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Arduino Ethernet Rfid card reader

RFID to Ethernet (Telnet), connect your Rfid reader to the internet

IntermediateFull instructions provided67,117
Arduino Ethernet Rfid card reader

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Mifare MFRC522
Any type of spi rfid reader is fine
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Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
Any arduino is fine
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enc28j60
You will have to modify code for anything that doesn't use ENC28J60
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Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
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Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
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Computer
Any computer that connects to the internet
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Software apps and online services

Pycharm
Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Scissors
Or wire strippers

Story

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Code

The Arduino code

C/C++
This is the software goes on the arduino almost ready to go, so what you do is just adjust the gateway, ip, gateway, mac address, and dns
/*
 * ----------------------------------
 *             MFRC522     Arduino   
 *             Reader/PCD  Nano v3   
 * Signal      Pin         Pin      
 * ----------------------------------
 * RST/Reset   RST        D9  
 * SPI SS      NSS        D10 
 * SPI MOSI    MOSI       D11  
 * SPI MISO    MISO       D12 
 * SPI SCK     SCK        D13  
 */

// THE FIRST LIBRARY THAT NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED IS UIP ETHERNET SECOND IS MFRC522 BOTH ARE ON GITHUB

#include <UIPEthernet.h>
#include <SPI.h> //For the selection of the key
#include <MFRC522.h> //The RFID key library

#define RST_PIN         9           // Configurable, see typical pin layout above - This is for the Arduino Nano - For RFID
#define SS_PIN          8 //WE ARE USING 8 FOR RFID BECAUSE THE ETHERNET MODULE USES 10

  byte sector         = 0;
  byte blockAddr      = 0; ////////Access certain sector/blocks in the card, trailer block is the last block
  byte trailerBlock   = 1;

int red = 3;
int blue = 4; //Pins for RGB LED
int green = 5;

EthernetClient client;  //ETHERNET INSTANCE

MFRC522 mfrc522(SS_PIN, RST_PIN);   // Create MFRC522 instance.

MFRC522::MIFARE_Key key; //Set key instance

signed long timeout; //TIMEOUT SO IT DOESN'T SIT THERE FOREVER

void setup()
{
  //UI BEGIN
   pinMode(red, OUTPUT);
   pinMode(blue, OUTPUT); //Init the RGB LED
   pinMode(green, OUTPUT);
   Reset(); //Start with leds off

  Serial.begin(9600); //Start computer connection with a rate of 9600 bits per second
  //UI END

  //ETHERNET MODULE INITIAL
  SPI.begin();        // Init SPI bus
  uint8_t mac[6] = {0x00,0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05};     //MAC = 000102030405
  IPAddress mip(192,168,1,160);                         //IP = 192.168.1.160
  IPAddress mdns(8,8,8,8);                              //DNS = 8.8.8.8
  IPAddress mgate(192,168,1,5);                         //GATEWAY = 192.168.1.5
  IPAddress msubnet(255,255,255,0);                     //SUBNET = 255.255.255.0
  Ethernet.begin(mac, mip, mdns, mgate , msubnet);      //CONNECT USING ABOVE
  Serial.println("Succesful connection");
  // END OF ETHERNET
  
  for(int t = 255; t > 0; t--)
  {
    analogWrite(red, t);           ////More of show but let at least a second between the SPI of the ethernet and RFID
    delay(10);
  }

  //RFID INITIAL
  mfrc522.PCD_Init(); // Init MFRC522 card
  
     for (byte i = 0; i < 6; i++) {   // Prepare the key (used both as key A and as key B)
        key.keyByte[i] = 0xFF;        // using FFFFFFFFFFFFh which is the default at chip delivery from the factory
        }
    
    Serial.println(F("Scan a Card"));
    dump_byte_array(key.keyByte, MFRC522::MF_KEY_SIZE);     //Get key byte size
   timeout = 0;  
   delay(2000);
   Reset();
}
//END RFID INITIAL

void loop() //Run forever
{
  // Look for new cards
    if ( ! mfrc522.PICC_IsNewCardPresent())
    {
        digitalWrite(blue, LOW);
        return;
    }

    // Select one of the cards
    if ( ! mfrc522.PICC_ReadCardSerial())
        return;

        digitalWrite(blue, HIGH); //Show user that card has been read


    byte piccType = mfrc522.PICC_GetType(mfrc522.uid.sak);

    // Check for compatibility with Mifare card
    if (    piccType != MFRC522::PICC_TYPE_MIFARE_MINI
        &&  piccType != MFRC522::PICC_TYPE_MIFARE_1K
        &&  piccType != MFRC522::PICC_TYPE_MIFARE_4K) {
        Error();
        return;
    }
    
  byte status;
  byte buffer[18];
  byte size = sizeof(buffer);


  status = mfrc522.PCD_Authenticate(MFRC522::PICC_CMD_MF_AUTH_KEY_A, trailerBlock, &key, &(mfrc522.uid));
  if (status != MFRC522::STATUS_OK) {
    Serial.print(F("PCD_Authenticate() failed: "));
    Serial.println(mfrc522.GetStatusCodeName(status));
    Error();
    return;
  }

  
  // Read data from the block
  status = mfrc522.MIFARE_Read(blockAddr, buffer, &size);
  if (status != MFRC522::STATUS_OK) {
    Serial.print(F("MIFARE_Read() failed: "));
    Serial.println(mfrc522.GetStatusCodeName(status));
    Error();
  }
      // Halt PICC 
    mfrc522.PICC_HaltA();
    // Stop encryption on PCD
    mfrc522.PCD_StopCrypto1();
    
// AFTER DONE READING CARD SEND TO SERVER
      if (client.connect(IPAddress(192,168,1,100),23))
        {
          timeout = millis()+1000;
          Serial.println("Client connected");
          const String ID = dump_byte_array(buffer, size);
          client.println(ID);
          Serial.println("sent :" + ID);
          delay(10);
          while(client.available()==0)
            {
              if (timeout - millis() < 0)
                goto close;
            }
          int size;
          while((size = client.available()) > 0)
            {
              uint8_t* msg = (uint8_t*)malloc(size);
              size = client.read(msg,size);
              Serial.write(msg,size);
              if(size == sizeof("g") - 1)
              {
                    Pass();
              }
              else
              {
                    Error();
              }
              free(msg);
            }
close:
          client.stop();
        }
        else
        {
    Serial.println("Couldn't connect to Server");
         Error();
        }
        //END OF SENDING TO SERVER
        
   Reset(); //RESTART LOOP WITH NO LEDS ON
}

// TURN THE BUFFER ARRAY INTO A SINGLE STRING THAT IS UPPERCASE WHICH EQUALS OUR ID OF THE SECTOR AND BLOCK
String dump_byte_array(byte *buffer, byte bufferSize) {
          String out = "";
    for (byte i = 0; i < bufferSize; i++) {
        //Serial.print(buffer[i] < 0x10 ? " 0" : " ");
        //Serial.print(buffer[i], HEX);
        out += String(buffer[i] < 0x10 ? " 0" : " ") + String(buffer[i], HEX);
    }
    out.toUpperCase();
    out.replace(" ", "");
    return out;
}
//END DUMP_BYTE_ARRAY

//BELOW ARE THE LED METHODS
void Error()
{
  digitalWrite(red, LOW);
  delay(700);
  digitalWrite(red, HIGH);
}

void Pass()
{
  digitalWrite(green, LOW);
  delay(700);
  digitalWrite(green, HIGH);
}

void Reset()
{
   digitalWrite(red, HIGH);
   digitalWrite(blue, HIGH);
   digitalWrite(green, HIGH);
}
//END OF FILE

Example server code

Python
Here is a complete example of how to use the server
import SocketServer

class MyTCPHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):

    def handle(self):
        # self.request is the TCP socket connected to the client
        self.data = self.request.recv(1024).strip()
        print "{} wrote:".format(self.client_address[0])
        print self.data
        """
        SQL STUFF HERE
        if(self.data == SQL NAME or something)
        {
        self.request.sendall("g")//send good
        //INSERT TIME AND LOCATION INTO SQL HERE
        {
        else
        {
        self.request.sendall("bb")//send bad
        //DO NOTHING just send to arduino bad data
        }
        """
        self.request.sendall("g")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    HOST, PORT = "", 23
    server = SocketServer.TCPServer((HOST, PORT), MyTCPHandler)
    server.serve_forever()

Updated code on GitHub

Here you can get the most updated code

Credits

David Smerkous

David Smerkous

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Currently an Artificial Intelligence Ph.D. student at Oregon State University. Long-time hardware enthusiast. Profile is old.

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