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I'm creating a clocking in system for work and I'm considering using a raspberry pi for the card interface. Having never used one before I just want to check if this is possible. I've seen a few things about how to read the cards but I can't find details on how to write the cards.

Are you able to write RFID cards from a raspberry pi and can you point me in the right direction if so?

Thanks.

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    search for raspberry pi rfid writer and you'll find there's plenty of products to choose from, and equally plenty of tutorials
    – Jaromanda X
    Feb 25, 2020 at 21:43
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    A group of "my" middle school kids did that as a project. See Jaromanda X's advice about searching. Get everything working with a breadboard, then use one of these to make the connections permanent: adafruit.com/product/571 You'll need a suitable case, too.
    – Bob Brown
    Feb 26, 2020 at 0:27
  • This tutorial looks good: "How to setup a Raspberry Pi RFID RC522 Chip (Level - Beginners) - Gus, PiMyLifeUp 2019oct03 ": pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-rfid-rc522.
    – tlfong01
    Feb 26, 2020 at 6:06
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    thanks all. I'll have a read of that tutorial. I think Ive been confused thinking a reader and writer were different things but looking at these I think it might be the same thing in some circumstances.
    – KlunkyAlmond
    Feb 26, 2020 at 6:47
  • Ha, yes, I was also confused, when I tried to answer the following question: How to configure PN532 RFID module as a NFC tag ..." (Note: Read the chat record): "raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/108502/…". I knew the PN532 module can read and write RFID card, but I did not know that the module can also PRETEND/FAKE as a NFC/RFID card/tag. In other words, it can do three things, (1) Read, (2) Write, (3) Pretend to be a card/tag.
    – tlfong01
    Feb 26, 2020 at 8:15

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