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r Contents Acknowledgments Introduction xi xii Chapter 1: Getting Started with RFID 1 What Is RFID? 1 Early RFID IFF 2 RFID Tags and Interrogators 2 Contemporary Uses of RFID 3 RFID Basics 4 RFID Standards 4 Data Encoding and Transmission 5 Project Preparations 6 Security 6 Safety 7 Chapter 2: Getting in the Front Door 9 Electronic Strike 9 Electronic Deadbolt 10 Parts and Tools 11 Get Started 12 Step 1: Build the RFID Control Box 12 Step 2: Prepare the Keypad Deadbolt 24 Step 3: Install the RFID Control Box 29 Step 4: Install the Electronic Strike and Deadbolt 33 Step 5: Set Up the Software ; 37 Chapter 3: Stepping into Your Car 43 Parts and Tools 44 Get Started 44 Step 1: Solder Together the KL042 Circuit 45 Step 2: Secure the RFID Antenna 48 Step 3-A: Prepare the Keyless Entry Remote 54 Step 3-B: Prepare Power Lock Actuator 58 Step 4: Wire Up and Encase the KL042 59 Step 5: Mount the Antenna 64 Step 6: Install the RFID Control Box 65 Step 7: Install the Door Lock Actuator 66
VIII Contents Chapter 4: Logging into Windows XP Using RFID 77 Parts and Tools 78 Build the Hardware 79 Step 1: Prepare the Keyboard 79 Step 2: Prepare the RFID Reader JL 82 Step 3: Prepare the USB Hub 83 Step 4: Connect Components 86 Step 5: Test Connections 90 Step 6: Add More Ports (Optional) 92 Step 7: Mount Components Inside the Casing 93 Step 8: Reassemble the Keyboard and Test 94 Configure Your Computer for RFID Authentication 95 Step 9: Replace Your Windows GINA 95 Step 10: Set Up RFID Tags for Authentication 100 A Word on Security 103 RFID Security 103 Registry Security 103 Chapter 5: Building an RFID-Enabled Safe 105 Parts andtools 107 Get To It 108 Step 1: Take Apart the Electronic Safe 108 Step 2: Program the BASIC Stamp 2 114 Step 3: Build the Interface Circuitry 118 Step 4: Mount the RFID Reader Board 126 Step 5: Build the RFID Control Circuitry 127 Step 6: Test and Reassemble the Safe 131 Chapter 6: Taking Inventory with an RFID-Enabled Smart Shelf 133 Parts and Tools 135 Build It 135 Step 1: Build the Shelf 135 Step 2: Wire the Reader 139 Step 3: Tag Your Inventory 143 Step 4: Connect and Take Inventory 145 Step 5: Build Your Own Antenna (Optional) 148 Chapter 7: Letting Fido in with an RFID Pet Door 157 Parts andtools 157 Build It 158 Step 1: Program the BASIC Stamp 2 158 Step 2: Prepare the Stamp Board 162 Step 3: Wire the SkyeTek Ml Module 168
Step 4: Put It All in a Project Box 171 Step 5: Prepare the Pet Door 171 Step 6: Place the Antenna 175 Chapter 8: Tracking Employees and Time with Active RFID 183 Parts and Tools 184 Hardware 185 Wavetrend L-RX201 Reader 185 Wavetrend L Series Tags 188 Where to Get This Stuff. 192 Get Started 192 Step 1: Wiring the Reader 192 Step 2: Time to Tag 194 Step 3: Download the Software 200 Step 4: Use HomeSeer 204 Chapter 9: Monitoring Assets and Sending Alerts 209 Parts andtools 210 Get Started 211 Step 1: Connect the Reader 211 Step 2: Tag Your Assets 212 Step 3: Download the Software 214 Step 4: Extend the Coverage Area 217 Step 5: Control Antenna Switching 236 Summing Up 240 Chapter 10: The Three R's Reading, writing, and RFID 241 Parts and Tools 243 Working with Data 243 Data Schema A Brewery Application 243 Byte-Level Data Mapping 244 Shaking Things Up 246 The Project 252 Step 1: Program the BASIC Stamp 252 Step 2: Prepare the Project Box 256 Step 3: Prepare the Microprocessor 258 Step 4: Connect the SkyeTek Ml Module 264 Step 5: Fit It All In 266 Summing Up 270 Data Schema 270 Binary Data 270 RFID Read/Write Devices 270
Chapter 11: Extreme RFID 273 Home Automation 273 Interfacing with X10 273 X10 Control Modules 275 What Others Are Doing JL 277 Spime 277 Producing Spime 278 Interactive Art 279 Becoming Spime: Implantable RFID Tags 279 My Left Hand 281 My Right Hand 282 Removal and Replacement 283 VeriChip Implant 284 Better than atoe-tag RFID for the Dead 284 Other Implant Resources 284 Creative Uses for RFID 285 Chipping Chips 285 RFID Used for Positioning Systems 285 Binding Physical Mediums to Relational Data 286 Advances in RFID Tag Technology 286 The Bottom Line 286 Appendix A: Hardware Overview 287 Index 303