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Wiring and programming the Parallax RFID Serial Card Reader for the Arduinoby Kev_MacD on April 30, 2012

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Wiring and programming the Parallax RFID Serial Card Reader for the Arduino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Intro: Wiring and programming the Parallax RFID Serial Card Reader for the Arduino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Step 1: Wiring the RFID Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Step 2: Loading the SoftwareSerial Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Step 3: RFID Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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Intro: Wiring and programming the Parallax RFID Serial Card Reader for the ArduinoI recently completed an RFID project using an Arduino and the Parallax RFID Serial Card Reader - here are the hardware and software notes on making it all work.Parts List:

1 - Arduino ( I am using an UNO R3 for this demo)2 - Parallax RFID Serial Card Reader3 - Solderless Breadboard

Step 1: Wiring the RFID ReaderInsert the RFID board into the solderless breadboard.

Jumper 5V to VCC on the RFID BoardJumper GND to GND on the RFID BoardJumper Digital IO pin 2 on the Arduino to /Enable on the RFID BoardJumper Digital IO pin 5 on the Ardunio to SOUT on the RFID Board

If you power up the Arduino the LED on the RFID Reader should light green. In the next steps we will load the library and code to make the reader work.

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Step 2: Loading the SoftwareSerial LibraryThe SoftwareSerial Library is a core library for Arduino - there should be no need to install it. If you need to install it for some reason, visit the Arduino site.

http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Libraries

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Step 3: RFID SketchLoad the RFID Sketch below. The Sketch uses the Serial Monitor on the Arduino IDE to output the reader data at 9600 baud.

The Sketch also uses the SoftwareSerial library to make a connection to the SOUT pin on the reader at 2400 baud using Pin 2 on the Arduino.

The /Enable pin must be held low for the reader to work. The LED turns RED when the Reader is enabled.

Each tag read will be stored in the RFIDTAG variable. Note that the reader will continually read a tag that is within range, so the code "remembers" the last tag andignores duplicate reads.

File Downloads

RFID_Reader.ino (2 KB)[NOTE: When saving, if you see .tmp as the file ext, rename it to 'RFID_Reader.ino']

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Comments2 comments Add Comment

canguiri says: Apr 3, 2014. 10:41 PM REPLYhola.

espero y me puedas ayudar

tengo una tarjeta RFID read/write pero no he podido leer unas tags que compre y solo tengo una que es la que traia pero aun asi no se que hacercomo le haria para que me funcione

nolanwethington says: Aug 4, 2013. 1:07 PM REPLYHow can I use this to turn on an LED or a motor?