What can I do with NFC tags?
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Put an NFC tag near your door and set it to do things like: enable Wi-Fi, decrease brightness, disable Bluetooth, and auto-sync. Using NFC Task Launcher, you can program the tag to “switch,” so that when you exit your house and tap the tag for the second time, it changes those settings (like disabling Wi-Fi.)
What should I store on my NFC tag?
Types Of Data You Can Store On NFC Tags
- Website URL. Program your website’s URL onto an NFC tag and every time you scan it the URL will be opened in your browser.
- Foursquare/Facebook Venue Check-In.
- Address Book Contact.
- Phone Number – make a phone call.
- Plain Text.
- Pre-formatted Email.
- Link to a Map.
- Smartphone Profiles.
What can you do with NFC tags iPhone?
iOS apps running on supported devices can use NFC scanning to read data from electronic tags attached to real-world objects. For example, a user can scan a toy to connect it with a video game, a shopper can scan an in-store sign to access coupons, or a retail employee can scan products to track inventory.
What is inside a NFC tag?
NFC tags, for example, stickers contain small microchips with little antennas which can store a small amount of information for transfer to another NFC device, such as a mobile phone. An NFC Tag itself consists of three basic components: an NFC chip, an antenna, and something to keep it together.
What does NFC tag reader do?
NFC tags are passive devices, drawing power from the device that reads them through magnetic induction. When the reader gets close enough, it energizes the tag and transfers the data.
NFC Tags are rewritable by default. Potentially, the NFC Tag can be rewritten endlessly. They are guaranteed to be rewritten up to 100,000 times (depending on the IC). However, you can also block them, so that they will no longer be rewritten.
Can you delete a NFC tag?
Most NFC apps will simply write the so-called “Empty NDEF Record” to the tag when you choose to delete the tag.