Arduino - Parallax RFID Reader

A few months ago I saw some Parallax RFID readers at Radio Shack on clearance and decided to pick them up since they were such a good deal. I have wanted to make an RFID related project for some time after seeing this episode of SYSTM.

This project uses a BASIC Stamp, however, which I have no interest in using. So when I found the following post at Gumbo Labs about using the Parallax reader with an Arduino, I was excited. Well I finally got around to trying out their code and it works perfectly. All you have to do is wire up the Parallax reader's power, ground, enable, and serial lines, upload the code and start reading tags. 

• Original Post:  Parallax RFID Reader <--> Arduino
• Download RFID Reader Arduino Code

Here are some pictures of my test setup. As you can see the reader's LED changes from red to green when it is reading a tag.