PN7462 family
NFC Cortex-M0 microcontroller
Rev. 4.1 — 28 June 2018
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Product data sheet
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1 General description
The PN7462 family is a family of 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0-based NFC microcontrollers
offering high performance and low power consumption. It has a simple instruction set and
memory addressing along with a reduced code size compared to existing architectures.
PN7462 family offers an all in one solution, with features such as NFC, supporting all
NFC Forum modes, microcontroller, optional contact smart card reader, and software in a
single chip. It operates at CPU frequencies of up to 20 MHz.
Table 1.ꢀComparison of the PN7462 family members
PN7462AUHN PN7462AUEV PN7412AUHN PN7362AUHN PN7362AUEV PN7360AUHN PN7360AUEV
Contact
smart card
reader
Class A, B, C No
Class A, B, C No
No
No
No
ISO/IEC 7816 Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
UART
Contactless Yes
interface
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
80 kB
Yes
80 kB
Available
Flash
160 kB
160 kB
160 kB
160 kB
160 kB
memory
SRAM data
memory
12 kB
12 kB
12 kB
12 kB
12 kB
12 kB
12 kB
General
purposes I/O
12 up-to 21
HVQFN64
14 up-to 21
VFBGA64
12 up-to 21
HVQFN64
14 up-to 21
HVQFN64
14 up-to 21
VFBGA64
14 up-to 21
HVQFN64
14 up-to 21
VFBGA64
Package
type
Having the differences listed in the table above, all products within the PN7462 family
are equipped with 12 kB of SRAM data memory and 4 kB EEPROM. All products within
the family also include one host interface with either high-speed mode I2C-bus, SPI, USB
or high-speed UART, and two master interfaces, SPI and Fast-mode Plus I2C-bus. Four
general-purpose counter/timers, a random number generator, one CRC coprocessor and
up to 21 general-purpose I/O pins.
The PN7462 family NFC microcontroller offers a one chip solution to build contactless, or
contact and contactless applications. It is equipped with a highly integrated high-power
output NFC-IC for contactless communication at 13.56 MHz enabling EMV-compliance
on RF level, without additional external active components.
By integrating a contact ISO/IEC 7816 interface on a single chip, the PN7462AUHN
provides a solution for dual interface smart card readers. Whereas the PN7412AUHN
offers a solution for a contact reader only. The PN7462AUHN and PN7412AUHN contact
interfaces offer a high level of security for the card by performing current limiting, short-