Near Field Communication with Linux - ELCE 2012

Blog Post: http://www.cnx-software.com/2013/01/15/near-field-communication-with-linux-elce-2012/ Video Source: http://free-electrons.com/blog/elce-2012-videos/

Linux recently gained support for NFC (Neard Field Communication), and this presentation describes the status of the current NFC stack in terms of actual features, hardware support and also distribution availability. After showing how this stack is architectured, we also explain what the long and short term plans are. NFC hardware is typically found on mobile devices, many of them running Linux or Android. Up until recently, only Android provided a real and viable software support for those chipsets. During this presentation I will show how the Linux NFC stack is now getting on par with the Android stack features and API wise and how its design allows for an already broader range of supported chipsets. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlqTy9o1xek