RFID Reader with On-Board Antenna
Objective
Test that the RFID Reader can read when there is an RFID tag nearby with the on-board antenna.
Proof of Concept
Connect the RFID Reader to the Arduino Uno and the Arduino Uno to the Raspberry Pi. Once the Arduino Uno and RFID Reader are powered, test to see if a tag can be read using the on-board antenna. Once a tag can be read, test to see how far the tag can be read from.
Pass criteria: Tag detected
Fail criteria: No tag detected
Methods
Need to ensure that the on-board antenna on the RFID Reader can detect an RFID tag. Connect the Arduino Uno to a computer and load the Reader code. Once the code is loaded onto the Arduino Uno connect the Arduino Uno to the RFID Reader and connect the Arduino Uno to the Raspberry Pi using a USB port. Power both the RFID Reader and the Raspberry Pi and then run the Reader code on the Raspberry Pi. The Reader will then start to scan for tags. When a tag is detected a message will show up on the Raspberry pi notifying the user that a tag was found.
Results
We scanned for RFID tags to see if the RFID Reader would detect if a tag was near the on-board antenna. After observing our results, we found out that the Arduino Uno and RFID Reader were able to detect an RFID tag up to 2.5 inches away. These results proved that we are able to use the RFID Reader to scan for RFID tags.