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#rc522-rfid node.js module to access a rfid reader with rc522 chipset which is connected a raspberry pi

Purpose

This node module is to access RFID reader with a rc522 chipset (e.g. http://amzn.com/B00GYR1KJ8) via GPIO interface of the raspberry pi.

Functionality

The module is currently only able to read the serial number of the tag which is hold onto the reader.

Requirements

Installation

First of all we have to install the C library for Broadcom BCM 2835 as it describe` here

wget http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835/bcm2835-1.35.tar.gz
tar -zxf bcm2835-1.35.tar.gz
cd bcm2835-1.35
./configure
sudo make install

Then we can install the rc522 rfid nodejs module

npm install --save rc522-rfid

Usage

var rc522 = require("rc522-rfid");

rc522(function(rfidSerialNumber){
	console.log(rfidSerialNumber);
});

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