From 109575ca3f5d93fb9b90909dd060d931b1c3cfb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Martin <smartin015@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 14:24:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add option to prevent halt when NFC tag not found on begin()

---
 NfcAdapter.cpp | 9 +++++++--
 NfcAdapter.h   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NfcAdapter.cpp b/NfcAdapter.cpp
index 9099bde..14bd77e 100644
--- a/NfcAdapter.cpp
+++ b/NfcAdapter.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ NfcAdapter::~NfcAdapter(void)
     delete shield;
 }
 
-void NfcAdapter::begin(boolean verbose)
+bool NfcAdapter::begin(boolean verbose, boolean halt_on_not_found=true)
 {
     shield->begin();
 
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ void NfcAdapter::begin(boolean verbose)
 #ifdef NDEF_USE_SERIAL
         Serial.print(F("Didn't find PN53x board"));
 #endif
-        while (1); // halt
+        if (halt_on_not_found) {
+          while (1); // halt
+        } else {
+          return false;
+        }
     }
 
     if (verbose)
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@ void NfcAdapter::begin(boolean verbose)
     }
     // configure board to read RFID tags
     shield->SAMConfig();
+    return true;
 }
 
 boolean NfcAdapter::tagPresent(unsigned long timeout)
diff --git a/NfcAdapter.h b/NfcAdapter.h
index 1ef9e59..6d010b4 100644
--- a/NfcAdapter.h
+++ b/NfcAdapter.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class NfcAdapter {
         NfcAdapter(PN532Interface &interface);
 
         ~NfcAdapter(void);
-        void begin(boolean verbose=true);
+        boolean begin(boolean verbose=true, boolean halt_on_not_found=true);
         boolean tagPresent(unsigned long timeout=0); // tagAvailable
         NfcTag read();
         boolean write(NdefMessage& ndefMessage);