RFID or Radio-frequency identification is the use of radio waves to read and capture information stored on a tag attached to an object.
When talking about RFID, we always have two components:
1. Tags/Cards
2. Readers
All RFID tags/cards have a chip built into them, and all chips consist of an antenna and a microchip.
In the below video, you’ll learn how to use your Arduino as an RFID reader to clone a 13.56Mhz RFID tag/card. The reader I used in this video is the RC522 that only reads High-Frequency cards.
What I’ll learn from watching the video:
1- Read RFID tags/cards using Arduino
2-Change RFID tag/card UID number
3-Copy data from one RFID tag/card to another
4-Erase data from your RFID tag/card
Note: This video is for educational purposes only!
RFID Tags/Cards are passive and get energy from the reader itself.
RFID is almost everywhere (gain physical/logical access control, garage doors, employee badges, EID, passports, credit cards, etc…)
You have an RFID card – You present it to a reader on the wall/door – If it’s the correct card, it lets you in.
There are three main frequency ranges RFID operates on.
Keep in mind, if you want to read Low-Frequency cards, then you need a specific reader that can read Low Frequency & If you want to read High-Frequency cards, then you need a reader that reads High-Frequency cards.
Read-Write microchips allow you to write, read, overwrite, and erase data as much as you want.
Read-only will allow you to write once and read it as much as you want.
EM4100 chips are not writable.
T5577 chip [Chinese Magic cards] allows changing the ID [125 kHz Low Frequency].
Use a protective sleeve to protect your RFID card/tag.
Links:
Arduino Uno: https://bit.ly/3C8zlr4
Arduino software: https://bit.ly/38YWCzd
RC522 Reader: https://bit.ly/2X7PZbP
Pin Wiring: https://bit.ly/3C75uiO
RFID Writable cards: https://bit.ly/38Z2DMD
Requirements:
Arduino Uno/Mega/Nano/Leonardo/Pro Micro
Arduino Software
RFID Writeable cards/tags
RC522 module
Does this hardware & method work for cloning ISO/IEC 15693-2?
Thanks.
I’m not sure I haven’t tried it
hey!
just to get to the point i tried copying it to the new RFID tag but it seems to give me error:
Card did not respond to 0x40 after HALT command. Are you sure it is a UID changeable one?
Error name: Timeout in communication.
Activating the UID backdoor failed.