Another open hardware mod experiment: RFID-tag/Reader board for the Freerunner, Nanonote (?) and Beagleboard

Ed Kapitein ed at kapitein.org
Mon Apr 11 10:13:02 CEST 2011


Hi Nikolaus,

Just an idea:
handheld scanner for pets (veterinarian, animal rescue workers etc)
It could read the animals rfid chip and do a lookup in the database to show the 
owner.

Kind regards,
Ed


On Monday 11 April 2011 09:59:38 Denis Shulyaka wrote:
> Hi Nikolaus,
> 
> Great news!
> 
> Here in Moscow, some of the tickets to public transport are basically
> RFID tags. Will I be able to "copy" them and use my Free Runner for it
> with this hardware?
> 
> Best regards,
> Denis Shulyaka.
> 
> 2011/4/11 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com>:
> > Dear all,
> > besides the GTA04 and the Freerunner Navigation Board,
> > we have been working behind the scenes on a new hardware mod,
> > originally for the Openmoko Freerunner. It is a
> > 
> >        RFID Antenna, RFID Tag (M24LR64) and a RFID Reader (TRF7960)
> > board. For 13 MHz (ISO14443, ISO15693).
> > 
> > The project is still in its beginnings, but the hardware is designed and
> > first samples have been built and appear to work (at least as far as we
> > could test them). And, a first U-Boot based driver running on a
> > BeagleBoard has shown that the RFID reader chip responds and sends
> > interrupts. The tag chip also works and has been tested with an external
> > USB based reader stick.
> > 
> > The boards have solder points so that it should be possible to interface
> > to different SoC and boards, e.g. BeagleBoard, Nanonote, OpenPandora...
> > 
> > The minimum wiring is that it nedds 3.3V power, 3 SPI wires and a INT
> > line to a GPIO. If power should be controlled or the SoC has 1.8V I/O,
> > more wires are needed.
> > 
> > For documentation and details I have uploaded some material to
> > this page:
> > 
> >        http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Freerunner_RFID_Board
> > 
> > Schematics and board layout are available in EAGLE format.
> > 
> > Now, what can you do with it? I don't know but would be happy to hear
> > about ideas...
> > 
> > We have the idea to sell these complete boards at 79 EUR (which
> > is approx. half the price of a TI eval board), if you are interested in
> > experimenting with this technology.
> > 
> > 
> > Nikolaus
> > 
> > 
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