Over the past few days, I’ve picked up my old project: a Python library for a low-cost RFID reader I’ve been experimenting with. You can grab one for under €50 on AliExpress along with a hundred tags for just a few more euros. It’s a Chinese-made UHF reader, which means it can scan multiple tags at the same time.
Unfortunately, there’s no Linux driver available—only a C# driver for Windows plus a sample app from the manufacturer. So, I had to create my own cross-platform version in Python.
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