NFC (Near Field Communication) Verification IP provides a smart way to verify the NFC, which is simple wireless communication between the close coupled devices. NFC Verification IP data transfer can be done at different data rates. The SmartDV's NFC Verification IP is fully compliant with standard ISO/IEC-18092, ISO/IEC-14443, ISO/IEC-15693, ECMA-340 and NFC FORUM Specifications and provides the following features.
NFC Verification IP is supported natively in SystemVerilog, VMM, RVM, AVM, OVM, UVM, Verilog, SystemC, VERA, Specman E and non-standard verification env
NFC Verification IP comes with optional Smart Visual Protocol Debugger (Smart ViPDebug), which is GUI based debugger to speed up debugging.
- Features
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- Compliant with NFC Specification ISO/IEC 18092, ISO/IEC 14443, ISO/IEC 15693, NFC Forum and ECMA 340 standards.
- Complete NFC PCD/PICC functionality.
- Support Half Duplex of operations.
- Supports all the four data rates.
- 106 kbps
- 212 kbps
- 424 kbps
- 848 kbps
- Supports two different kinds of communication modes.
- Active communication mode
- Passive communication mode
- Support both Type A and Type B.
- Support NFC forum Tag 1 to Tag 5.
- Supports the follwing Command Set
- Basic Command Set
- Select Data Commands
- Read Data Commands
- Write Data Commands
- Supports the Multi Activation feature, which allows the Initiator to hold several Targets active simultaneously.
- Supports the chaining feature, which allows the Initiator or Target to transmit information that does not fit in a single block, by dividing the information into several blocks.
- Supports configurable timing functions.
- Guard time
- Frame delay time
- Frame waiting time
- Waiting Time extension
- Supports the following types of error insertion and detection.
- Sync error
- DID error
- Length error
- Acknowledgement error
- Invalid command error
- CRC error
- Parity error
- Re-transmission of corrupted messages.
- Supports to change the parameters(Transfer speed and Frame length) of PCD and PICC after the activation.
- Supports Frame with error correction.
- Glitch insertion and detection.
- Monitors, detects and notifies the testbench of significant events such as transactions, warnings, timing and protocol violations.
- Supports constraints Randomization.
- Status counters for various events on bus.
- Supports bus accurate timing and timing checks.
- Callbacks in Transmitter, Receiver and Monitor for user processing of data.
- NFC Verification IP comes with complete test suite to test every feature of NFC specifications.
- Functional coverage for complete NFC features.
- Benefits
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- Faster testbench development and more complete verification of NFC designs.
- Easy to use command interface simplifies testbench control and configuration of Initiator and Target.
- Simplifies results analysis.
- Runs in every major simulation environment.
- NFC Verification Env
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SmartDV's NFC Verification env contains following.
- Complete regression suite containing all the ISO/IEC18092/14443/15693/ECMA340/NFC FORUM testcases.
- Examples showing how to connect various components, and usage of Initiator, Target and Monitor.
- Detailed documentation of all classes, task and function's used in verification env.
- Documentation contains User's Guide and Release notes.
