VTAP25 Pin description

Pin out for VTAP25 reader module (Top left corner bevelled to indicate pin 1)

Pin no.

Pin name

Type

Description

1

GND

Power supply

 

2

SERIAL2_TYPE

Input

Input I2C or SPI selection. Pull low for SPI, high for I2C

3

SPI_CLK / I2C_ADDR0

Input

Configurable:
SPI clock input
Determines LSB of I2C address - tie to GND to clear LSB, tie to 3V3 to set LSB

4

SERIAL2_DE / SPI_CS / I2C_ADDR1

Input

Configurable:
Serial comms data enable to drive EIA485 transceiver
SPI chip select. Pull low to select.
Determines LSB‑1 of I2C address - tie to GND to clear LSB‑1, tie to 3V3 to set LSB‑1

5

SERIAL2_TX / SPI_MISO / I2C_SDA

Input/Output

Configurable:
Serial comms transmit (3V3 logic)
I2C data input / output. (Pull up resistors must be fitted on host board)
SPI data output

6

SERIAL2_RX / SPI_MOSI / I2C_SCL

Input/Output

Configurable:
Serial comms receive (3V3 logic)
I2C clock input. (Pull up resistors must be fitted on host board)
SPI data input

7

VBUS

Power

USB 5V - note this does not power the module, only for data enable

8

USB_DN

Input/Output

USB data

9

USB_DP

Input/Output

USB data

10

GND

Power supply

 

11

NC

-

 

12

BUZZER

Output

3V3 logic drive for external buzzer - variable frequency, 50/50 mark/space

13

CONFIG

Input

Pull low to bypass config.txt on startup

14

SERIAL_LED

Output

Serial LED 3V3 logic output - ‘Neopixel’ protocol. Host must provide 5V driver

15

GND

Power supply

 

16

ANTENNA

Input/Output

Connect to antenna via matching circuit

17

ANTENNA

Input/Output

Connect to antenna via matching circuit

18

GND

Power supply

 

19

WAKE

Output

Driven high when a payload is available to be read and can be used to wake up the host processor

20

GPIO (RFU)

Input/Output

Reserved for future use. Recommended to connect this pin to host GPIO so the functionality could be used when released.

21

SIGNAL

Output

Flag signal for data availability on the host connected serial interface (I2C/SPI)

22

VPWR

Power supply

Power to module. 3.3V to 5V

23

DO NOT CONNECT (3V3)

-

 

24

SERIAL1_TX

Output

Serial comms transmit

25

SERIAL1_RX

Input

Serial comms receive

26

DO NOT CONNECT (PROG)

-

 

27

RESET

Input

Pull low to reset module

28

GND

Power supply

 

The VTAP25‑MOD reader module has no antenna. Before you can use any VTAP reader functionality, it requires connection of an external antenna, with a suitable matching circuit.