NFC antenna interface

nRF54L15 DK Hardware

The nRF54L15 DK supports an NFC tag.

NFC-A Listen Mode operation is supported on the nRF54L15 SoC. The NFC antenna input is available on connector J7 on the nRF54L15 DK.

Figure 1. NFC antenna connector
NFC antenna connector on the nRF54L15 DK

Pins P1.02 (NFC1) and P1.03 (NFC2) are by default configured to use the NFC antenna. The PROTECT field of the NFCPINS register in User Information Configuration Registers (UICR) defines the usage of these pins and their protection level against abnormal voltages. The content of the NFCPINS register is reloaded at every reset.

Configuring NFC pins as GPIOs

To use pins P1.02 (NFC1) and P1.03 (NFC2) as GPIOs, move the 0 Ω 0402 resistors from R21 and R22 to R33 and R34. Disable the NFC peripheral by setting CONFIG_NFCT_PINS_AS_GPIOS to y. See Configuring and building for instructions.

Figure 2. NFC network
nRF54L15 DK NFC network