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I have connected my Raspberry Pi 3b to a PN532 NFC reader using the I2C interface. I am using the red version 3.0 board. I have set the switches: 1 to on, 2 to off, as according to the table for I2C. I have connected GND, VCC, SDA and SCL correctly, the LED lights up. I have enabled I2C interface on the PI.

With all of that, triple checked, when I run sudo i2cdetect -y 1 on the PI, it just prints an empty table and doesn't detect the PN532 board.

Am I missing something crucial?

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  • The most likely explanation is you have not connected SDA/SCL correctly.
    – joan
    Feb 16, 2018 at 21:35
  • @joan already tried swapping, nope.
    – Vilsol
    Feb 16, 2018 at 23:16
  • Add a photo of the connections between the Pi and the device.
    – joan
    Feb 17, 2018 at 11:50

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It can be that the you do not have the PN532 set to i2c mode. Check it out how is done in the image:

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