The RFID-RC522 module comes with eight pins (of which seven pins are used in this

tutorial). In the following, the pin layout is shown as recommended by the

documentation of the MFRC522 library (used later in the programming section). The
RFID-RC522 module runs with 3.3V. Therefore, the module’s 3.3V pin must be
connected to the Arduino’s 3.3V. The module might get damaged, if it is
accidentally connected to the Arduino’s 5V pin. The complete pin layout is shown by
the following table (works only for the Arduino Uno! Mega, Nano etc. have different
recommended pin layouts!):
RFID-RC522 PIN ARDUINO UNO PIN
SDA 10
SCK 13
MOSI 11
MISO 12
IRQ UNUSED
GND GND
RST 9
3.3V 3.3V