From: Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>
Date: 2009-06-02T14:22:19+09:00
Subject: [ANN] nfc 1.0.0 Released

nfc version 1.0.0 has been released!

* <http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org>

NFC is a ruby wrapper for the Near Field Communication library.  The Near
Field Communication library works with many USB RFID readers, so this gem
lets you read RFID tags.

## FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

* Only supports ISO1443A (MIFARE) tags right now.

## SYNOPSIS:

  require 'nfc'

  # Read your tag and print the info
  p NFC.instance.find

## REQUIREMENTS:

* A USB RFID reader.  I'm using the touchatag[http://touchatag.com].
* ffi
* libnfc

## INSTALL:

* First install libnfc[http://libnfc.org/]
* Make sure libnfc.dylib or libnfc.so is in your library path
* gem install nfc

Changes:

### 1.0.0 / 2009-06-01

* 1 major enhancement

  * Birthday!

* <http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org>

-- 
Aaron Patterson
http://tenderlovemaking.com/