A python library to read/write RFID tags via the MFRC522 RFID module.

This code was edited for the use with Raspberry Pi 5 by Joy-IT. The source code was published in relation to a blog post and you can find out more about how to hook up your MFRC reader to a Raspberry Pi there.

This library is for the use with virtual environments for the Raspberry Pi 5 and older models.

mkdir your_project
cd your_project
python3 -m venv --system-site-packages env
source env/bin/activate

pip install spidev
git clone https://github.com/joy-it/MFRC522-python
cd MFRC522-python
python3 setup.py install
cd ..

In this library are two example codes. One is for reading from a tag and the other is for writing on a tag. You can execute them like the following.

python3 MFRC522-python/examples/write.py
python3 MFRC522-python/examples/read.py