pn53x-sam(1)

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✨ pn53x-sam — the PN53x SAM communication demo tool ✨

okay bestie, this is the libnfc's examples page for pn53x-sam, and it's giving "tiny tool, big chip energy" 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

pn53x-sam — a PN53x SAM communication demonstration tool. yes that's the whole name, she's simple, she's iconic, she does one thing 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

pn53x-sam

no flags, no args, no drama. you just run her. periodt ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so pn53x-sam is a utility that is attempting to test a simple connection with a SAM (that's a Secure Access Module, for the uninitiated 💫) in several modes. she's out here trying her best, fr fr.

to run this utility you must have a SAM — like NXP's P5CN072 chip — successfully connected to your PN53x chip. no SAM, no vibes. that's just how it is 😭

⚠️ Warning, bestie, listen up: the SAM inside a Touchatag/ACR122U is not hooked to the PN532 but to the intermediate controller instead. which means pn53x-sam won't work with a Touchatag/ACR122U. like, at all. don't come for her, it's not her fault 🫶

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? not you being the main character of QA 🙈 please report any bugs on the libnfc issue tracker at:

https://github.com/nfc-tools/libnfc/issues

🎀 LICENCE 🎀

okay legal era, let's go 💅

  • libnfc is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 3.
  • libnfc-utils and libnfc-examples are covered by the BSD 2-Clause license.

👑 AUTHORS 👑

  • Emanuele Bertoldi <emanuele.bertoldi@gmail.com> 🫶

this manual page was written by Emanuele Bertoldi <emanuele.bertoldi@gmail.com>. it is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (version 2 or later). slay.

okay and for the sign-off: this whole thing comes from libnfc, dated June 15, 2010, and she's page one of pn53x-sam 💖 go connect that SAM and have the best day, bestie, mwah 🌈✨

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