Windows App System Requirements The minimum system requirements for the GoToTags Windows App are: Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10; Windows XP...
NFC Reader SAM Some NFC readers have a Secure Access Module (SAM) to enhance the security of the NFC reader by securing handling...
NFC Tag Performance NFC tags have a typical range of a couple of centimeters when interacted with by a desktop NFC device or...
Windows App – Supported NFC Readers The GoToTags Windows App supports a range of NFC readers. NFC readers must be explicitly supported by the Windows App...
Multiple NDEF Records on an NFC Tag An NFC tag that is NDEF formatted can contain multiple records. An NDEF formatted NFC tag consists of a NDEF...
Bad NFC Tags As with all high-volume, low-cost technologies, a certain percentage of NFC tags do not work and are considered bad. If...
NFC – NDEF MIME Type Record MIME stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. A MIME Type Record is a specific type of record that can exist...
iPhone App – Supported NFC NDEF Record Types The GoToTags iPhone App supports NDEF encoded NFC tags. Only NFC tags that have been NDEF encoded can be read...
Detecting Bad NFC Tags Bad NFC tags are a reality of NFC projects and should be be expected and planned for accordingly. The method...
NFC Tag Lifespan An NFC tag is a physical object that is used in a physical environment and therefore has a limited lifespan....
Password Protecting an NFC Chip Certain NFC chip types have the ability to restrict access to writing to an NFC tag‘s memory by requiring a...
NFC – NDEF Formatting An NFC chip must be first formatted as NDEF to be able to store NDEF messages and records in its...
NFC – NDEF Text Record An NDEF text record is a record used to store plain (unformatted) text on an NFC tag. Attributes GoToTags represents...
Writing NFC Tags with an iPhone The iPhone 7 and later can write NFC tags when running iOS 13 or newer; a third-party NFC tag writing...
NFC Tag Encoding for an iPhone The Apple iOS NFC SDK, CoreNFC, only supports reading an NFC tag if it has been properly encoded. If you...