Is it possible to use the NFC-antenna on Thingy:52 to read data from external NFC-tags?

[ragnarolsson]

Hey, I wonder if it’s possible to use the NFC-antenna on Thingy:52 to read data from external NFC-tags. I have looked at the nRF5 SDK v13.0.0 and I have only found NFC examples where you can write to the Thingy NFC-tag and an example on NFC reading with some Adafruit tag reader. I would like to use Thingy:52 NFC-antenna to read data from external NFC-tags, is it possible to do that without additional hardware? If it is possible is there any example code or other guidance to get the NFC-tag reading to work for Thingy:52?

[ketiljo]

The NFC on the nRF52832, that's the one on Thingy, is a tag only. It can only be read by a reader. To use Thingy to read a tag, you need an external reader, for example the Adafruit reader.

[ragnarolsson]

Thanks for the answer, then i know