[dorkbotdc-blabber] RFID basics

[Andrew Q Righter]

My favorite:

http://books.google.com/books?id=ukjhUlI7s80C&dq=RFID+Handbook&pg=PP1&ots=dTH7SFmnBb&sig=KLL_TZKQ9pFgvVVGqa1j6ASnJVY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPP1,M1

A little costly to buy for the researcher, but that doesn't mean there isn't
a "cheaper" electronic version floating around somewhere. Either way, it's
worth every penny. If you would like to "borrow" a copy, e-mail me off list.
This book goes into amazing detail at the EE and Physicist level, if you
want something easier to read then there's always:

RFID Essentials by O'Reilly, which is more of an implementation standpoint
when you're thinking of using the technology at an enterprise-level.

There's the fun and "paranoia-special":
http://www.amazon.com/Spychips-Major-Corporations-Government-Purchase/dp/0452287669/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215970425&sr=8-1

If you want a hands-on practical book (We have this one over at HacDC's
library):
RFID Toys is a blast, you follow along with the author to create a number of
little gadgets in the attempt to make your life a little more autonmous.

I have to plug "RFID: Security" by Syngress since my friends wrote it, and I
think it's a great primer for those looking at the hacker-side of RFID.

Other than that, most of the books are pretty cookie-cutter. Like I
mentioned, the one that really stands out to me is "RFID Handbook" - I
haven't seen anything beat it yet, especially if you're researching at the
electronic level.

Hi-speed multi-channel systems, huh? It turns out I'm in a current attempt
to build about 100 of these babies from a design I got online.(We're also
looking to extend it's current offering / schematics once we're done
researching) It's called the proxmark3 (http://cq.cx) and it has a resonance
frequency of both 125kHz and 13.56mHz and allows for the reading and even
"cloning" of MANY popular protocols out now. (Including the Verichip, MIFARE
and a lot more). I got 100 PCBs fabbed for these and we're putting together
kits and assembled devices to sell (Anyone in HacDC / Dorkbot will always
get a huge discount in my book)

But if you're interested in discussing this topic further, shoot me an
e-mail off-list. I'm not sure of the traffic-level of blabber.

Thanks,

-Q of HacDC


On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Brian Chamberlain <blchamberlain at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Dorkbotters,
>
> I was wondering if anyone had some good resources (books, links, articles,
> etc..) about RFID? I'm trying to learn about it because I want to use it in
> a few projects. Through some searching I've found this really excellent
> article (a thesis paper by an MIT student)
> http://autoid.mit.edu/whitepapers/TAS-MSTHESIS-FINAL.PDF which covers the
> basics (even including the eletromagnetic theory stuff) and some RFID
> history.  Speaking of history... Did you know that RFID (in a basic form)
> has been around since WW2?! They used it in friend-or-foe type systems to
> identify planes! Crazy.
>
> Anyway, this seems like the forum to ping the collective noodle for
> information on this topic. Any info you have would be helpful... one
> specific area I have questions about is in hi-speed multi-channel RFID
> systems... if that helps narrow criteria for the RFID gurus out there.
>
> Thanks!
> Brian
>
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Andrew 'Q' Righter

Researcher
Founder of Q Labs
Co-Founder of HacDC


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