Though the reader doesn't appear as connected or able to connect, you can select a .sim firmware file (see Thingmagic's site) and hopefully it will flash to the board.

ThanksNot at the same time, no, I don't believe so. It basically has to be sitting on the antenna on the reader to get it to read.Thanks for the reply!, do you think using an external antenna on the card will help ? we will use this chip for his second antenna port to reduce the number of components needed.

A basic guide to getting started with the RFID Tag Reader breakout and how to read and write multiple RFID tags over multiple feet! It works as advertised, and I've had no trouble using it. Can someone guide me on how to troubleshoot this problem?Hi; I wanted to post this in the forum but the page has been unable to load for several days (for me, at least). The Universal Reader Software does not recognize the reader.

However, it does not work with Arduino board using ESP32 and Mega 2560 board. The supporting documentation is very thorough and helpful. Been trying to download the Universal Reader software and server doesn't respond.

The SparkFun Simultaneous RFID Reader is an Arduino-compatible board to get you started with the M6E Nano UHF RFID Reader. I have recurring issues with the component, I work with antenna quite a few times and miss tags. And if so, if hooked up to the UHF RFID antenna, at what distance could it read such a tag?For 125 kHz tags you'd use something more like this: Hope this (new piece) will live way longer than previous one. It seems that the RFID reader randomly scans for any tags, often reading the same tag multiple times. Writing of tags is also possible at 80msec standard write. Arduino library to control the M6E-Nano RFID module from ThingMagic to read Smart Trac Moisture Data As long as those two axes are parallel, board or tag can rotate around those axes and read range still seems good. When I got it, it worked fine for a couple of weeks but after some time it stopped working properly, I've checked all the connections and it's all in good condition. That will be discussed in the external antenna portion.Preparing it for an external antenna. Previous Comments- I was able to fish around and find and download the software and get it installed. "I am not harsh but unfortunately, it worked well and produced good results for 2 hours and suddenly the board is dead, no response at all.

Also, do you plan on stocking a gen2 keyfob tag?An external antenna will be listed in a few weeks. I'm using a CH340G USB to serial module. Repository Contents /examples - Example sketches for the library (.ino). You might consider contacting ThingMagic to see if they are able to share more information on their antenna design.Thanks You. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is becoming popular everywhere for tracking practically everything. However, if you are looking for solutions to technical questions please see our The firmware version of the M6e Nano is 1.03.02.4A. This leads me to think there might be voltage back feeding through the RX, TX channels to the SFE RedBoard. For future readers, hit cancel when the URA prompts you to connect to a reader upon application start. Even screen was not able to pick up anything from the reader... thought maybe it would talk a bit during boot... nothing... nada...Am I assuming correct that the UART on the serial port of the reader is 3.3 V logic level? SEN-14066, WRL-14147, WRL-14131, CAB-14132, WRL-00662, DEV-14050, PRT-00553, PRT-09749, PRT-10217, WRL-14147, PRT-13856Parts I used not listed on Sparkfun: The codes written by Sparkfun for Arduino work well, but there does not seem to be any sample code for these? Next, the readers for these high frequency tags are fairly expensive. I use Arduino Mega for my system.

Whether you want to get started by adding an RFID reader on your toolbox with tags on all your tools or allowing access to the tree house for your secret society meetings, this board may be for you!With the Arduino shield footprint, you can connect this directly to an Arduino-compatible board, or a different microcontroller. Any other test I should be running?Finally got it working... turns out 3 of the 4 UART/USB adapters I got were rubbish...Thanks for coming back to let us know the issue!

Firstly, the range without an external antenna is measly: you'll be lucky to get 6 inches. First, follow the directions listed in the guide they provide for setting up external antenna. My project that I used this for was to use python in a Raspberry Pi to interface with this reader using an external antenna up to a distance that would cover a normal traffic lane. Switch is set on HW_UART. I checked the Design guide document. Using windows 10 with Arduino.Longest range I have ever used on an RFID. Before I experiment with external antenna I wanted to explore and understand the beam width, gain, directivity and other details of the PCB trace antenna. It would be very kind of Sparkfun to provide the recent firmware as the current one may permanently kill the board! I've sometimes had it read tags 2 or maybe even 3 feet away, but other times I've had it not read a tag less than a foot away. @ppelleti, which voltage did you use for your external power supply, 3.3V or 5V?When powering from 3.3V, I can make it work through the PI's GPIO serial pins.But, when trying to run it at 5V, I've been unable to get the reader to work with the GPIO serial pins. Smart cards eg ISO14443A have an anticollision process so that you will select a specific card and communicate with it. Read power is set at maximum 2700 and I'm using an external power supply. For simple non-GUI related programs using this you can get away with python 2.7 but I wanted to use the tkinter python GUI library for this project so Python version 3.7 or later was easiest to work with. I then disabled debugging, and it fails with the previous error message.Is there an update that needs to take place with the code that was provided in the tutorial, or does anyone have any idea as to what could possibly be causing this?If you're on Windows, you should be able to use the Has anyone tried the on-board antenna at full power?