Cunning Hack: AVR Tiny as an RFID tag.

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Cunning Hack: AVR Tiny as an RFID tag.

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I saw this on hackaday.com today. Just when you think you've seen what these little AVR chips can do, another surprise shows up.
Last time, I posted an ultra-simple "from scratch" RFID reader, which uses no application-specific components: just a Propeller microcontroller and a few passive components. This time, I tried the opposite: building an RFID tag using no application-specific parts.

Well, my solution is full of dirty tricks, but the results aren't half bad. I used an Atmel AVR microcontroller (the ATtiny85) and a coil. That's it. You can optionally add a couple of capacitors to improve performance with some types of coils, but with this method it's possible to build a working RFID tag just by soldering a small inductor to an AVR chip [...]
Read on to see how he gets wireless power, clock and signal, all from a wire coil soldered directly to the chip:

http://scanwidget.livejournal.com/32928.html
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Re: Cunning Hack: AVR Tiny as an RFID tag.

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Just when you think you've seen what these little AVR chips can do, another surprise shows up.
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