RFID Basics

What is it? (And why should you care?)

RFID – What is it? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

RFID History ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Basic Tag Operational Principles N S TAG Reader Reader TAG Backscatter ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Inductive Coupling

Why Now! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

RFID Uses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bar Codes on Steroids ,[object Object],[object Object]

RFID Benefits ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

RFID Tag Attributes Active RFID Passive RFID Tag Power Source Internal to tag Energy transferred using RF from reader Tag Battery Yes No Required signal strength Very Low Very High Range Up to 100m Up to 3-5m, usually less Multi-tag reading 1000’s of tags recognized – up to 100mph Few hundred within 3m of reader Data Storage Up to 128 Kb or read/ write & search 128 bytes of read/write

Passive RFID Tags ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Active Tags ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What Constitutes an RFID System? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

RFID API Software (Communicates with the RFID Reader) Customer-Specific Application Software Host Computer Host Memory Space Reader Antenna Application Program Interface (API) Application Program Interface (API) Components of an RFID System

Antenna Reader Firmware Customer’s MIS Host Application Software API TCP/IP Power ~ Asset Asset/Tag RFID System Components (block diagram) Tag Insert

RFID Operation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is RFID? -- The Tags ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is RFID? -- The Readers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

RFID Readers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Host CPU ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

RFID System Basics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How far, how fast, how much, how many, attached to what?

Status Today ,[object Object],[object Object]

Status Today ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Status Today ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Status Today ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ Mark of the Beast” Urban legend “ Andrew Jackson’s Exploding Eyeball” Urban legend

Portal Applications Bill of Lading Material Tracking

Portal Applications ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Conveyor / Assembly Line Read / Write Operations Higher Accuracy than Bar Code

Hand Held Application Categories Wireless Batch Fixed Station

Shipping Validation Tote/Box/Unit Level Inventory

HazMat Smart Label ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Future ,[object Object],[object Object]

RFID Journal rfidjournal.com InformationWeek informationweek.com RFID Weblog rfid-weblog.com Don’t Forget! “ RFID in the Supply Chain” 19 November 2004 Martin Center

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