NAC1081
NFC actuation controller
The NAC1081 is a NFC actuation controller with integrated H-bridge and energy harvesting modules, enabling cost-effective development of passive smart actuators like passive locks. The low-power ARM® Cortex®-M0 based microcontroller with integrated NFC frontend, sensing unit, motor driver, and energy harvesting function enables customers to develop smart actuation devices with minimum system BOM requirement.
The flexible IC architecture and the smart partitioning between hardware and software enables customers to maximize the utilization of software-defined functions. Furthermore, the NAC1081 includes hardware security functions such as secure area in flash, 128 bit AES accelerator and true random generator. A separate secure element can be connected via the digital interface on demand.
Summary of Features
- NFC interface compliant to ISO 14443 type A
- Arm® 32bit Cortex®-M0 microcontroller core
- Dual-operation mode: passive- or battery-mode
- Memory:
- 16kB ROM as bootloader
- 16kB RAM
- 60kB NVM
- Digital I/O: SPI, UART
- Integrated H-bridge supports up to 250mA load current
- Available in VQFN-32 package
Benefits
- Reduced BOM thanks to a highly integrated single-chip solution
- Fully flexible software-defined functions
- Build-in security functions to meet the application requirements
Potential Applications
- Passive NFC lock
- Emergency power supply for battery powered devices
- NFC Interface for home appliances
We offer three software packages to support customers to do quick evaluation, fast product development.
Evaluation Package: the evaluation package provides the lock showcase software (mobile app and firmware) to test lock functions using the development kit: DEV_KIT_NAC1080. The lock Showcase Firmware is pre-installed in the evaluation board. You can start test immediately after the lock showcase mobile app is installed.
Development Package: this package consists of SDKs and sample projects for both firmware and mobile app development to support the fast application software development. Please follow the instruction to download and install the SDK. You can start with the provided sample project to setup development environment and generate first executable version of firmware and mobile app. Then step-by-step to add functions.
SourceCode Package: the mobile app development could be time consuming. You can buy our mobile app source code package to accelerate the software development even further. This package includes source codes of the mobile app SDK, the lock showcase mobile app for both Android and iOS, and the corresponding firmware. This package can be purchased via the SAP ordering process. Please see more details in the download link below.
Here is an overview of all planned and available software items. Please login to myInfineon to see all available software content.
Package | Software | Description |
Evaluation |
Infineon NFC Lock Showcase Firmware for NAC1080 |
Firmware preinstalled in the evaluation board. It supports the operation of showcase mobile app. |
Evaluation |
Infineon NFC Lock Showcase Mobile App (iOS) |
A showcase mobile app to demonstrate the NFC lock functions incl. development functions. It works with NAC1080 with showcase firmware installed. |
Evaluation |
Infineon NFC Lock Showcase Mobile App (Android) |
A showcase mobile app to demonstrate the NFC lock functions incl. development functions. It works with NAC1080 with showcase firmware installed. |
Development |
Infineon NFC Tag Side Controller Firmware Development SDK |
Firmware development SDK comprises a compiler, libraries for NAC1080 firmware, a sample project, a make utility, and support for debuggers. |
Development |
Infineon NFC Tag Side Controller Mobile App Development SDK (iOS) |
Mobile app development SDK with libraries supporting communication and control of NFC Tag Side Controllers, e.g. NAC1080. |
Development |
Infineon NFC Tag Side Controller Mobile App Development SDK (Android) |
Mobile app development SDK with libraries supporting communication and control of NFC Tag Side Controllers, e.g. NAC1080. |
Development |
Infineon NFC Tag Side Controller Mobile App Sample Project (iOS) |
Mobile app sample project with basic data exchange function. It works with NAC1080 having the sample firmware installed. |
Development |
Infineon NFC Tag Side Controller Mobile App Sample Project (Android) |
Mobile app sample project with basic data exchange function. It works with NAC1080 having the sample firmware installed. |
Development |
Infineon NAC1080 Firmware Sample: Boost-Buck Test Firmware |
Firmware example and source code to control the Boost-Buck external circuit to charge energy storage cap to 15V. |
SourceCode |
Infineon NFC Lock Mobile App Development Source Code Package |
Charged package includes source code of the NFC Tag Side Controller mobile app SDK, NFC lock showcase mobile app for both iOS and Android operation system. |
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