PN532 breakout board - No NFC device found Moderators: adafruit_support_bill, adafruit

[thomasmeier]

Here is a complete tutorial for PN532 breakout boards:

http://www.schnatterente.net/technik/nfc-raspberry-pi-pn532-breakout-board

It's in German language, you may use the Google translator.

[mjwrazor]

Here is a small description for libnfc on ubuntu 12.04 and latest git libnfc (1.7.0)
hope it can be helpful

$ sudo apt-get install autoconf automake libtool
$ sudo apt-get install libusb-0.1-4 libusb-dev libpcsclite1 libpcsclite-dev libccid pcscd
$ sudo apt-get install git
$ sudo git clone https://code.google.com/p/libnfc/
$ cd libnfc
$ mkdir /etc/nfc
$ mkdir /etc/nfc/devices.d/
$ sudo nano /etc/nfc/devices.d/pn532_via_uart2usb.conf

paste the following 5 lines into the pn532_via_uart2usb.conf:

## Typical configuration file for PN532 board (ie. microbuilder.eu / Adafruit) device
name = "Adafruit PN532 board via UART"
connstring = pn532_uart:/dev/ttyUSB0
allow_intrusive_scan = true
log_level = 3

$ sudo autoreconf -vis
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-drivers=pn532_uart --sysconfdir=/etc
$ sudo make clean
$ sudo make
$ sudo make install all

plugin ure ftdi usb

$ cd examples
$ sudo ./nfc-poll

but does this work for the raspberry pi. This says USB. this board doens connect to a usb