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NFC integration — tap to trigger

A project log for inki - low power wireless epaper device

compact, energy-efficient, battery-powered system for ePaper-based display of information gathered via Wi-Fi

casparcaspar 04/05/2026 at 17:220 Comments

inki now supports NFC-based command triggering via an ST25 chip. A phone tap provides RF energy to write a command payload and wake the device from power-off — no button needed.


See also https://hackaday.io/project/205461-harvesting-nfc-energy-to-transmit-commands  Hackaday Green Powered Challenge: the data transmission runs entirely on energy harvested from the phone's NFC field, with basically no standby power consumption.

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