47
edits
Project:RFID Reader Writer: Difference between revisions
From London Hackspace Wiki
Added Mifare card and rfid module background information
(Created page with "You can find the RFID module on ebay around £12.50 - £14 <br> I bought the one below but it looks like it run out of stocks <br> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RFID-13-56Mhz-Modu...") |
(Added Mifare card and rfid module background information) |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
The one below is the same from another vendor <br> | The one below is the same from another vendor <br> | ||
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RFID-module-Kit-13-56-Mhz-with-Tags-SPI-Write-and-Read-For-Arduino-/200828954356?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Other&hash=item2ec256a6f4 <br> | http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RFID-module-Kit-13-56-Mhz-with-Tags-SPI-Write-and-Read-For-Arduino-/200828954356?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Other&hash=item2ec256a6f4 <br> | ||
This is a brief description the module | |||
This is the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) 13.56 Mhz module Kit Reader and Writer <br> | |||
The RFID Reader Module can be used in a wide variety of hobbyist and commercial applications, including access control, automatic identification, robotics, navigation, inventory tracking, payment systems, and car immobilization.<br> | |||
The reference PDF dcoument for RC522 chip : [http://www.b2cqshop.com/best/RC522.pdf Download RC522.pdf] | |||
<br> | |||
Features: | |||
Basic on the Philips MFRC522 Chip <br> | |||
Power Voltage : 3.3V <br> | |||
Current :13-26mA <br> | |||
Operating frequency: 13.56MHz <br> | |||
Read Range: 0 ~ 60mm (mifare1 card) <br> | |||
Interface: SPI <br> | |||
Dimensions: 40mm × 60mm <br> | |||
You will need MIFARE compatible rfid cards (tokens or labels as well). <br> | |||
Oyster uses mifare cards and is migrating from MIFARE Classic to MIFARE DESFire EV1. <br> | |||
MIFARE is the NXP Semiconductors-owned trademark of a series of chips widely used in contactless smart cards and proximity cards. According to the producers, billions of smart card chips and many millions of reader modules have been sold. The technology is owned by NXP Semiconductors (spin off from Philips Electronics in 2006) with headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and main business sites in Nijmegen, Netherlands, and Hamburg, Germany. | |||
The MIFARE name covers proprietary technologies based upon various levels of the ISO/IEC 14443 Type A 13.56 MHz contactless smart card standard. For more information check out [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIFARE MIFARE] page on wikipedia. | |||
Good to read the [http://www.ladyada.net/products/rfidnfc/about.html rfid nfc] page.<br> | |||
I learnt the internal workings of the mifare cards on [http://www.ladyada.net/wiki/tutorials/products/rfidnfc/mifare.html mifare] page on ladyada web site <br> to be able to read and write to cards with ardiuno.<br> | |||
