I have recently gotten a Parallax RFID reader and I was trying to make it work with my Arduino uno. I have gotten all the necessary wires attached and I used a RFID reading program I found from Make (I will put the code at the bottom). When I open serial monitor and move an RFID card near it, it spits a series of x's and ø's(eg. xxxxøxxxxøxxøø). I am expecting to see a combination of letters and numbers. I think its a problem with the code, but I dont know enough about it to know whats wrong.
The code can be found at http://cdn.makezine.com/make/28/RFIDread.pde
The RFID reader can be found here http://www.parallax.com/Store/Microcontrollers/BASICStampModules/tabid/134/txtSearch/rfid/List/1/ProductID/114/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName%2cProductName
Best Answer
As discussed in comments, serial monitor baud rate must match the 2400 baud used by the sketch.