SCM Microsystems has announced the launch of its SCM3712 NFC reader module, a compact add-on designed to enable NFC functionality for a wide range of commercial devices, such as handheld card readers, ...

Following several years of piloting custom solutions that transform Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled mobile phones into keys that can unlock doors, Swedish technology provider ASSA ABLOY has ...

Since early this summer, two credit-card companies have been conducting in-house tests of an RFID module that plugs into a mobile phone’s microSD memory card slot, thereby turning a cell phone into a ...

[Luca Dentella] recently encountered a toy, which was programmed to read different stories aloud based on the figurine placed on top. It inspired him to build an audio device using the same concept, ...

Smart card technology provider ACG Identification has entered the near field communication arena, adding NFC capabilities to two of its readers–MIFARE Easy and Multi ISO, which are, the company says, ...

The PN532 is a highly integrated transceiver module for contactless communication at 13.56 MHz based on the 80C51 microcontroller core. The PN532 implements a demodulator and decoder for signals from ...

Near-field communication (NFC) is a wireless technology that can be found in most of the new smartphones. The list is rather long. It can be found in Apple’s latest iPhone 6S as well as the iPhone 6 ...