Cant' connect RFID RC522 with Arduino Leonardo

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Hello, i am trying to connect and RC522 card on an Arduino Leonardo.
I tried some examples i found on internet like this one : RFID-RC522 With Arduino : 6 Steps - Instructables
or this one : How to wire RFID Card Reader - RC522 to Arduino Leonardo

but the only response I obtain from the basic RC522 program is "WARNING: Communication failure, is the MFRC522 properly connected?"

The only difference i got is that my card is a Bare Conductive Touch Board : Bare Conductive Touch Board - Boutique Semageek
100% based on an Arduino Leonardo

Did someone as the same problem ?
Thanks a lot for your help

Louis

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Welcome to the forum

How exactly have you connected the reader to the Leonardo ? Which pins have you used ? Which serial interface of the Leonardo are you using ? Is it Serial or Serial1 ?

Please post your full sketch, using code tags when you do

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Hello,
The card is connectly exactly like this :

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And the code is the dump info programm :

/*
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * This is a MFRC522 library example; see https://github.com/miguelbalboa/rfid
 * for further details and other examples.
 * 
 * NOTE: The library file MFRC522.h has a lot of useful info. Please read it.
 * 
 * Released into the public domain.
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Example sketch/program showing how to read data from a PICC (that is: a RFID
 * Tag or Card) using a MFRC522 based RFID Reader on the Arduino SPI interface.
 * 
 * When the Arduino and the MFRC522 module are connected (see the pin layout
 * below), load this sketch into Arduino IDE then verify/compile and upload it.
 * To see the output: use Tools, Serial Monitor of the IDE (hit Ctrl+Shft+M).
 * When you present a PICC (that is: a RFID Tag or Card) at reading distance
 * of the MFRC522 Reader/PCD, the serial output will show the ID/UID, type and
 * any data blocks it can read. Note: you may see "Timeout in communication"
 * messages when removing the PICC from reading distance too early.
 * 
 * If your reader supports it, this sketch/program will read all the PICCs
 * presented (that is: multiple tag reading). So if you stack two or more
 * PICCs on top of each other and present them to the reader, it will first
 * output all details of the first and then the next PICC. Note that this
 * may take some time as all data blocks are dumped, so keep the PICCs at
 * reading distance until complete.
 * 
 * Typical pin layout used:
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *             MFRC522      Arduino       Arduino   Arduino    Arduino          Arduino
 *             Reader/PCD   Uno           Mega      Nano v3    Leonardo/Micro   Pro Micro
 * Signal      Pin          Pin           Pin       Pin        Pin              Pin
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * RST/Reset   RST          9             5         D9         RESET/ICSP-5     RST
 * SPI SS      SDA(SS)      10            53        D10        10               10
 * SPI MOSI    MOSI         11 / ICSP-4   51        D11        ICSP-4           16
 * SPI MISO    MISO         12 / ICSP-1   50        D12        ICSP-1           14
 * SPI SCK     SCK          13 / ICSP-3   52        D13        ICSP-3           15
 */

#include <SPI.h>
#include <MFRC522.h>

#define RST_PIN    9   // 
#define SS_PIN    10    //

MFRC522 mfrc522(SS_PIN, RST_PIN); // Create MFRC522 instance

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);   // Initialize serial communications with the PC
  while (!Serial);    // Do nothing if no serial port is opened (added for Arduinos based on ATMEGA32U4)
  SPI.begin();      // Init SPI bus
  mfrc522.PCD_Init();   // Init MFRC522
  ShowReaderDetails();  // Show details of PCD - MFRC522 Card Reader details
  Serial.println(F("Scan PICC to see UID, type, and data blocks..."));
}

void loop() {
  // Look for new cards
  if ( ! mfrc522.PICC_IsNewCardPresent()) {
    return;
  }

  // Select one of the cards
  if ( ! mfrc522.PICC_ReadCardSerial()) {
    return;
  }

  // Dump debug info about the card; PICC_HaltA() is automatically called
  mfrc522.PICC_DumpToSerial(&(mfrc522.uid));
}

void ShowReaderDetails() {
  // Get the MFRC522 software version
  byte v = mfrc522.PCD_ReadRegister(mfrc522.VersionReg);
  Serial.print(F("MFRC522 Software Version: 0x"));
  Serial.print(v, HEX);
  if (v == 0x91)
    Serial.print(F(" = v1.0"));
  else if (v == 0x92)
    Serial.print(F(" = v2.0"));
  else
    Serial.print(F(" (unknown)"));
  Serial.println("");
  // When 0x00 or 0xFF is returned, communication probably failed
  if ((v == 0x00) || (v == 0xFF)) {
    Serial.println(F("WARNING: Communication failure, is the MFRC522 properly connected?"));
  }
}

Thanks you

5

Thank you for the update
The RC522 reader that you are using has an SPI interface so ignore my questions about the serial interface as they are not relevant

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