Hello, thank you for taking the time to read my post. I recently did an introductory workshop with Arduino and could really use some help with setting up my first project. I need the Arduino to activate a small motor for a set amount of time, after an RFID chip is placed on an RFID reader and deactivate it again. I have no experience with own projects and would love to hear what things I would need to be able to build this. What motors/RFID would you recommend? What else would I need? (Diode, transistor?)
Any advice/help would be welcome and greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
Welcome to the forum! If you have just taken an introductory course, I would suggest you break your project down into small pieces and get each one to work. First off, can you turn a motor on/off? Depending on what motor you have, how much voltage it takes and the amount of current it draws, you might want a motor shield (adafruit or polulu) Get one of those and get your motor working (forward, reverse, fast, medium, slow, on for x seconds, etc.)
After that, get an RFID reader and a library. Try out the sample code, get it working so you can detect a chip or not.
Then, try putting them together. If you get stuck along the way, come back and ask for help.