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

Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller hns at goldelico.com
Thu Jan 31 13:48:48 CET 2013


Hi,
I just found some bare unpopulated FRID-PCBs while preparing FOSDEM.

If you go there I will have some with me.

Nikolaus

Am 17.01.2013 um 11:30 schrieb Yury Sakarinen:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to buy The Freerunner RFID but boards not on sale. Does anyone have an extra?
> 
> http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=RFID%20Board
> 
> 
> 
> Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller писал 2011-04-11 11:23:
>> 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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