https://github.com/don/ninja-nfc

NFC driver for Ninja Blocks
https://github.com/don/ninja-nfc

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NFC driver for Ninja Blocks

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/don/ninja-nfc
• Owner: don
• Created: 2013-04-26T02:50:01.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-04-26T02:50:29.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-07-06T11:41:28.012Z (11 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 105 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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NFC driver for Ninja Blocks

Emits a Ninja Block event with the NFC tag's UID after reading a NFC tag.

This was developed with a [SCL3711 NFC Reader](http://www.identivenfc.com/en/nfc-readers/contactless-mobile-reader-scl3711.htm) on a Mac emulating the Ninja Block.

It requires [libnfc](http://nfc-tools.org/) and the [nfc npm package](https://npmjs.org/package/nfc).

On Mac use Homebrew

    $ brew install libnfc

Theoretically this should work on Linux with apt-get install libnfc.

Use Node 0.8.x.  The nfc npm was not working with Node 0.10.4.

Have your Mac emulate a Ninja Block server. Follow these instructions http://nodeph.ninjablocks.com/#drivers

Install the ninja-nfc driver

    $ cd client/drivers

    $ git clone git@github.com/don/ninja-nfc.git

Troubleshooting

If the ninja dashboard reports no drivers, something broke.  Something was flaky on my mac. It didn't like when I killed the ninja client. Swapping the NFC reader from one USB port to the other seemed to fix this.

Future:

 * Get this working Ninja Hardware (as soon as it arrives)

 * Get the NDEF message from the tag