Well tech tinkerer Joe Desbonnet has whipped up what he dubs "poor man's NFC" using an Arduino, some magnet wire, and any compass-equipped Android smartphone (which is almost all of them).

Joe Desbonnet combined an Arduino microcontroller with a magnetic coil to create what he calls the “Poor Man’s NFC”.

Here's an instance of NFC technology that's more exciting than yet another tap-to-pay scenario. Google employee Paul Carff combined a Motorola Xoom running ICS with an Arduino microcontroller to ...

Upcoming Arduino Primo will have Bluetooth, NFC, Wi-Fi, and infrared. by Paul Miller. Source Nordic Semiconductor (PR) May 17, 2016, 9:56 PM UTC. There’s a new Arduino on the way. It’s ...

Near field communication aka NFC is a technology that will allow you to exchange data between devices. If you don't have the 'Pure Google' phone, Nexus S (4G) ...

Despite this, Arduino is just one among many of its kind in a market that is booming after new demand; so the Bluetooth and NFC of the Primo could give Arduino an edge over its everyday competition.

Arduino Uno: The brain of the jukebox, responsible for reading NFC tags and sending commands to play music. 2. NFC Shield : This component reads the NFC tags embedded in the discs.

PR Newswire OSLO, Norway, May 16, 2016 OSLO, Norway , May 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Arduino Primo integrates Bluetooth low energy , NFC ' Aspencore network. News & Analytics Products Design Tools ...

Makers and developers that are looking to build NFC Arduino-based projects may be interested in a new development board for the KeyDuino that has been created by Pierre Charlier.

The Arduino acts as the brains of the operation while an off-the-shelf NFC/RFID reader module is used to read the RFID tags. To add new keys to the system, [Jason] simply swipes his “master ...

A maker in Italy has come up with an ingenious way to demonstrate how an NFC add-on shield can work with an Arduino Uno – he built a DIY jukebox. Mario Pucci took an Arduino Uno running the Python OS ...

There's a new Arduino on the way. It's apparently going to be shown at the Maker Faire Bay Area show this week, but Arduino's new partnership with Nordic Semiconductor was just formalized in a ...