[Noisebridge-discuss] seeking donation of RFID reader equipment

[Jake]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2012, Gopiballava Flaherty wrote:
> The NXP data sheet is confidential / on request only. I would try to get a hold of it before buying a lot of tags.
> I can't find any good info on the NXP web site about the FCS2 package.

as I said in my previous post, linked to below, the datasheet is here: 
(thanks to brandon)
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/File:Rfid.pdf#file

> This page isn't too reassuring:
> http://www.mouser.com/new/nxpsemiconductors/nxp-sl3ics1x02/

what is not reassuring you about that page?  these tags are 8 cents, and 
they come with a serial number already programmed in.  what's the problem?

-jake

> On Nov 5, 2012, at 12:30, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>       tl;dr:
>       buy noisebridge a 900 MHz RFID tag reader;  tags are only 8 cents at mouser and we need to tag all our tools
>       (and people can tag their stuff too)
>
>       I mentioned a while ago that Mouser has RFID tags for 8 cents
>
>       https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2012-October/033203.html
>
>       and that we need an RFID reader:
>
>       https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2012-October/033211.html
>
>       I am hoping someone can donate a reader so that we can tag items at noisebridge to prevent shrinkage of
>       critical infrastructure.
>
>       for example, we have no drills.  They all walked.  We have no basic tools (it looks like we have tools, but
>       they are just piles of the least-useful ones) in the shop.
>
>       I don't think it makes sense to get another drill until we have a way to protect it from being stolen again.
>
>       we will have lots of fun coding stuff to decide what to do when tags are detected in the doorway area;
>        announcing in booming Consenso voice that a particular item is in the doorway, taking a flash photo of the
>       theif, etc..
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