Simultaneous RFID Tag Reader Hookup Guide

Contributors:

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Resources and Going Further

For additional help with this project, please check out the following resources.

M6E-NANO Design Guide- technical information about the module.
EPC and RFID standards - set by GS1, the governing body behind RFID (and barcodes too!)
RFID V2.0.1 Protocol
ThingMagic App Note - Documentation for running the Mercury API on an Arduino Mega.
SparkFun Simultaneous RFID Tag Reader Arduino Library Repository - Arduino Library files
GitHub Hardware Repository - Hardware design files
Eagle Files - .ZIP download of the schematic and board files

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