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RFID Enabled AIR Applications With Merapi

August 28, 2008 · 2 Comments

So, first there was GPS.  Then, there was Growl integration.  The next progression is to see what we can do with other hardware.  There is a great site called Phidgets that contains a bunch of different input devices and controllers that you can hook up to your computer.  The best part of their selection is that they offer a NATIVE Java API.  So leveraging this API, we can use Merapi to broadcast RFID events into AIR.  Pretty cool stuff, if I do say so myself.  This screencast is just demo of watching for events when a RFID tag enters the sensor area and exits the sensor area, but it conveys the general point.  Enjoy and, as always, comments are welcome!

Tags: Adobe · AIR · Flex · General · Java · Merapi · Universal Mind

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  • 1 James Rowley // Mar 5, 2011 at 7:32 AM

    Hi - do you have the source for this available? I'm looking to work from a set of foundation classes. Thanks :) J
  • 2 Mike // Jun 17, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    I'm building an AIR app and need to get this same RFID setup working... how do you actually get the serial signals from the RFID reader to be listened for in your Java code? also, have you heard of this Transmission option (instead of using Merapi) http://natescodevault.com/category/transmission-as3/<br /><br />thanks for posting the vid. cool stuff. <br /><br />Mike

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