The USB Proximity Card Reader

This project was created as part of a Principles of Electronic Engineering Design class at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. The object of the class was to make a Human Interface Device (HID) compliant low speed USB device.

Our group decided to make our project a practical one; we would design a prox card reader so students and faculty could check out equipment from the ECE lab without having to type in their e-mail address. The project was designed to use PIC chips, specifically the PIC16C745/65 family. These chips have built in USB low speed capability, and are sufficiently powerful to tackle the decoding of proximity card information.

This information is brought to you by Eric Gallimore, Nate Smith, and Cody Wheeland. We would like to acknowledge Dr. Brad Minch and the rest of the electrical engineering faculty at Olin, along with all the sources listed on the Resources page.