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1 photo of the arduino uno r3
1 photo of that digital pin soldering. This also shows the SDA & SCL connected using breakout headers.
NFC Shield - Didn't find PN53x board
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Re: NFC Shield - Didn't find PN53x board
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Re: NFC Shield - Didn't find PN53x board
From what I can see, the soldering on A5 looks good. A4 appears to be slightly solder-starved.
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Re: NFC Shield - Didn't find PN53x board
From the pictures, it looks to me like the header pins that connect to the analog pins on the Uno (A0-A5) are shorter than the other header pins. If that's so, then they are probably not reaching far enough into the sockets for a solid connection.
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Re: NFC Shield - Didn't find PN53x board
Good point. I missed that. You can either trim all of them to the same length, or replace the 6-pin header with one that has the same length legs as the others.it looks to me like the header pins that connect to the analog pins on the Uno (A0-A5) are shorter than the other header pins.
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Re: NFC Shield - Didn't find PN53x board
Without doing more soldering, I unplugged and re-plugged the two boards together to ensure good contact for A0 to A5. It now works even without using filling the SCL and SCA pins!!
Many thanks!!!
Many thanks!!!
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Re: NFC Shield - Didn't find PN53x board
I have experienced the very same issue as the others in this thread.
The board comes on, green and red lights, then the red light goes off momentarily and then comes back on and stays on.
The only message output from the serial monitor on the arduino IDE is: Didn't find PN53x board
I have checked the solder a number of times and also checked the continuity using a multimeter so I can see that all the soldered connections are good. When the board is connected to the arduino there is about 1-2cm space at most.
The board comes on, green and red lights, then the red light goes off momentarily and then comes back on and stays on.
The only message output from the serial monitor on the arduino IDE is: Didn't find PN53x board
I have checked the solder a number of times and also checked the continuity using a multimeter so I can see that all the soldered connections are good. When the board is connected to the arduino there is about 1-2cm space at most.
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Re: NFC Shield - Didn't find PN53x board
That looks like it ought to work.
Questions:
Are you using the I2C version of the library?
What kind of Arduino are you using?
Questions:
Are you using the I2C version of the library?
What kind of Arduino are you using?
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Re: NFC Shield - Didn't find PN53x board
Doh! No - I used the wrong library.
What a waste of soldering/desoldering time!
Thanks for your help.
What a waste of soldering/desoldering time!
Thanks for your help.
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Re: NFC Shield - Didn't find PN53x board
Hi all,
I am also having the "Didn't find PN53x board" problem. The PWR and BUSY lights turn on when I plug the arduino in and stay on forever. This is the serial output (with debug enabled):
I am using an Arduino Mega 2560, with the I2C version of the library. I've tested all the header joints with a probe to make sure they have a connection.
Picture 1 ("analog in" side headers): Picture 2 ("digital IO" side headers): Picture 3 (other components): Any ideas?
I am also having the "Didn't find PN53x board" problem. The PWR and BUSY lights turn on when I plug the arduino in and stay on forever. This is the serial output (with debug enabled):
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\0xe5Hello!
Sending: 0x0 0x0 0xFF 0x2 0xFFFFFFFE 0xD4 0x2 0xFFFFFF2A 0x0
Didn't find PN53x board
Picture 1 ("analog in" side headers): Picture 2 ("digital IO" side headers): Picture 3 (other components): Any ideas?
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Re: NFC Shield - Didn't find PN53x board
From the photos, I assume that you are using a pre-R3 version of the Mega 2560 (It does not have the extra two pins on the end of each header).I am using an Arduino Mega 2560
In that case, you need to add some jumpers to connect to the Mega's i2c pins. Note the two unsoldered holes next to ARef labeled SDA and SCL. Connect a jumper from SDA on the shield to pin 20 on the Mega. And connect another jumper from SCL to pin 21.
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Re: NFC Shield - Didn't find PN53x board
Yes, it works now. Thank you.
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Re: NFC Shield - Didn't find PN53x board
Hello,
I have an Arduino Mega 2560 R3 board and want use the PN532 over I2C .
Now , I connected the following pins 5v,gnd,sda,scl . The busy and pwr LED is always on and dont blink even when I place a Milfare Card .
I run the examples files in the Adafreuit_NFCShield_I2C but always I get the message :
"Hello"
"Didn't find PN53x board"
Here are my images :
thx
I have an Arduino Mega 2560 R3 board and want use the PN532 over I2C .
Now , I connected the following pins 5v,gnd,sda,scl . The busy and pwr LED is always on and dont blink even when I place a Milfare Card .
I run the examples files in the Adafreuit_NFCShield_I2C but always I get the message :
"Hello"
"Didn't find PN53x board"
Here are my images :
thx
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