pi@raspberrypi:~ $ python3 Python 3.7.3 (default, Dec 20 2019, 18:57:59) [GCC 8.3.0] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from mfrc522 import SimpleMFRC522 >>> reader = SimpleMFRC522() /usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mfrc522/MFRC522.py:151: RuntimeWarning: This channel is already in use, continuing anyway. Use GPIO.setwarnings(False) to disable warnings. GPIO.setup(pin_rst, GPIO.OUT) >>> reader.write ('parcel1') (1223443245, 'parcel1') >>> reader.read() (1223443245, 'parcel1 ') >>>^Z [2]+ Stopped