How to repair broken (partially snapped) proximity (RFID) card?
I have been issued a proximity card that allows me into my parking lot. I recently partially snapped it in two (easier than you might think). As expected, it no longer works. I was reading and it seems possible to fix it.
Some ideas I was thinking about to fix it (ordered from easiest to hardest):
- Find a similar prox. card and swap the broken coil out for the working one (don't have another card on me though)
- Wind my own coil and replace the broken coil with that
- Solder the breaks in my broken coil
Here is a picture of my broken card:
In the last image, you can see there is no way to separate the two halves with a knife.
To open the card and gain access to the wire coil I have a few ideas:
- Using acetone to dissolve the plastic. I'm not sure if this would damage the copper coil or integrated circuit though.
- Using a blow dryer to heat the plastic. Not a good idea, because the heat could damage the IC before the card even begins to separate. Maybe, if I were very careful, I could heat only in the crack, and thus avoid any damage to the PCB
Can you help me fix my card?
EDIT:
Card sitting in "Really Powerful Nail Polish Remover"
There were three layers. The bubbly, pealing one is the second, the clear plastic on the side is the first, and the smooth layer is the third.
EDIT #2:
Card is dissolving more. It looks like the coil is circular.
EDIT # 3:
The coil is indeed circular!
And I think I found the root of the problem:
The PCB has become disconnected from the coil. I'm unsure if this happened because of the extraction of the coil, or if this was the cause the card stopped working.
Either way, I'll now attempt to solder the coil back to the circuit board then check the continuity. After that, a test is in order. Hope this goes well!
EDIT #4:
No. Coil didn't seem to have continuity and when connected with the PCB, it didn't function.
Next thing to try is to make my own coil
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4 comentários
I do have access to another card that will open the same gate, but I understand cloning it would be quite difficult (and not worth my time)
por Elliot Schep
Could you just go to the staff at the building and ask for a new one?
por Gigabit87898
@Gigabit878
Could have... hard to now
por Elliot Schep
get an old card.pry open and disconnect that old one(chip from coil), and then join the coil to your present card.as long as the donor coil is intact should be just fine,
found one of this implant tricks on other webpages, just make sure the chip u are holding now is not fried
por jason borne