PN5190-NTAG 5 boost High Speed Communication Demo kb article has unclickable links for example code.

[TheQuux]

The KB article "PN5190-NTAG 5 boost High Speed Communication Demo" has links for the demo software that cannot be clicked. Googling the names reveals nothing.

The KB article can be found at:
https://community.nxp.com/t5/NFC-Knowledge-Base/PN5190-NTAG-5-boost-High-Speed-Communication-Demo/ta...

I'd like to explore this demo, but because I cannot download the code, that is impossible. Can this please be fixed?

[TheQuux]

Kelly,

The email you sent does not include either of the source code examples, just the manuals, which is helpful, but not the whole story.

The PDF does include links to download the firmware examples, but the links go nowhere:
Software
▪ Firmware Source Code for PN5190
• https://avant-studio.box.com/s/zsuw6d34g1swd3nx79oomykviglivq37
• SDK_2.x_FRDM-K82F included

Both of these links return a page that says "This shared file or folder link has been removed or is unavailable to you."
▪ Firmware Source Code for LPCXpresso55S69
• https://avant-studio.box.com/s/bmste190od80xprpaa6uqv628ynmvh0k
• SDK details in slide 8

[KaiLi]

Hello @TheQuux 

The document sharing link no longer exists, but I understand it should be like this:

▪ Firmware Source Code for PN5190, which should be updated the below:

▪ Firmware Source Code for LPCXpresso55S69, which should be porting NTAG 5 Development kit source code to LPCXpresso55S69 SDK 

[TheQuux]

The second link does yield the correct example code for the tag end of the pass through demo.

However, the first link, once I eventually found it by googling, just has an example of how to update the firmware on the 5190, not the example for the host side of the pass through demo.

[KaiLi]

Hello @TheQuux 

You can pass the firmware file of the PN5190 to the host on the pass-through mode, and then refer to the first link to write the firmware file to the PN5190, which needs to be implemented by yourself.

[TheQuux]

Hello KaiLi,

I'm not trying to update the firmware of the 5190, I'm trying to pass data over the NFC link to an NTAG5 device. I've scoured this example, and it really does just seem to be implementing a process to securely send an firmware update for the 5190 via the SPI connection to the host processor.

The source code is peppered with comments like this:
* Secure Firmware Update HOST application to update the Secure Firmware of NXP Reader IC's.

Nowhere is there any reference to passing data across the NFC link, or indeed activating the link at all, there is just a bunch of stuff implementing opening a file, putting the device (5190 or 5180) into test mode, etc. Unless I'm really missing something, this just does not look like an example that implements passing data to an NTAG5 device in any way.

Isn't the firmware in the original example available somewhere?

[KaiLi]

Hello @TheQuux 

If you want to use PN5190 to communicate with NTAG5 via NFC interface, it is recommended that you download NxpNfcRdLib_PN5190_v07.13.00_Pub, which contains many examples for reference.

[KaiLi]

Hello @TheQuux 

I have tried, it works, so please try the below link again:

PN5190-NTAG 5 boost High Speed Communication Demo - NXP Community

[TheQuux]

I tried clicking the links in Firefox, Chrome and Edge, none work. The links I'm referring to are these two in particular:

Software
▪ Firmware Source Code for PN5190is attached to this article, containing keywork pn5190: mobileknowledge-nxp-connected-tags-pn5190-2cfb4c59b56e_v1.0.zip

▪ SDK_2.x_FRDM-K82F is already included in bundle mentioned above.

▪ Firmware Source Code for LPCXpresso55S69 is attached to this article, containing keyword lpc55s69: mobileknowledge-nxp-connected-tags-lpc55s69-5f2f9667cc60_v1.1.zip

[KaiLi]

Hello @TheQuux 

Please check your email, I saved as word and forward it to you.