RFID Reader/Writer & read-write tags

kasi1314

Hello,

I want to get some RFID tags and use them to store information for some items. Where can I get an RFID reader/writer and some tags for a reasonable price? (Under £60?) This is for a student project, so I don't have a lot of money to spend.

I'd like it to have USB so i can connect the writer to my PC.

bluesnake

ebay, just make sure the tags and the reader/writer are compatible

T_T_2

kasi1314 wrote: »

Hello,

I want to get some RFID tags and use them to store information for some items. Where can I get an RFID reader/writer and some tags for a reasonable price? (Under £60?) This is for a student project, so I don't have a lot of money to spend.

I'd like it to have USB so i can connect the writer to my PC.

There are also a number of NFC enabled phones that will read/write RFID tags. Is it possible you could borrow one from someone? Again, as bluesnake said, they need to be compatible tags.

aerostar

If you can modify your project to use just read only, and store the data in a lookup table, then you can get a reader for £6 and tags less than £1.

I bought this reader for playing with

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190736838900

Have found this barebones read/write

http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/rfid-readerwriter-1356mhz-p-504.html

kasi1314

By compatible do you mean they have to be the same frequency? i.e if the reader is 13.56Mhz, I can only get 13.56Mhz tags? Or is there something else I need to take into consideration as well?

aerostar wrote: »

If you can modify your project to use just read only, and store the data in a lookup table, then you can get a reader for £6 and tags less than £1.

I want to write data to the RFID tag specifically so I can store data on it and avoid using lookup tables. Otherwise, I might as well use barcodes?

aerostar

kasi1314 wrote: »

By compatible do you mean they have to be the same frequency? i.e if the reader is 13.56Mhz, I can only get 13.56Mhz tags?

Yes they have to be the same frequency !