Arduino Ethernet RFID card reader

Forum 2005-2010 (read only) General Exhibition
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I built a RFID cardreader that uploads each scanned card's unique ID to a MySQL database. This system will be used in our FabLab for membership and reservation management.

I used an Arduino Deumilanove, an Ethernet Shield, a SonMicro SM130 RFID reader module + antenna and a bunch of wires, and components.. The finished project is mounted in a custom laser cut enclosure so that it can be used on the counter next to the cash register.

More pictures and a couple of movies can be found at my Flickr photostream:

[Album] Arduino Ethernet RFID FabCard Reader

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Nice work! Very clean. Does the board run standalone, or does it remain tethered to the PC?

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The box runs standalone, the USB connector is only used for power and viewing serial debugging info.. It could work anywhere, as long as it has a power source and an internet connection.

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That looks nice!

Can you post some code fragments from the MySQL access? Would appreciate it :slight_smile:

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Great project, could you please post any information where to buy the RFID equipments?
Thank you

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The php/mysql part is far from done, I'm still working on it.. but any good php site will have dozens of examples where posted forms are stored in a database.

I got the rfid stuff from SonMicro, but Marc Boon started selling awesome kits to make RFIDuino shields:

See his site at: http://rfid.marcboon.com/#post14