On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Stefan Schmiedl wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:58:06 +0200
> Bèrto ëd Sèra <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > > cheap RFIDs attached to the doorframe?
> >
> > That would be the basic idea, but how do you use them with gst? Is
> > there any ready/solid lib to manage them? Probably a stupid question,
> > but since I never used RFIDs I'd hate to find out an endless amount of
> > trouble after accepting the job.
>
> Just a random pick from googling "usb rfid reader linux"
>
> http://www.b-production.org/brosura_ang_print.pdf
>
> "Once the reader is plugged to the PC with Windows, Linux or
> MacOS operating system, the system recognizes it as a HID
> (Human Interface Device) keyboard, and therefore doesn't
> need any special drivers to function properly."
>
> Looks like they do what barcode scanners do: behave like a
> keyboard. So if you go that way, you now know that there is
> "easy" hardware.
>
> Come to think of it, if it's to be deployed to a hospital,
> make sure that these things don't interfere with any medical
> equipment.
Nice call! Sure hate to have somebody's catheter be unexpectedly
clamped shut as a result of some errant, zombie "radio frequencies". ;)
--
duke
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