Can you use a RFID reader to read NFC from a phone?

[wolfslab]

I have a RFID-RC522 hooked up to an Arduino so I can read RFID tags. I would like to be able to use the NFC in my iPhone to be read by the reader and have it do something based on the programming. Is this possible or do I need to get a NFC reader? Apple has the API released to use the NFC in an iPhone called Core NFC so I should be able to code the NFC on my phone.

[Mira Yurizaki]

NFC was based on RFID standards, but that makes NFC a subset of RFID. So while that means NFC should be able to handle RFID, the opposite way isn't necessarily true.

[Scheer]

NFC is on the ISM band of the RFID "spectrum". Looks like your reader is for the ISM band, however it looks like your reader is using and older communication protocol, kinda like how wireless house phones and Wifi are on the same frequency but don't actually talk to each other.

 

From what I can find the PN532 reader SHOULD work for what you want to do.