In a move that should spur the adoption of NFC contactless technologies, INSIDE Contactless is making the Open NFC protocol stack more widely available, placing the full source code and full API documentation on SourceForge.net for free download!
The source code for the core Open NFC version 3.5 software — including Android, Windows Mobile, Linux and Java (JSR-257) editions — along with API documentation is set to hit SourceForge.net starting May 15.
The company hopes to extend its software stack as the de facto open solution for NFC enablement on mobile devices. An impressive plan which may actually work, and we certainly look forward to see NFC being implemented in places outside Japan. In that sense, it’s important to add that Open NFC protocol stack will be proposed to the Open Handset Alliance as the reference implementation for Android to sit on top of the hardware abstraction layer, and the company expects to release an NFC chip simulator and board to developers by the end of Q3 2010.
Finally, if you want to know more about INSIDE Contactless’ offering, make sure to check out their website.