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Innovations ID-12 RFID Sensor from Sparkfun
on Freeduino board powered and programmed
by FTDI USB cable.

Innovations ID-12 RFID Sensor basic schematic
The Innovations ID-12 Datasheet is here

Screenshot from Arduio IDE Serial Monitor
showing output of simple demo program
(download the associated sourcecode here)

ID-12 RFID on a BBB, this time with a piezo sounder
in parallel with the LED and the display is to a Wulfden
K107 Serial LCD display controller. (download the
associated sourcecode here)
| Innovations ID-12 RFID Reader | ||
| Pin Name | Pin Number | Attached to |
| Ground | 1 | Ground |
| Reset | 2 | +5v pullup or to digital pin 2 on BBB |
| n/a | 3 | no connection |
| n/a | 4 | no connection |
| n/a | 5 | no connection |
| n/a | 6 | no connection |
| Data Format | 7 | Ground for 9600bd serial |
| n/a | 8 | no connection |
| Data Out | 9 | TTL TRUe serial data out to digital pin 0 (RX) on BBB |
| Valid Card | 10 | LED with series resistor 3.1 KHz TTL signal |
| Power (+Vcc) | 11 | +5 VDC |
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