Hi Nikolaus, Just an idea: handheld scanner for pets (veterinarian, animal rescue workers etc) It could read the animals rfid chip and do a lookup in the database to show the owner.
Kind regards, Ed On Monday 11 April 2011 09:59:38 Denis Shulyaka wrote: > Hi Nikolaus, > > Great news! > > Here in Moscow, some of the tickets to public transport are basically > RFID tags. Will I be able to "copy" them and use my Free Runner for it > with this hardware? > > Best regards, > Denis Shulyaka. > > 2011/4/11 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <h...@goldelico.com>: > > Dear all, > > besides the GTA04 and the Freerunner Navigation Board, > > we have been working behind the scenes on a new hardware mod, > > originally for the Openmoko Freerunner. It is a > > > > RFID Antenna, RFID Tag (M24LR64) and a RFID Reader (TRF7960) > > board. For 13 MHz (ISO14443, ISO15693). > > > > The project is still in its beginnings, but the hardware is designed and > > first samples have been built and appear to work (at least as far as we > > could test them). And, a first U-Boot based driver running on a > > BeagleBoard has shown that the RFID reader chip responds and sends > > interrupts. The tag chip also works and has been tested with an external > > USB based reader stick. > > > > The boards have solder points so that it should be possible to interface > > to different SoC and boards, e.g. BeagleBoard, Nanonote, OpenPandora... > > > > The minimum wiring is that it nedds 3.3V power, 3 SPI wires and a INT > > line to a GPIO. If power should be controlled or the SoC has 1.8V I/O, > > more wires are needed. > > > > For documentation and details I have uploaded some material to > > this page: > > > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Freerunner_RFID_Board > > > > Schematics and board layout are available in EAGLE format. > > > > Now, what can you do with it? I don't know but would be happy to hear > > about ideas... > > > > We have the idea to sell these complete boards at 79 EUR (which > > is approx. half the price of a TI eval board), if you are interested in > > experimenting with this technology. > > > > > > Nikolaus > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Openmoko community mailing list > > community@lists.openmoko.org > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
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