Timeline for Should I use NFC, RFID or something else?
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| May 10, 2017 at 19:13 | vote | accept | AdrienXL | ||
| May 10, 2017 at 18:19 | answer | added | Aaron | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 10, 2017 at 18:04 | comment | added | AdrienXL | @SeanHoulihane Indeed, i'm trying to make a proof of concept first but close enough to reality regarding costs and time. If the project goes to the end, it will be only use by my client and won't be available for sale. | |
| May 10, 2017 at 17:50 | history | edited | AdrienXL | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 10, 2017 at 17:34 | comment | added | Sean Houlihane | It wasn't clear quite where this question fits in the product domain, and how much developer time you have to spend (vs cash). Nor reliability and scale of deployment you need. Use case seems defined well enough. Guessing you're not developing a product in its own right, more a one-off? | |
| May 10, 2017 at 17:13 | comment | added | Aaron | 13.54 MHz seems to be a pretty good standard rfid to target. there are readers like this one to be had for super cheap that can interface with whatever MCU (arduino, esp8266, teensy, etc...) or micro computer (ras-pi, chip, etc..) you can get your hands on and program. Security and prevention of cheating is up to you and your skillz | |
| May 10, 2017 at 16:55 | comment | added | AdrienXL | @Aurora0001 oh sorry If I missunderstood Sean. I've been googling around and I've concluded that those kind of wristbands is indeed the cheapest solution. However, competitors can't have their phone with them and I need the "terminals" to be the RFID reader and only them. The best solution I've found so far is an RFID reader + 433mhz emeter on a Arduino card + a computer with a receiver. But I'm affraid of the cost and the time it will take if I have to assemble the arduinos myself (I need 50 terminals). | |
| May 10, 2017 at 16:18 | comment | added | Aurora0001 | @AdrienXL I think Sean's asking if it might be easier and cheaper to buy a ready-made solution such at these—£95 for 100 RFID wristbands, and then you'd only need to develop a reader of some description. Many modern phones have RFID reading capabilities, which might be good enough for your use case. Would something like this be acceptable, or do you have a specific price/complexity constraint? | |
| May 10, 2017 at 15:33 | comment | added | AdrienXL | @SeanHoulihane What do you mean by "off-the-shelf" ? I'm aware that there is no cheap solution 100% matching my needs, that's why I want to know what such project would take and if it's possible to assemble it myself based on an arduino/raspberry/[any microcontroller] solution. | |
| May 10, 2017 at 14:23 | comment | added | Sean Houlihane | Seems like you're going to need to find an off-the-shelf solution - and you're looking to confirm the type of technology? | |
| May 10, 2017 at 13:15 | history | edited | anonymous2♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 10, 2017 at 12:57 | history | asked | AdrienXL | CC BY-SA 3.0 |