Tag Archives: RFID Reader

Getting Started with Serial RFID Reader

This pictorial step by step guide you show you how you can connect a serial RFID Reader to your PC using USB Port. Before you begin please read the following tutorial on RFID Technology and its application to make yourself familiar with it. Interfacing RFID Reader with AVR Also you will need the following modules, they can be purchased from our online store. Fig.: Serial RFID Reader.   Fig.: USB to TTL Converter.   Fig.: RFID Tags (Comes with the Reader). The RFID Reader is used to read the tags. The tags can be used to identify peoples. For example in a electronic door lock, the user just need to bring a tag (which can be a card or keychain) near the antenna. The system identify the user and present a welcome message (like "Welcome Mr. Steve"), then it prompts for password. Its like your ATM card but the advantage is that you don’t need to bring it out from your wallet. Just touch the wallet to the antenna, and that’s it! The USB to TTL Module is used to connect the RFID reader to PC. Connect the RFID reader to USB/TTL Converter as show in in the image below. Fig.: Connections. The connection is simple. All the PIN names are written on the PCBs itself so no confusion while […]

Interfacing RFID Reader with AVR MCUs – AVR Tutorial

Hello Friends!, RFID is a great technology, has may uses and become very cheap and easy to implement these days. Very interesting and useful project can be made by using RFID technology. In our tutorial series on RFID we will get introduced to this magical technology and practically create RFID based solutions. In RFID or Radio Frequency Identification their is a tag (or label) which has a unique ID stored on it. We can read this ID by using a RFID reader. Not much fun yet? Well the features which makes magical are :- The RFID tag does not need to make any electrical contact with reader (Wow!) The RFID Tag is an active device which has a chip and antenna but does NOT need any power and are low cost!(Some tags need battery) RFID tags are very small, don’t need battery so can be put in cards (looks like a credit/ATM cards) or key chains. By reading the features offered by RDIF technologies you may be wondering that the application would be much sophisticated or costly. But the good news is that we have done enough research to find the best RFID solution and they are available from our online shop. And with the help of our beginner friendly tutorials you can easily get it to work in no […]