June 2008 Archives

I've been working on an RFID project at work and was required to build a bunch of RFID readers. Picked up most of the components from SparkFun, with no hassle. We decided to go with the ID-20 readers - which had to be connected to a break-out board to play nice with our boards. Getting these assembled was kind of a pain, as the male-to-male straight header pins required a bit of space, otherwise the break-outs wouldn't fit to the ID-20s.

To get around this problem, I made a jig out of an old Starbucks card (any plastic card will do) - just a straight notch.

No more headaches.