Exactly as the title says. My nephew is into Skylanders and he’s asking me how it works. For those who don’t know Skylanders are a toy that you put on top of a platform called a “Portal of Power”. It’s connected to a PS3. The toy then shows up inside the video game and that’s how you play with a toy. Can someone please explain to me how it works? Literally explain it like I’m five. I need to tell my nephew the same thing.
Edit: Thanks for all the prompt replies. My nephew thinks his uncle is very smart, because of you!
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NFC specifics, ELI5 version:
The device consists of a small bit of circuitry, and a few winds of wire trace – in total usually the size of a smaller fingernail, or smaller.
Here’s the clever part: There’s no power supply! Instead, the wire is organized such that, when it moves through a specific radio field, enough power is generated (induction) to power the circuit, compute the unique data, and transmit it! 🙂
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