KEYES RFID learning kit for Raspberry PI

[chubs]

Hi, this is my first post. I'm comfortable with Linux (Gentoo, Arch Linux) and have managed to get my Raspberry Pi 2 to boot from the sdcard with Raspbian jessie (not that familiar with debian/ubuntu).

So I though I would love to learn how to read sensors and bought myself a kit from dx.com. On the website it said that the manual can be downloaded from here?

Here is the link: http://www.dx.com/p/multi-in-1-rfid-lea ... lue-382364

More detail on the box: ITEM NO: SMP0046

Seems like I was mistaken. So here I have this kit, with lots of goodies, but I have no idea where to start. I'm not familiar with python, but would like to learn. I would also like to refresh my C/C++ skills I acquired 15 years ago but never got to use it.

So how can I make use of the kit that I bought with no manual? I'm assuming most tutorials have a step-by-step guide for other specific types of hardware.

Anybody here that already gone through something like this?

My Raspberry Pi that I have is the armv7a, Raspberry Pi 2 B.

I have no electrical background, but would like to learn.

[BMS Doug]

Well, that's a lot of kit, most of it has very little to do with RFID (except that it is stuff you might want to activate in response to a RFID tag).

Step one:
Identify how the RFID part communicates with the raspberry Pi:
there are 3 main connection methods, i2c, SPI or UART.
A good image of the RFID board would help us tell you which one you have and therefore how to connect it.

[hansotten]

Nice kit.

I bought a similar kit with KEYES parts not long ago and found information how to use it from Arduino.

http://duinorasp.hansotten.com/arduino- ... s-sensors/

Have a look at http://webiopi.trouch.com/ for not only a framework of web enabled sensor readout, but lots of inspiration on how to access peripherals such as in the KEYES set. Note that the Raspberry only handles digital I/O, for analog you will need extra hardware like the MCP3008 SPI IC or attach an Arduino!

[BMS Doug]

Oh, I probably misunderstood, you aren't focusing on the RFID and want to use any and all of the parts?

I'd probably google each component in turn and figure out how to connect it from the tutorials that you find.

Some of these are analogue sensors and won't work without an ADC chip (which I haven't seen in the list yet).

• 5 x 1K resistors
  5 x 10K resistors
  8 x 220R resistors
  5 x LEDs (Red light)
  5 x LEDs (Blue light)
  5 x LEDs (Yellow light)
  1 x LM35 component (analog temp sensor, will need ADC)
  1 x Flame component
  3 x Photosensitive components
  1 x Receiver component
  2 x Roll balls
  1 x Key chain
  1 x NFC reader module
  1 x L911O fan module
  1 x TTP229 16CH touch switch
  1 x SR04 ultrasonic module
  1 x LED dotrix module for Raspberry Pi
  1 x GPIO expansion board V3 for Raspberry Pi
  1 x 50K adjustable potentiometer
  1 x DHT11 temperature humidity board
  1 x ADXL345 digital 3-axis board
  1 x 10mm RGB LED
  1 x 0.96" OLED module
  1 x Set of breadboard cables (30 PCS)
  1 x GPIO 40P rainbow cable
  1 x Male to female jumper cable (20 in a row)
  1 x 830 breadboard
  1 x Remote controller
  1 x Yellow cap button
  1 x ULN2003 stepper motor driver
  1 x 5V 1CH relay module
  1 x Water level sensor module
  1 x 9g servo
  1 x HC-06 Bluetooth module
  1 x PCF8591 module
  1 x 74HC595 IC
  1 x Rotatable programmer
  1 x DS3231 precision clock
  1 x 5V gear motor
  1 x 1-digit seven segment display
  1 x 4-digit seven segment display
  1 x PS2 joystick module
  1 x MQ-5 LPG, methane sensor