I am a newbie for using Arduino. I bought a RFID reader (RFID-RC522) and connected it with Mega 2560. I have installed the library and after connecting it, i can't see anything in the serial monitor after putting RFID tags on the reader.It is supposed to read the serial number of each tags and show it on the serial monitor. just don't know why and hope someone can provide me some solutions. Here is my pin connection and my code:
MOSI: Pin 51
MISO: Pin 50
SCK : Pin 52
SS : Pin 53
RST : Pin 5
/*
* MFRC522 - Library to use ARDUINO RFID MODULE KIT 13.56 MHZ WITH TAGS SPI W AND R BY COOQROBOT.
* The library file MFRC522.h has a wealth of useful info. Please read it.
* The functions are documented in MFRC522.cpp.
*
* Based on code Dr.Leong ( WWW.B2CQSHOP.COM )
* Created by Miguel Balboa (circuitito.com), Jan, 2012.
* Rewritten by Søren Thing Andersen (access.thing.dk), fall of 2013 (Translation to English, refactored, comments, anti collision, cascade levels.)
* Released into the public domain.
*
* Sample program showing how to read data from a PICC using a MFRC522 reader on the Arduino SPI interface.
*----------------------------------------------------------------------------- empty_skull
* Aggiunti pin per arduino Mega
* add pin configuration for arduino mega
* http://mac86project.altervista.org/
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicola Coppola
* Pin layout should be as follows:
* Signal Pin Pin Pin
* Arduino Uno Arduino Mega MFRC522 board
* ------------------------------------------------------------
* Reset 9 5 RST
* SPI SS 10 53 SDA
* SPI MOSI 11 52 MOSI
* SPI MISO 12 51 MISO
* SPI SCK 13 50 SCK
*
* The reader can be found on eBay for around 5 dollars. Search for "mf-rc522" on ebay.com.
*/
#include <SPI.h>
#include <MFRC522.h>
#define SS_PIN 53
#define RST_PIN 9
MFRC522 mfrc522(SS_PIN, RST_PIN); // Create MFRC522 instance.
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600); // Initialize serial communications with the PC
SPI.begin(); // Init SPI bus
mfrc522.PCD_Init(); // Init MFRC522 card
Serial.println("Scan PICC to see UID and type...");
}
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));
}
Any help is appreciated