A python library to read/write RFID tags via the budget MFRC522 RFID module.
This code was published in relation to a blog post and you can find out more about how to hook up your MFRC reader to a Raspberry Pi there.
Clone this repository and run pip install . in the top level directory.
The following code will read a tag from the MFRC522
from time import sleep
import sys
from mfrc522 import SimpleMFRC522
reader = SimpleMFRC522()
try:
while True:
print("Hold a tag near the reader")
uid, text = reader.read()
print("UID: {}\nText: {}".format(uid, text))
sleep(5)
finally:
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