July 2017
Beginner to intermediate
378 pages
10h 26m
English
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NFC
Near Field Communication (NFC) allows two devices to communicate when brought within very short distances of each other - about 4 cm. It is a set of communication protocols that offer low speeds and simple setup. There is a variety of NFC protocol stacks depending on the type and use case.
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NFC uses electromagnetic induction between two loop style antennas when devices exchange information. Data rates are around 100-400 kbit/s. It operates over radio frequency band 13.56 MHz, which is unlicensed and globally available.
There is usually a full NFC device, such as a smartphone, and an NFC tag, such as a chip reader. All full NFC ...