ESP32 failing to detect PN532 NFC module - nfc

Question

I've been struggling for the past few days to get the Elechouse PN532 V3 module working with an ESP32 over I2C. The PN532 module itself works fine with a Raspberry Pi.
This is the circuit (not actually using SparkFun ESP32 board, just for reference)
And this is the code I'm trying to run
#include <Wire.h>
#include <PN532_I2C.h>
#include <PN532.h>
#include <NfcAdapter.h>
PN532_I2C pn532i2c(Wire);
PN532 nfc(pn532i2c);
void setup(void) {
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println("Hello!");
Wire.begin(18, 19);
nfc.begin();
uint32_t versiondata = nfc.getFirmwareVersion();
if (! versiondata) {
Serial.print("Didn't find PN53x board");
while (1); // halt
}
// Got ok data, print it out!
Serial.print("Found chip PN5"); Serial.println((versiondata>>24) & 0xFF, HEX);
Serial.print("Firmware ver. "); Serial.print((versiondata>>16) & 0xFF, DEC);
Serial.print('.'); Serial.println((versiondata>>8) & 0xFF, DEC);
// Set the max number of retry attempts to read from a card
// This prevents us from waiting forever for a card, which is
// the default behaviour of the PN532.
nfc.setPassiveActivationRetries(0xFF);
// configure board to read RFID tags
nfc.SAMConfig();
Serial.println("Waiting for an ISO14443A card");
}
void loop(void) {
boolean success;
uint8_t uid[] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }; // Buffer to store the returned UID
uint8_t uidLength; // Length of the UID (4 or 7 bytes depending on ISO14443A card type)
// Wait for an ISO14443A type cards (Mifare, etc.). When one is found
// 'uid' will be populated with the UID, and uidLength will indicate
// if the uid is 4 bytes (Mifare Classic) or 7 bytes (Mifare Ultralight)
success = nfc.readPassiveTargetID(PN532_MIFARE_ISO14443A, &uid[0], &uidLength);
if (success) {
Serial.println("Found a card!");
Serial.print("UID Length: ");Serial.print(uidLength, DEC);Serial.println(" bytes");
Serial.print("UID Value: ");
for (uint8_t i=0; i < uidLength; i++)
{
Serial.print(" 0x");Serial.print(uid[i], HEX);
}
Serial.println("");
// Wait 1 second before continuing
delay(1000);
}
else
{
// PN532 probably timed out waiting for a card
Serial.println("Timed out waiting for a card");
}
}
And finally the serial output: Didn't find PN53X board
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
EDIT: libraries im using https://github.com/elechouse/PN532 and the ESP32 dev board is a Wemos Lolin32 Lite clone.

Answer 1

I don't have any of this hardware to verify this, but from 'PN532-PN532_HSU\NDEF\README.md'
For the Adafruit Shield using I2C
#include <Wire.h>
#include <PN532_I2C.h>
#include <PN532.h>
#include <NfcAdapter.h>
PN532_I2C pn532_i2c(Wire);
NfcAdapter nfc = NfcAdapter(pn532_i2c);
Try using the above in your code? I'd also suggest you review the PN532 I2C examples in more depth. The PN532 I2C library code defines a 'wakeup' function:
void PN532_I2C::wakeup()
{
delay(500); // wait for all ready to manipulate pn532
}
The comment makes me believe the device may require a significant delay (500ms) before it's ready to talk.
Best of luck.

Answer 2

sda and scl are 21 and 22
also make sure that you changed mode to I2C (those jumpers on PN532 module):
doc - page 3

Answer 3

I have this now working with an M5STACK grey core, the common issue was the I2C bus would lock up on a reset or re program. Use a spare I/O pin and connect to the PN532 reset pin, hold this low on boot, initialize I2C bus then drive reset high after 100mS problem solved no more bus conflicts.