could an nRF52840 be wakened up wirelessly from a SYSTEM OFF mode?

Hi All.
I would appreciate some help.
Using an NFC tag, could an nRF52840 be wakened up wirelessly from a SYSTEM OFF mode?
Thanks so much

Juan

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  • Hi, Einar.
    Sorry. I thought it was the other way around. I shall then repeat my questions.
    1.- Could I wirelessly force a System Off mode in an nRF52840 with an NFC reader and keep it in this mode till I wake it back up with the same NFC reader?
    2.- How would I implement the NFC Reader functionality?
    Thanks again.

    Juan

  • Hi Juan,

    p143 said:
    1.- Could I wirelessly force a System Off mode in an nRF52840 with an NFC reader and keep it in this mode till I wake it back up with the same NFC reader?

    You can always make the nRF enter system off mode in any situation as long as there is a way to communicate with it somehow, as that is something that is done programatically. Also, there is no problem to use NFC as a wakeup source, as long as you configure that before entering system off mode (see for instance this snippet if using the nRF5 SDK or NFC: System OFF if using nRF Connect SDK). However, using NFC both to trigger system off and wakeup would probably not work, ad wakeup from system off happens when the field is detected, so the device would probably wake up again more or less immediately. If this is really what you want, then perhaps you could add a delay so that there is time to remove the nRF from the reader before it enters system off mode.

    p143 said:
    2.- How would I implement the NFC Reader functionality?

    The nRF HW does not support reader functionality.

  • Hi, Einar.
    If I got you right, the NFC-Tag, if it is programmed previously to do so, will wake up the tag from a System Off mode as soon as it detects the NFC-Receiver field. So, if I program the NFC Receiver to issue a System Off mode command, let us say 3 seconds after pushing a customized Receiver button, One could both wake up the nRF52840 with a quick sweep of the receiver on the tag or issue a System Off command on it, with a slow sweep.
    Am I right?

    Thanks

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  • Hi, Einar.
    If I got you right, the NFC-Tag, if it is programmed previously to do so, will wake up the tag from a System Off mode as soon as it detects the NFC-Receiver field. So, if I program the NFC Receiver to issue a System Off mode command, let us say 3 seconds after pushing a customized Receiver button, One could both wake up the nRF52840 with a quick sweep of the receiver on the tag or issue a System Off command on it, with a slow sweep.
    Am I right?

    Thanks

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