NFC transceiver features ‘industry's lowest power’
In a move it claims raises the standard for ultra low power near field communication devices, Texas Instruments has introduced the industry's lowest power contactless short range communication transceiver.
Targeted at infrastructure devices, the TRF7970A is designed to extend battery life up to 2x longer than competitive products by providing eight selectable power modes ranging from <1uA in power down mode to 120mA in full power mode.
The transceiver comes with configurable software to help developers get started quickly. Royalty free stacks are compatible across a range of ultra low power MSP microcontrollers. Developers are also able to directly access all control registers, allowing for fine tuning of various parameters.
The TRF7970A builds on TI's platform of RFID products by supporting peer to peer communication and card emulation, as well as to reader/writer capability.
