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RFID Reader for Mobile Devices


Before you start any work please familiarize yourself with this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_11784_%26_11785

and this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_14223

RFIDs for animals are completely different protocol than NFC. It is more like UNIQUE tags (125kHz) . Anyway above ISO standards will be a good starting point for you.


Android have native support for NFC, you don't need any bluetooth adapter or anything else:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/index.html

Not all devices have it, but the major ones do have (e.g. galaxy nexus, nexus 4, galaxy S3, HTC One) and it works nice.


Passive RFID tags primarily operate at three frequency ranges:

  • Low Frequency (LF) 125 -134 kHz

  • High Frequency (HF)13.56 MHz

  • Ultra High Frequency (UHF) 856 MHz to 960 MHz

Smartphones today often support HF RFID