cbradley
Today we spent most of Green Tech class messing around with the RFID kit. 
This is a screen shot of the phidgets application. The number on the bottom (0107ee87dc) is the ID number the tag. That is the number that we want to link with a name when we figure out how to record what the reader picks up on a web page. I spent the majority of the class period trying to find out how to record everything and every tag the reader picks up so when we get it hooked up to the building, we can check who was in the building by looking back at the records. I was also trying to figure out how to set up a data web page so we can have all the records on the internet instead of on just one computer. We had no success with this, but, towards the end of class we did figure out that by checking the box that says +5 Output on the right, we can generate 5V into a gate or a lock or something. When we set up RFID for security, we will be plugging the gate into the green section of the RFID to power the gate or the lock (look the the right for picture of the board). To test this out, we used the VOM to measure the voltage of the board, and it came out to 5V.
This is a screen shot of the phidgets application. The number on the bottom (0107ee87dc) is the ID number the tag. That is the number that we want to link with a name when we figure out how to record what the reader picks up on a web page. I spent the majority of the class period trying to find out how to record everything and every tag the reader picks up so when we get it hooked up to the building, we can check who was in the building by looking back at the records. I was also trying to figure out how to set up a data web page so we can have all the records on the internet instead of on just one computer. We had no success with this, but, towards the end of class we did figure out that by checking the box that says +5 Output on the right, we can generate 5V into a gate or a lock or something. When we set up RFID for security, we will be plugging the gate into the green section of the RFID to power the gate or the lock (look the the right for picture of the board). To test this out, we used the VOM to measure the voltage of the board, and it came out to 5V.
Tonight, I have been messing around with the RFID kit for a while and I downloaded
the code sample and the phidgets21.jar under java off the phidgets
website. Both of those gave me hundreds of files, most of them looking
similar to the picture above. The others just look like a bunch
of codes. I tried messing around with several of these, but they wont let
me plug in any information or change the settings or anything. I found one
that had the option to read the tag, but wouldn't pick it up even though
the phidgets application on system preferences did.
Anyways, I'm planning on working on it later too, but I'm not really sure
where to go from here or what to do with programs you told me to download
off the phidgets website.
Comments
admin
Feb 26, 2011
Cat,
Excellent work, very detailed. I've checked out the movies on the 24U.com site, it looks promising, but you might want to just explore that it works, not make it work. We have so many things for you and your team to cover, I'd hate for you to get bogged down. Let's test the unit again next week, perhaps with a relay or motor to simulate a gate, then you can decide which path to follow from there.
aloha
b