The NFC Forum Executive Director, Mike McCamon presented at the 5th IoT Global Innovation Forum, held on July 28-29, 2021. The session addressed Connecting the Unconnected: The Unique Power of NFC in IoT Data Acquisition.

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Connecting the Unconnected: NFC in IoT Data Acquisition
Mike McCamon, Executive Director of NFC Forum

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What most consumers think when we say “IoT”

3. KEY ATTRIBUTES OF NFC TECHNOLOGY
● Card Emulation Mode
● Tag Reader/Writer Mode
● Peer to Peer
● Wireless Charging
● No Power Required
● Ability to Read AND Write Data
● Extremely Low Cost
● Stable Specification
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… and already built into Billions of Phones
Multi-Mode for Functionality Designed for Flexibility

4. INTERNET OF THINGS NOT ON THE INTERNET
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Cost
Scale of Application
Providing power
Providing Connectivity
Security
Reinforce Physical
Sensitive Data
Hacking & Ransomware
Environmental
Uncontrolled
Dirty & Noisy
Social Pressure
Unpowered
Remote Sensing
Form Factor
Impractical
NFC can enhanced wired/powered solutions, but
can also enable entirely new applications

5. CASE STUDIES
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Data Collection Augmented UX
Cold Chain Health Sensors

6. DATA & INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS
● Over half industrial systems offline
● Adding HMI expensive
● Networking not always practical
● Mobile Devices Provide
 User interface
 Network Uplink
● Module connects to debug port
● Technician taps read/write/operate
IOTize provides TapNLink for quick integration

7. COLD CHAIN AND SUPPLY CHAIN MONITORING
● Perishables face extreme conditions
● Supply chains are offline
 No power
 No internet
 No wide area network
 Difficult to Audit
● Module attached to Case
 Accessed via tap
 Monitors environment
Italian winery attaches mobile with NFC to cases

8. COMMERCIAL AND MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL
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HVAC/Electrical systems readable without power
● Over 1B live in multi-unit homes
● Multiple Tenants
 Fragmented wireless LAN
 Balance tenant/landlord control
 Mix landlord only controlled
● Self-Diagnosis for technician
● Recent Announcements
 HVAC Management
 Circuit breakers without power

9. SENSORS FOR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
● Remote monitoring growing 6% yr
● Health Data = Most Personal Data
 Ensuring user intent with a tap
 Offline by design until shared
● Unparalleled ease of use
 No Pairing
 No Camera alignment
 Never needs charging
● Wealth of supported metrics
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Variety of suppliers providing disposable self-adhesive health sensor
patches that are no thicker than ordinary adhesive bandages

10. NFC FORUM: IDEATION TO MARKET SUCCESS
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Use Case Ideation
Special Interest Groups
Member Companies
Standards Community
Specifications
Working Groups
Task Forces
Liaisons and Partnerships
Testing Compliance
Certification Program
Test Cases
Testing Labs & Tools
NFC Certified
Interoperable
Reliable
Market-Ready

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Even making this consumer experience better
Unlike QR-Codes, tags can contain more than one URL, so…
NDEF1= yourapp:/tag/12345678
NDEF2 = https://yoursite.com/onboard/tag/12345678
And your app can write data back to the tag as well
Tap to
Configure

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