Help please!

[SSch1987]

May someone give me some assist-starting?

I wanted to build a jukebox for my kids, which seemed to be not of a big deal according to tremendous amounts of "how-tos", of which the vast majority referred to the Adonno Tagreader.

I set up the wiring (double-checked at least 20 times) and created a new .yaml in my esphome config folder. ESPHome lists the new device, ready for installation. However, for some reason, I cannot make the PN532 working. I actually used 2 boards, in case one is corrupt.

My log looks like:

INFO Upload took 3.16 seconds, waiting for result...
INFO OTA successful
INFO Successfully uploaded program.
INFO Starting log output from 192.168.2.90 using esphome API
INFO Successfully resolved tagreader-ab6945 @ 192.168.2.90 in 0.000s
INFO Successfully connected to tagreader-ab6945 @ 192.168.2.90 in 11.254s
INFO Successful handshake with tagreader-ab6945 @ 192.168.2.90 in 2.982s
[23:11:54.691][I][app:151]: ESPHome version 2026.5.1 compiled on 2026-05-31 23:08:55 +0200
[23:11:54.691][I][app:153]: Project adonno.tag_reader version dev
[23:11:54.691][C][logger:219]: Logger:
[23:11:54.691][C][logger:219]: Max Level: DEBUG
[23:11:54.691][C][logger:219]: Initial Level: DEBUG
[23:11:54.692][C][logger:226]: Log Baud Rate: 115200
[23:11:54.692][C][logger:226]: Hardware UART: UART0
[23:11:54.694][C][i2c.arduino:064]: I2C Bus:
[23:11:54.694][C][i2c.arduino:065]: SDA Pin: GPIO4
[23:11:54.694][C][i2c.arduino:065]: SCL Pin: GPIO5
[23:11:54.694][C][i2c.arduino:065]: Frequency: 400000 Hz
[23:11:54.694][C][i2c.arduino:079]: Recovery: bus successfully recovered
[23:11:54.790][C][esp8266_pwm:020]: ESP8266 PWM:
[23:11:54.790][C][esp8266_pwm:020]: Frequency: 988.0 Hz
[23:11:54.790][C][esp8266_pwm:152]: Pin: GPIO13
[23:11:54.790][C][light:093]: Light 'TagReader LED'
[23:11:54.790][C][light:096]: Default Transition Length: 1.0s
[23:11:54.790][C][light:096]: Gamma Correct: 2.80
[23:11:54.790][C][template.switch:088]: Template Switch 'TagReader Buzzer Enabled'
[23:11:54.790][C][template.switch:088]: Restore Mode: restore defaults to ON
[23:11:54.790][C][template.switch:223]: Icon: 'mdi:volume-high'
[23:11:54.790][C][template.switch:055]: Optimistic: YES
[23:11:54.790][C][template.switch:088]: Template Switch 'TagReader LED enabled'
[23:11:54.790][C][template.switch:088]: Restore Mode: restore defaults to ON
[23:11:54.790][C][template.switch:223]: Icon: 'mdi:alarm-light-outline'
[23:11:54.790][C][template.switch:055]: Optimistic: YES
[23:11:54.790][C][restart.button:014]: Restart Button 'TagReader Restart'
[23:11:54.792][C][restart.button:223]: Icon: 'mdi:restart'
[23:11:54.806][C][pn532:427]: PN532:
[23:11:54.810][C][pn532:451]: Update Interval: 1.0s
[23:11:54.810][C][pn532_i2c:124]: Address: 0x24
[23:11:54.810][E][component:224]: pn532 is marked FAILED: unspecified
[23:11:54.831][C][status:016]: Status Binary Sensor 'TagReader Status'
[23:11:54.831][C][status:232]: Device Class: 'connectivity'
[23:11:54.831][C][version.text_sensor:016]: Version Text Sensor 'TagReader ESPHome Version'
[23:11:54.836][C][version.text_sensor:223]: Icon: 'mdi:new-box'
[23:11:54.888][C][wifi_info:016]: SSID 'TagReader Connected SSID'
[23:11:54.888][C][wifi_info:223]: Icon: 'mdi:wifi-strength-2'
[23:11:54.897][C][wifi_info:016]: IP Address 'TagReader IP Address'
[23:11:54.897][C][wifi_info:223]: Icon: 'mdi:wifi'
[23:11:54.897][C][rtttl:078]: Rtttl:
[23:11:54.897][C][rtttl:078]: Gain: 0.600000
[23:11:55.014][C][captive_portal:133]: Captive Portal:
[23:11:55.014][C][wifi:1526]: WiFi:
[23:11:55.014][C][wifi:1526]: Local MAC: 84:CC:A8:AB:69:45
[23:11:55.014][C][wifi:1526]: Connected: YES
[23:11:55.014][C][wifi:1237]: IP Address: 192.168.2.90
[23:11:55.025][C][wifi:1248]: SSID: [redacted]
[23:11:55.025][C][wifi:1248]: BSSID: [redacted]
[23:11:55.025][C][wifi:1248]: Hostname: 'tagreader-ab6945'
[23:11:55.025][C][wifi:1248]: Signal strength: -64 dB ▂▄▆█
[23:11:55.025][C][wifi:1248]: Channel: 1
[23:11:55.025][C][wifi:1248]: Subnet: 255.255.255.0
[23:11:55.025][C][wifi:1248]: Gateway: 192.168.2.1
[23:11:55.025][C][wifi:1248]: DNS1: 192.168.2.1
[23:11:55.025][C][wifi:1248]: DNS2: 0.0.0.0
[23:11:55.096][C][esphome.ota:097]: Over-The-Air updates:
[23:11:55.096][C][esphome.ota:097]: Address: tagreader-ab6945.local:8266
[23:11:55.096][C][esphome.ota:097]: Version: 2
[23:11:55.096][C][safe_mode:058]: Safe Mode:
[23:11:55.096][C][safe_mode:058]: Successful after: 60s
[23:11:55.096][C][safe_mode:058]: Invoke after: 10 attempts
[23:11:55.096][C][safe_mode:058]: Duration: 300s
[23:11:55.099][C][web_server.ota:256]: Web Server OTA
[23:11:55.099][C][api:238]: Server:
[23:11:55.099][C][api:238]: Address: tagreader-ab6945.local:6053
[23:11:55.099][C][api:238]: Listen backlog: 1
[23:11:55.099][C][api:238]: Max connections: 4
[23:11:55.099][C][api:245]: Noise encryption: YES
[23:11:55.143][C][improv_serial:062]: Improv Serial:
[23:11:55.143][C][mdns:230]: mDNS:
[23:11:55.143][C][mdns:230]: Hostname: tagreader-ab6945
[23:11:55.234][D][api.connection:2458]: aioesphomeapi (192.168.1.104): connected
[23:11:56.769][D][api.connection:2458]: aioesphomeapi (192.168.1.104): disconnected
[23:11:56.769][W][api.connection:2464]: aioesphomeapi (192.168.1.104): Reading failed CONNECTION_CLOSED errno=11
[23:11:56.769][D][api:223]: Accept 192.168.1.104
[23:11:58.268][D][api.connection:2458]: Home Assistant 2026.5.4 (192.168.1.104): connected
[23:12:44.094][I][safe_mode:142]: Boot seems successful; resetting boot loop counter
[23:16:51.546][D][wifi:2439]: Roam scan (-56 dBm, attempt 1/3)

Is someone able to help me out here?