Thanks Gus,

I had no idea these things existed. They're pretty impressive, though 
they're getting further and further out of my league.

If I were to go down this track  ... I've either got to do some intensive 
study  ..  or handball this on.

I've had a good look at the links but would need to study it a lot further.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Regards,   Roger


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "NOPE9" <yes@nope9.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [EE] Capturing RFID output data


> You might want to consider using something like the SheevaPlug. ( ARM
> processor )
> http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/developer/kirkwood/sheevaplug.jsp
> http://www.openplug.org/
>
> The SheevaPlug ( SHPG ) cost $100 in onesies and it runs Linux.
> It has an ethernet port , an asynch serial port, a built in power
> adapter , a USB port ( 2.0 ).
> This means you can tap the serial data from the RFID tags , you can
> connect a USB web camera and look at displays , you can drive a
> variety of displays , ...........
> You can use a variety of software packages including Open CV ,  PHP,
> Python , C/C++ , Basic, Forth , Linux drivers, etc.
>
> If you want to look at using the SHPG , I can give you some free help.
>
>
> Gus
> -- 

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