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Janine Kroser
Janine Kroser

Reputation: 444

NFC Android Beam

Is it possible to read and write data from and to a NFC chip that isn't implemented in an Android device?

In the Android docs I can only find the Android Beam possibility but this is only for two Android devices?

So I want to install an NFC chip in my own hardware and communicate with this chip via an Android devices.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 313

Answers (1)

Michael Roland
Michael Roland

Reputation: 40831

Android Beam is based on the standardized SNEP protocol (Simple NDEF Exchange Protocol) -- hence, it's not limited to Android. You can implement that protocol (including the underlying peer-to-peer protocol stack) on any device.

Your NFC chip needs to be capable of speaking the NFCIP-1 peer-to-peer protocol (all typical NFC controllers support this). On top of P2P, you need to implement the NFC Forum LLCP (logical link control protocol). SNEP sits on top of LLCP.

Upvotes: 1

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