Android app demonstrates EEPROM with added NFC for smartphones
ST’s M24LR64 wireless memory has the unique ability to transmit and receive information from the heart of an application to a smartphone containing NFC technology or to an industrial RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) reader, allowing for transactions, data exchange, object identification and tracking to occur rapidly.
NFC is the short-range technology operating at 13.56MHz that is being increasingly implemented on smartphones to enable customers to make payments, such as for public transit and in convenience stores, using their mobile devices. The technology can also permit communication between NFC-enabled devices. Partnerships already announced between major US wireless carriers and credit-card companies will drive NFC technology into 30.5% of all handsets shipped in 2015, according to market-research firm IHS iSuppli.
According to ST, the capabilities demonstrated by the Android app are easily transferable to a broad range of products, including medical devices, home appliances, consumer electronic products and meters. Together, the dual-interface EEPROM and Android app could provide a launch pad for consumer-tech innovations offering users new types of benefits via NFC.
The memory can also operate with RFID equipment used in the supply chain. The Dual EE app can be downloaded free of charge from the Android Market, and has already been validated on leading smartphones. The source code of this sample application is available on the ST website at www.st.com giving developers a head start to designing their own Android NFC applications that are able to communicate with dual-interface EEPROM products.
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