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.
Until the package is on PyPi, clone this repository and run python setup.py 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()
while True:
print("Hold a tag near the reader")
id, text = reader.read()
print("ID: %s\nText: %s" % (id,text))
sleep(5)