This example will show how to use a Adafruit NFC shield to read an NFC card using the Arduberry.
- Raspberry Pi
- Arduberry
- Adafruit NFC Shield
- NFC Cards
Step 1
Slide on the Adafruit NFC shield on the Arduberry and power on the Raspberry Pi.
Step 2
Download the Adafruit NFC shield I2C library on the Raspberry Pi using the Netsurf Browser and save it in /usr/share/Arduino/libraries and extract it there.
Step 3
Open Arduino, and open the example readMifare from the Adafruit_NFCShield_I2C folder. Change the programmer to Raspberry Pi GPIO and upload the sketch to the Arduberry(use Ctrl+Shift+U).
Step 4
The data that is coming from the NFC shield is coming at 115200 baud, so we need to configure minicom. Open a terminal and open minicom setup
minicom -s
Go to Serial Port Menu and press Enter Press A to select the device and change it to /dev/ttyAMA0 and press enter to save it. Also press F to disable Hardware Flow Control. Press Enter to save the settings. Select Exit to open minicom.
Step 5
Now place the NFC card over the Shield to see the data stored in the NFC card.
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