Reading Calypso public transport card with PN7150

[RuiBastos]

Hello,

We use in our systems the PN7150B0HN, in linux using NXP NFC Reader Library. One of our clients wants to use calypso cards. They said that the cards are a ISO 14443 A/B/B'.

Will I be able to read calypso cards with PN7150B0HN?

Thanks and best regards

RB

[Fabian_R]

Hello RB,

Thank you for your interest in our products. I hope you are doing great, as you may know, the NXP portfolio for tags and smartcards is type A.  therefore our examples and products are directed to this type of product, this does not mean that our products do not support other types as long as the reader supports that protocol. In this is the case, PN7150 NCI library does have ISO 14443 Type B smart cards.
https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/application-note/AN11697.pdf
Please check the next link for Linux implementation, here you will find a quick explanation of the Library and basic examples. In the final chapter, you will find the GitHub link where you will be able to clone the repository and start testing the examples.
Unfortunately, the support for Type B cards is out of our scope and the full implementation of the application will have to be built fully by your side.
Please check the examples shown in the repository for tag-raw reading and also check the API Guide available at: https://github.com/NXPNFCLinux/linux_libnfc-nci/tree/master/doc