(*****) 13.56Mhz Field Meter by MidWest Gadgets

13.56Mhz Field Meter

Love this picture, one of the funniest product photos I’ve seen

INTRODUCTION

These field meters are tuned to detect any standing NFC field. They will display a value of 1/10vm or 1mH (megaHammy).

They come in 4 different colors (Red, Orange, Blue, Green) that will be selected at random. (if you put in your order notes prefference i will do my best to accomodate).

I cannot guarantee accuracy. But i can guarantee that the meters are accurate to themselves. Meaning each meter will display the same value across each other. If in the future i can get my hands on more precise NFC field testing equipment i can zero these in more and will update with future version releases.

TESTING INCLUDING Mega Hammys shown

PM3 RDV4

PM3 Easy (hf tune)

2892 mV / 2 V / 5 Vmax

Flipper Zero

ACR122U

TEARDOWN
nope

PROs
• see what was previously unseen

• Small, portable, powered by 2032

• Comes in a selection of colours

• Can be used like a field detector for optimum placement of implants of Repeater stickers

• .stl for case already available

CONs

  • Can’t measure phones (that is more of a failure of the phone, not the Field meter)

  • Fragile, due to exposed components (i personally like that look and feel)

  • CR2032 that will not be included
    ( I was struggling to find fault, its a simple fix, and no alternative due to shipping regulations) But its like getting a toy at christmas without batteries, So make sure you have a 2032 handy

PRICE
USD$50
BUT

SUMMARY:
A thing that didn’t exist, now does. (Thanks Hammy)
We can now measure and see the field strength of a variety of readers, allowing you to compare readers to visually determine if a reader could likely work with an implant , which adds another tool for fault finding to our RFID toolbox.
Locate antennas and find best placement for implants and/or repeaters

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I am really disappointed that I couldn’t get this digital version to measure field with low duty cycles so I’m working quick to get a version out that will have both an analogue meter and digital meter so you can more precisely take measurements of all devices. The hold up I have is waiting on a supplier to send me some of the actual analogue meters so I can get measurements for assembly holes.

Once those come in it will be a pretty quick turn around for me to get a version of this out that can measure phones, most battery powered readers and low powered devices.

But with that aside I’ve had a lot of fun playing with this.

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pffft, as I mentioned in my review; you made a thing that didnt exist, and measures all but one thing, I still think that is pretty awesome.

If it makes you feel better, ai was going to give you 4.5 :star: , but I cant do halves, So ai rounded up to 5.
So there you go, I hope you feel bad :wink:

That’s even more important than the product; You made it, you enjoyed it AND you shared, it doesn’t get any better than that

Thanks

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Something I considered, and something that was asked, was Testing the Field Meter with a Repeater Sticker

Looks like we were both wrong

Flipper without sticker

Flipper with sticker

Reader No Sticker With Sticker Above reader
FLIPPER ZERO 21.8 MH 3.7 MH 4.6MH @15mm

I was going to test other readers, but i don’t think the result will change.

What does this mean?
Maybe use an Field Meter BEFORE you place your repeater.

I’m not sure what is going on here.

My predection was the same ± Mega Hammys but with extended range

Aox, if I interperated him correctly, he expected increased Mega Hammys

I certainly didnt expect THIS :point_up: result.

RF is a mysterious bitch

All I know is, Both the repeater sticker and Field meter work perfectly, and I’ll continue to use them independently, But together…Colour me confused.

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I was expecting a sort of focusing effect, higher peak but quicker fall-off as you moved away from it

Very interesting to see…

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Try elevating the meter off of the repeater further.

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I did try that.

Basically my results were
0mm = ~1.5MH
0-5mm improved up to highest at 15mm
15mm = ~5MH
from 15mm it decreased to 0MH @ ~80mm
80mm = 0MH

I’m interested to hear if you are getting different results, and open to suggestions to try anything else.

I used “cyborg detector” on flipper

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I actually never tried it with a repeater.

So this is interesting but it also explains what we see with attempting to use two repeaters.

The field meter is tuned and adding a repeater is like trying to put two repeaters in line. If you turn the meter off and throw a field detector on top you’ll see it actually acts just like a repeater. I’ve not tried this but I’m curious what a VNA would read with the repeater and field meter in line. I’m betting the field gets offset at least a mhz or two.

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Guys it doesn’t focus really… it repeats. It literally absorbs field and in doing so;

  • slightly modifies the shape of the field emitted from the device (reader/source)
  • inducting power from the source field generates its own ts own magnetic field
  • the target (NFC transponder) couples with this secondary field
  • if the target is close to the repeater it will couple with both fields, but they are offset from each other and will cause interference which results in overall reduction of power transfer

This is why the hw tune proxmark3 command is broken with the booster installed.

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field meter now a watched word / hyperlink

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