This program uses RFID to turn a Phillips Hue bulb on and off.
It uses the phue library found here: https://github.com/studioimaginaire/phue the MFRC522 library found here: https://github.com/mxgxw/MFRC522-python and the SPI-Py library found here: https://github.com/lthiery/SPI-Py.git
This tutorial is based off of Sunfounder's tutorial. ##Hardware To read the RFID tags we will be using a RFID-RC522 reader. You can find many of these cheap readers on Ebay
Using Female to Female (or Male to female if you have your reader on a breadboard) jumper wires connect your reader using the following pins
| Name | Pin # | Pin Name |
|---|---|---|
| VCC (3.3v) | 1 | 3V3 |
| RST | 22 | GPIO 25 |
| GND | Any | Any Ground |
| IRQ | None | None |
| MISO | 21 | GPIO 9 |
| MOSI | 19 | GPIO 10 |
| SCK | 23 | GPIO 11 |
| SDA | 24 | GPIO 8 |
##RFID Reader Setup
###SPI Setup
Run raspi-config by running sudo raspi-config in the terminal.
Navigate through 5 Interfacing options -> P4 SPI -> Yes -> OK -> Finish
After that, reboot the pi by running sudo reboot
###Install python-dev and git
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install python-dev git
###Install SPI-Py
git clone https://github.com/lthiery/SPI-Py.git
cd SPI-Py/
sudo python setup.py install
###Install MFRC522-python library
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/mxgxw/MFRC522-python.git
cd MFRC522-python/
##Install and setup phue
###Installation
Install the phue library by running sudo pip install phue in the terminal
###Setup
Download the python files I have written by running git clone https://github.com/jtylermoore2003/RFID-Phillips-Hue and copy the file Phillips-Hue-RFID.py into the MFRC522-python folder
The code will not work if it is not within the MFRC522-python folder
Then navigate to the RFID-Phillips-Hue folder on your pi and open the file phue-bridge-setup.py and add the ip of your bridge to this section:
b = Bridge('ip of your bridge')After that press the button on your Phillips Hue Bridge and run the code in the terminal by running:
cd ~
cd RFID-Phillips-Hue
sudo python phue-bridge-setup.py
Do not run the code in IDLE as it will not work
##Run the code Now run the Phillips-Hue-RFID file in the terminal by running
cd ~
cd MFRC522-python
sudo python Phillips-Hue-RFID.py
Then tap a RFID card/tag on your reader. Your Hue bulb should switch on/off everytime you tap a card/tag!
Do not run the code in IDLE as it will not work