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Near field communication (NFC), or proximity chip-card related.

Near field communication (NFC) allows wireless data exchange between two NFC devices in close proximity to each other. NFC devices are very small and can, for example, be integrated in cards.

nfc tag wiki excerpt on Android Enthusiasts (by Flow)

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Fingerprint and NFC reader on Dell Latitude E7450

Is there any solution to get the fingerprint reader and the NFC reader to work on a Dell Latitude E7450? I have been looking for a way to get them working since the E7450 2015 was released. Fingerprint GUI 1.06 reports No Device Found. lsusb…
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How to use NFC?

I have a Sony VAIO laptop installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 8.1, And my laptop has NFC device built in. I would like to use it in ubuntu too. So here is my question: Is there any drivers for NFC in ubuntu available? or is there anything else…
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Does Ubuntu support NFC hardware on Nexus 7?

I was wondering if the NFC hardware on Nexus 7 is supported by Ubuntu. As I understand, the Nexus 7 contains the PN544 chip set. I installed the PC/SC service (pcscd) which works with external USB based NFC devices out of the box. Is it possible to…
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How can I get NFC on my laptop working?

My laptop (E7440) has nfc symbol engraved next to the fingerprint reader. For some reason I am unable to use my fingerprint reader too... If i enter rfkill list, i get in a list: 10: nfc0: NFC Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Meaning,…
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Platform Definition File

I need to install a driver on Ubuntu with this guide but i'm having some trouble with some parts of it. Below is the definition to be added to the platform definition file: I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 and dug around where the platform data file might be…
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Trying to get nfc to work with BCM5880

I am trying to use my Dell Latitude E6420 nfc reader to read a Mifare classic 1k in a virtualized Ubuntu 16.04. The nfc reader that I have is a build-in BCM5880. lsusb output Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0a5c:5801 Broadcom Corp. BCM5880 Secure…
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NFC Host Card Emulation for ubuntu mobile devices

does anyone know if NFC Host Card Emulation is supported on Ubuntu natively? if not, we would like to supply the patch for it.
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neard(-tools) in Ubuntu 20.04

I'm trying to install the neard package in Ubuntu 20.04. Here I read: Status: Superseded But it does not say "superseded" by what. Anyway I tried to download the deb package (translated from Italian): $ sudo dpkg -i neard_0.16-0.1_amd64.deb…
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How to install libnfc-doc-1.7.0 for MFOC

I would like the MFOK to find the libnfc-doc file that is in my downloads so I can execute the ./configure "command"---> make --> sudo make install. I always get the last line (after all others end by : yes) : -->"checking for libnfc... no" after…
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NFC Drivers for KkMoon/FuRui NFC-PM5?

nfc-list & nfc-scan-device both says: No NFC device found. usb-devices lists it as: T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 79 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=1433 ProdID=4331…
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Unable to run MFOC -O

After installing according to How to install MFOC I am currently using ubuntu on VM oracle I connected ACR122U card reader and ran mfoc -O The reader's indicator is lit so I think the reader is working fine pcsc_scan is able to detect the reader…
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