jlyonsmith / MFRC522-python

A small class to interface with the NFC reader Module MFRC522

MFRC522-python

• Update Oct 2018
  Replace spi by spidev
  Remove Hardware reset
  Remove GPIO from MFRC522
  Add DoorSystem example using a relay with mariadb sql
  Check DoorSystem_HowTo.txt

• Update Sept 2018 Modification of the Read function to be able to get RFID Identification of 7 Bytes and 10 bytes

A small class to interface with the NFC reader Module MFRC522 on the Raspberry Pi. This is a Python port of the example code for the NFC module MF522-AN.

Examples

This repository includes a couple of examples showing how to read, write, and dump data from a chip. They are thoroughly commented, and should be easy to understand.

Pins

You can use this image for reference.

Name	Pin #	Pin name
SDA	24	GPIO8
SCK	23	GPIO11
MOSI	19	GPIO10
MISO	21	GPIO9
IRQ	None	None
GND	Any	Any Ground
RST	None	None
3.3V	1	3V3

Usage

Import the class by importing MFRC522 in the top of your script. For more info see the examples.

License

This code and examples are licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License 3.0.