What is NFC technology?
- Near Field Communication or NFC is a short range wireless technology requiring two items to be within 1 cm or ½ inch of each other
- A NFC mobile phone is the initiator and the target is a tag
- A tag can be a simple sticker 0.2 mm thick
- The phone transmits the data back to a server using 3G or Wi-Fi
- The data from tag reads is reported live to a management system
- A tag read takes a third of a second with network costs included in mobile packages
- All the major phone manufacturers have announced or have NFC phones available . Only Apple have to decide if the iPhone 5 will have NFC
Track4Services tag details
- The tags used by Track4Services for NFC are ISO standard
- The electronic circuit is 35 mm diameter and 0.2 mm thick
- They work in a temperature range from -25 °C to +70 °C, -13 °F to 158 °F
- Power is provided when the mobile phone touches the tag, they do not require any other power source. Design life is up to 10 years
- The tag can contain very simple alpha numeric code or full instructions and can be incorporated into plastic stickers or disks, credit cards, business cards or paper tickets