 Mem command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

10.3.1.3 Generate RandomID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

10.3.1.4 CalcCRC command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

10.3.1.5 Transmit command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

10.3.1.6 NoCmdChange command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

10.3.1.7 Receive command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

10.3.1.8 Transceive command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

10.3.1.9 MFAuthent command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

10.3.1.10 SoftReset command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

11

Limiting values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Recommended operating conditions. . . . . . . 72

Thermal characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Timing characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Application information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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13

14

14.1

15

16

16.1

16.1.1

Test information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Test signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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Date of release: 8 November 2011

115237


型号：	MFRC52302HN1/TRAYB
厂家：	NXP
描述：	SPECIALTY TELECOM CIRCUIT, PQCC32, 5 X 5 MM, 0.85 MM PITCH, PLASTIC, MO-220, SOT617-1, HVQFN-32 电信电信集成电路
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