2.2.10 MFRC522 RFID Module

Introduction

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) refers to technologies that use wireless communication between an object (or tag) and interrogating device (or reader) to automatically track and identify such objects.

Some of the most common applications for this technology include retail supply chains, military supply chains, automated payment methods, baggage tracking and management, document tracking and pharmaceutical management, to name a few.

In this project, we will use RFID for reading and writing.

Schematic Diagram

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Experimental Procedures

Step 1: Build the circuit.

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Step 2: Install the Spidev and MFRC522 libraries.

Step 3: Set up SPI (refer to SPI Configuration for more details. If you have set SPI, skip this step.)

Step 4: Go to the folder of the code.

cd /home/pi/raphael-kit/python

Step 5: After running 2.2.10_write.py. You need to write a message first, press Enter to confirm, then put the card on the MFRC522 module, wait for “Data writing is complete” to appear and take the card away, or rewrite the message to another card and exit by Ctrl+C.

sudo python3 2.2.10_write.py
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Step 6: Now run 2.2.10_read.py to read the information of the tag or card you have written.

sudo python3 2.2.10_read.py

Code Explanation

reader = SimpleMFRC522()

Instantiate SimpleMFRC522() class.

reader.read()

This function is used to read card data. If the reading is successful, id and text will be returned.

reader.write(text)

This function is used to write information to the card, press Enter key to finish writing. text is the information to be written to the card.

Phenomenon Picture

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