Near Field

Communication (NFC)

with Windows Phone 8@NicoVermeir

Who am I?

@NicoVermeirNico_vermeir@hotmail.com

www.spikie.be

Agenda

• What is NFC?

• What can we do with it?

• How does it work?

• NFC tags

• NFC in Windows Phone 8

• Take aways

• Q&A

What is NFC?

What is NFC?

• Near-Field-Communication

• No handshake required

• Extends RFID (one-way) to allow two-way communication

• Founded in 2004 by Sony, Nokia and Philips

• NFC forum over 160 members

• Up to 424 kbit/s

• Two types• Active

• Passive

How does it work?

NFC Tags

NFC Tags

http://www.rapidnfc.com

NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF)

• Container to store data in NFC tags• Not based on RFID format

• URI• HTTP• FTP• SMS• Phone number

• TextRecord• string• Encoding• Language identifier

• SmartPoster• URI• Icon• Action

• NFC Forum standard

What can we do with it?

• Initiate bluetooth or WiFi connection

• Contactless payment (credit cards)

• Mobile payments

• Sharing data

• Automate tasks

• Keycards

• Shop security

• Advertising

• Go home (shameless plug - http://bit.ly/WX96sC)

NFC in WP8

NFC in WP8

• No emulator support

• Promity Tapper adds this (http://proximitytapper.codeplex.com/)

• Only NDEF preformatted tags

• A few limitations

• No write lock

• No tag formatting

• Only NDEF

Let’s do it!NFC in Windows Phone 8

Take aways

• NFC is easy to use

• Requires no handshake

• WP8 only support NDEF

• Not every device has NFC

Q&A