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We've just updated the AirtagKit ressources section with the AirtagKit SDK 1.0.4 :

• Nokia handset: You can now use the Mifare 4k emulation on the Nokia 6131 and 6212 handset with the FF key set. First you have to unlock the secure element and update the reader firmware to 1.05.
• Firmware: The firmware section has been updated!
• Samples programs:
  • NDEF Light program: this Java program read/writes an URI formatted according to NFC Forum data format specification (NDEF). For example, it can be  an URL like http://wwww.airtagkit.com, a file:  C:/WINDOWS/Media/tada.wav or even a program: C:/WINDOWS/system32/calc.exe. Works with ISO15693 ICode SLI card, PicoPass and Mifare Classic (Mifare ultralight, 1K & 4k).
  • Java sample program: this is the Java version of the .NET program: "Simple Example for SDK".
  • Java sample program demo: this Java program writes an URL in the tag. For example: http://wwww.airtagkit.com Works with ISO15693 ICode SLI card, PicoPass and Mifare Classic (Mifare ultralight, 1K & 4k).

Standalone firmwares

• NDEF URI: the AirtagReader writes the following URI : http://wwww.airtagkit.com in the tag. The URI is formatted according to NFC Forum data format specification (NDEF). This firmware works with Mifare Classic card (Mifare ultralight, 1K & 4k), ISO15693 ICode SLI and PicoPass.
• Tag Detector: detect all card in ISO15693, ISO14443A&B, Mifare Classic, Topaz, PicoPass, ICODE SLI, Navigo & Felica.
• Loyalty Card demo: store a counter in the tag. For example, the AirtagReader indicates a gift with a light effect and a sound after three purchases. This firmware works with ISO15693 ICode SLI, MIFARE Classic and PicoPass.

We've just updated the AirtagKit ressources section,

Now available:

AirtagKit SDK 1.0.3

• Standalone firmwares: You can now load a standalone firmware in your AirtagReader.
• New sounds:  Update the AirtagReader with new sound effects!
• New sample programs:
  
  • NDEF Light program: this Java program read/writes an URI formatted according to NFC Forum data format specification (NDEF). For example, it can be  an URL like http://wwww.airtagkit.com, a file:  C:/WINDOWS/Media/tada.wav or even a program: C:/WINDOWS/system32/calc.exe. Works with ISO15693 ICode SLI card, PicoPass and Mifare Classic (Mifare ultralight, 1K & 4k).
  • Java sample program: this is the Java version of the .NET program: "Simple Example for SDK".
  • Java sample program demo: this Java program writes an URL in the tag. For example: http://wwww.airtagkit.com Works with ISO15693 ICode SLI card, PicoPass and Mifare Classic (Mifare ultralight, 1K & 4k).

Standalone firmwares

• NDEF URI: the AirtagReader writes the following URI : http://wwww.airtagkit.com in the tag. The URI is formatted according to NFC Forum data format specification (NDEF). This firmware works with Mifare Classic card (Mifare ultralight, 1K & 4k), ISO15693 ICode SLI and PicoPass.
• Tag Detector: detect all card in ISO15693, ISO14443A&B, Mifare Classic, Topaz, PicoPass, ICODE SLI, Navigo & Felica.
• Loyalty Card demo: store a counter in the tag. For example, the AirtagReader indicates a gift with a light effect and a sound after three purchases. This firmware works with ISO15693 ICode SLI, MIFARE Classic and PicoPass.
• Smart Poster demo: coming soon!

Dear visitors, our AirtagKit online store is now available! You can easily order and pay your AirtagKit by clicking the Store link at the head of this page. It only takes you a few minutes and your AirtagKit is dispatched as soon as we receive your payment confirmation. You haven’t got your AirtagKit yet? Then order it!

Shortly after reader V1 demonstrations, AIRTAG concluded several contracts and, therefore, decided to make an industrial version.
The plastic box was made in a milling factory while AIRTAG’s technical team was soldering the components on the card.

At this point, AIRTAG had to improve the ‘look’ of its reader for commercial distribution.
First step was customization of the box with a skin sticker:

And then the blue pulse that became the AIRTAG touch:

In December 2006, manufacturing is completely outsourced: plastic box extruded from a single raw piece, soldering by double remelting, …

AIRTAG Reader V2 is the precursor of AirtagKit:

After a successful trial with a leather collector RFID reader (see Chapter 1), we decided, in July 2006, to build a prototype with a more conventional shape.

The plastic box has been carved with a school milling equipment (courtesy of the high school nearby AIRTAG’s office). This reader V1 is based on Inside Contactless’s antenna and chip. It communicates with a PC through RS232 interface.
AIRTAG’s logo makes its first appearance highlighted by astonishing visual effects. ;)

This prototype is the very first AIRTAG’s product demonstrated to customers.

Created by former development and technical directors of Haiku, AIRTAG is born from the idea that NFC is going to spread all around the world soon. Japan has already set the path with more than 30 millions NFC phone sold.

First “attempt” to create an NFC reader was initiated in spring 2006.
It was built inside a leather vanity case with a mini-PC, a wifi module snatched from a laptop, a PC speaker and of course an RFID antenna.



First trials revealed a noise in the speaker caused by the antenna. So we decided to add a magnetic shield made of aluminum shoved into a plastic bag

To complete this “brand new” reader, we asked a shoemaker to sew RFID tags inside leather bracelets.



And this is how the story begins.

Soon, you’ll discover the first genuine prototype…

Professionals and end-users can easily develop their own contactless and NFC applications

09/30/08, Paris: AIRTAG brings its experience of the NFC technology to the Internet, with the launch today of AIRTAG KIT, the first NFC development kit for end-users, professionals and developers. This kit enables to program tags to NFC standards, to communicate with all NFC mobile phones and to develop secured applications compliant with the industry standards.

AIRTAG KIT is a multimedia NFC reader with USB connection. AIRTAG KIT includes a SDK (Software Development Kit) and also enables the access to a knowledge base and to a community of users via the www.airtagkit.com website. This site allows the consultation of on-line tutorials, examples programs, discussion forums, professional advices and applications ideas around NFC objects.
Price : 249€ (VAT included)

"By creating AIRTAG KIT, we wish to give end-users an accessible and efficient tool, enabling to develop simple applications, and also progress towards NFC software development based on smart card industry standards. We also wish to create a place where consumers can share experiences on the airtagkit.com website" according to Jérémie LEROYER, CEO of AIRTAG.

For consumers

AIRTAG KIT enables to develop its own Internet of Things, more precisely to connect real objects with on-line contents, thanks to NFC standards, as for example:

• Associate objects (pictures, souvenirs, tools, products…) with Internet pages
• Activate a musical animation on his computer
• Associate social networks with a business card
• Develop interactive games

For professionals

AIRTAG KIT enables to develop secured professional applications:

•  Access control
• Check in/check out
• Electronic wallet or loyalty programs
• Ticketing and mass transit programs

For developers

AIRTAG KIT enables to program NFC objects compliant with the standards of the smartcard industry:

• Interface allowing to communicate with a contactless smartcard (sending APDU according to the standard ISO 7816)
• Possibility to develop and load JavaCard applications compliant with Global Platform standards.
• Possibility to develop applications on all NFC mobile phones available on the market
• MIFARE Interface of management (update and use of identification keys)

AIRTAG KIT includes:

• 1 universal NFC USB reader compatible with ISO 14443 A and B, ISO 15693, Mifare^® and FeliCa^®
• 4 specific tags: 1 JCOP 30, 1 MIFARE ® 1ko, 1 15693 card, 1 sticker Inside Contactless (Dual ISO 14443B and 15693)
• 1 library (SDK) offering an API to access to the essential functions of the reader:
  • Reading / writing for every protocol
  • NDEF objects Management (text, image, URL, controls)
  • Sound and the light effects management
• 1 user guide and 1 technical reference documentation
• programs of examples allowing to activate all the functions of the reader
• 1 complete guide of installation

About AIRTAG:

Created in 2006, AIRTAG is the first innovative European company fully dedicated to NFC applications and services. 
Based in Vanves France, AIRTAG supplies integrated contactless / NFC solutions: embedded applications, applicative and downloading platforms, and dedicated NFC infrastructures (readers, posters, tags, interactive kiosks, etc.). www.airtag.com

Press Contacts
Bermudes RP, High-tech Agency
Tél. : + 33 1 41 10 42 90

Frédérique Boyer
Morgane Falaize

You’ve just joined the community of players in the Internet of objects.
AIRTAG is a French firm dedicated to the development of NFC since its origin in 2006.
Thanks to the work of its engineers brought to you in AirtagKit, you can imagine, create and deploy the contactless applications of tomorrow.
AirtagKit is a complete solution including AIRTAG READER^®, a software development kit and test tags.

This is the first solution compatible with all existing protocols.
Embrace the world of possibilities offered to you!
Come to this site to share your ideas and creations with the AirtagKit community.
And much more…