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SCM3712 REFERENCE MANUAL 21
4.1.2. Software architecture
Applications can interface either with the driver directly through the PC/SC interface or through the
SCM proprietary interface to the NFC wrapper.
Fig.4-4: SCM3712 xxx software layer overview
The NFC wrapper simplifies the usage of the different NFC Forum tags with the SCM3712 and other
SCM contactless readers. It provides a unique API to application developers, which enables them to
read and modify NDEF records without further knowledge of the underlying hardware and protocols.
Detailed information about the NFC wrapper can be found in SCM’s Contactless SDK.
The SCM3712 driver implements PC/SC v2.0 API towards upper layers. The SCM3712 driver for
Windows platforms is based on the Windows Driver Framework (WDF) version 1.09.