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+name=MFRC522
+#date as version
+version=20150405
+author=GithubCommunity
+maintainer=miguelbalboa
+sentence=Arduino RFID Library for MFRC522 (SPI)
+paragraph=Read/Write a RFID Card or Tag using the ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE interface.
+category=Communication
+url=https://github.com/miguelbalboa/rfid
+architectures=avr