Using a Phidget RFID Kit, a Kwikset Powerbolt 1000, relays, a PC board, wire, and some basic software, a couple of guys managed to piece together a unique new wireless door locking system. RFID locks ...

How to open a door via RFID: First, take a plastic card with an embedded RFID transponder and slip it into the vertical crack between the door and the frame. Slide the card as far as it will go, at a ...

The RFID door unlocker is based on a PIC16F630 microcontroller in which the purpose is to unlock any college dorm doors by allowing a serial of password to be entered on the other side via a PS/2 ...

If VingCard, the hospitality unit of Assa Abloy, achieves its goal, the ubiquitous magnetic-stripe key card that hotels issue to guests will soon be a thing of the past. The company says its Signature ...

[Shawn] recently overhauled his access control by fitting the doors with some RFID readers. Though the building already had electronic switches in place, unlocking the doors required mashing an aging ...

[João Ribeiro] is an electronics engineer by day, but in his free time he likes to ply his trade on everyday items. Recently he’s been integrating his own microcontroller network to unlock and start ...