
TWR-POSCARD Hardware description
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Application note
COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL
TWR_POSCARD, SPI, E.M.V, Kinetis, PN5180, TDA8035
This application note describe the TWR_POSCARD evaluation board to
be used with NXP’s Kinetis K80 family chip.

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1. Presentation
TWR-POSCARD is a peripheral module board to be used with NXP’s Tower system.

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Fig 2. TWR-POSCARD V2 Top view
1.1 Daughter board
TWR-POSCARD is a peripheral board that can be plugged into a tower system to add
Contact and Contactless EMV reader functionality.
TWR-POSCARD is the below board:
This board can be plugged as in Fig 1, using the TWR-ELEV boards (side connector
boards).
When plugging this board, the Primary and Secondary connection sides have to be
respected. PCI secondary and primary connector are identified on TWR-POSCARD, and
on TWR-ELEV card, see below figure.

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Fig 3. TWR-Elev: Secondary and Primary

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1.2 Architecture
The TWR-POSCARD peripheral board embeds ICs to provide Contact and Contactless
payment functionalities.
The board uses the following ICs:
- PN5180: NXP Contactless Front-end reader
- TDA8035: NXP Contact Front-end reader device.
Both devices are compliant with latest payment specifications (EMVCo)
The reader ICs are controlled by an MCU or processor module, through the side
connectors, plugged on Tower system.
In order to interface with smart cards, the TWR-POSCARD board is autonomous as it
embeds an antenna connected to PN5180 to interact with Contactless cards, and a
contact smart card connector, connecting the smart card to the TDA8035.

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TWR
-ELEV
TWR-POSCARD
MCU
TWR
-ELEV
Smart Card
Connector
Antenna
TDA8035 PN5180