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micropython-mfrc522

(Micro)Python class to access the MFRC522 RFID reader

D.Perron Feb. 2021 Add Raspberry Pi Pico compatibility

D.Perron Sept 20 2019 Modification to be able to read 7 and 10 BYTES RFID P.S. I didn't test the write mode.

Basic class to access RFID readers of the type MFRC522. This is basically a re-write of this Python port for the MFRC522. I tried to strip things down and make them more "pythonic" so the result is small enough to run on Micropython boards. I tried the class so far on the ESP8266 and the WiPy.

Usage

Put the modules mfrc522.py, examples/read.py, examples/write.py to the root of the flash FS on your board. For the ESP8266 there are multiple solutions to do that. E.g. use the WebREPL file transfer, or mpfshell.

I used the following pins for my setup:

Signal GPIO ESP8266 GPIO ESP32 GPIO WiPy GPIO Pico Note
sck 0 18 "GP14" "GP2"
mosi 2 23 "GP16" "GP3"
miso 4 19 "GP15" "GP4"
rst 5 22 "GP22" "GP0"
cs 14 21 "GP14" "GP1" SDA on most RFID-RC522 boards

Now enter the REPL you could run one of the two exmaples:

The Pico_write example has been added but be aware of

  • The software treated the memory has 64 sectors of 16 Bytes.
  • In reality the mifare card is 16 sectors of 4 block which are 16 byte. The Block 0,1 and 2 are data block. The block 3 is the access block
  • BE AWARE if you write sector (3,7,11,15...,63) then you should know what you do