The BWI 8078 Magnetic Card Reader from Electrone is a triple track, bi-directional magnetic stripe reader that reads credit cards, bank cards, US drivers' licenses, and ID cards.

Other Features:

• Green LED for status
• Command set for user programmability
• Small size, easy operation
• Interface: USB, Serial Port R S232
• Triple Track
• Bi-directional read
• Reads low and high coercivity cards
• Low power - No external power required
• Keyboard port passthrough
• AAMVA - Read capable
• Housing color - Black

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology permits wireless, two-way communication between a smart label or tag and a reader. The core of the technology is the "transponder", usually made of polyester film with a printed or etched antenna embedded with a silicon chip. Apply a printed or printable face-stock to the top and you have an RFID tag. Add an adhesive to the bottom and you have an RFID label. These "smart" tags and labels can then addressed by an RFID reader, also called an "interrogator".

RFID labels and tags may be used for:

Security and Safety

• Product authentication
• Anti-counterfeiting labels
• Electronic article surveillance
• Patient care labeling and wrist straps
• Medical device monitoring
• Specimen/test tube labeling

ID Solutions/Branding

• Consumer promotions
• Consumer product tags with security and/or inventory functions

Asset Tracking/Supply Chain Management

• Manufacturing work in progress
• Smart shelf inventory tracking
• Warehouse management
• Rental product labels
• Item, case, or pallet labeling

Access Control/Pass Cards

• Keyless entry badges and cards
• Event tickets and security passes

Many factors can influence the selection of the face-stock, transponder, adhesive, and additional features used in the construction of an label or tag. Cellotape specializes in custom RFID constructions to suit your special needs.

Face-stocks

• Paper or film
• Preprinted with graphics or variable data
• Customer imagable

Transponders

• Read only, WORM, or read/write
• Read rate
• Frequencies
• Size of memory
• Encryption
• Environment / exposures

Adhesives-
What surface will the RFID label be applied to?

• Flat or curved
• Smooth or textured
• Surface energy

Additional features

• A polyurethane dome may be applied to the top surface for aesthetics or enhanced resistance to shock.
• A radio frequency absorbing elastomer may be applied to the back to defeat interference when applied to a metal surface.

Kaman's micro digital advantage makes position measurements easier and more flexible. "KmDA is now the smartest position sensor in the world," said Dan Spohn, Kaman's marketing manager. "With its new signal analysis, triggering and math function capabilities, and user-configurable analog outputs, KUDA is a low-cost, integrated solution that eliminates A/D cards, PCs and expensive software programs. The user can directly read out such parameters as TIR, thickness, OD, ID, and centerline running position."

KuDA performs according to user-defined application-specific functions, limits and output options without being continuously connected to a PC. The system is able to capture and analyze events by triggering off programmed alarms, digital inputs, or output voltage thresholds. All user-set configuration parameters are stored in on-board memory. The analog outputs, either voltage or current, readily interface with existing control devices.

Kaman's displacement sensors are based on eddy current technology, providing measurements that are very stable and repeatable and ideal for metal targets. Eddy current technology is inherently reliable, resistant to harsh environments, and unaffected by humidity, dust, and other contaminants.

KuDA is extremely flexible and compatible with a complete family of sensors. Thus, users are able to easily optimize the system for their own applications and then change it later when their requirements change. Kaman Instrumentation's support staff of application engineers will advise on specifying the proper system for an application and provide complete technical support before and after the sale.

KAMAN'S MICRO DIGITAL ADVANTAGE: EASY-TO-USE DIGITAL SIGNAL CONDITIONING

Kaman, for 30 years the world leader in high-precision inductive position measuring systems, now offers a high-performance digital measurement system that is very easy to use. Set-up is quick. You can calibrate the system yourself with only six keystrokes on the front panel.

Measure in minutes with quick set-up. Push-button calibration makes it easy-to-use. Data acquisition is simplified because no A/D card is required. You have a choice of sensors without changing electronics. Sampling is fast -- up to 10,000/second. It has powerful new signal conditioning and error correction. It is the ideal platform for prototyping. The rugged sensors withstand up to 200°C and have superior temperature compensation: less than 0.01%/°C. Analog voltage or current output is available. Other features include RS-232 and RS-485 multidrop for sensor networking, microinch resolution, rugged construction with metal enclosure, and Kaman's unmatched precision and reliability.

KµDA is smaller, smarter, and faster. SMALLER: KµDA's low-profile, anodized aluminum enclosure with a footprint of only 5x7.5 inches and our small sensors are perfect for installations where space is limited. For even tighter space constraints in OEM applications, we offer custom configurations to fit your design. SMARTER: KµDA is extremely flexible and compatible with a complete family of sensors. If you change application parameters (range, offset, etc.) and/or switch to a different sensor, you do not have to replace electronic components or return it to the factory to be able to make your next measurement. With this kind of flexibility, one system can work in many applications. Initial settings are stored in nonvolatile memory, so that if you shut off or lose power, you do not have to reset these parameters. FASTER: With a sampling rate up to 10,000 samples per second, KµDA is ideal for high-speed sampling in monitoring vibration, runout, or eccentricity; in high-performance stepper or servo control; or in other demanding applications.

MAKE THESE AND OTHER PRECISION NONCONTACT POSITION MEASUREMENTS

* Contour, deformation, elongation, and other high-precision dimensional

* Roller gap, alignment, and deflection measurements on converting equipment, rolling mills, and other web processing machinery;

* Sheet or film profiling;

* Stage or tool positioning for semiconductor processing or precision machining;

* Precision alignment in demanding cutting, lapping, or polishing applications;

* Shaft vibration monitoring of turbines, generators, compressors, pumps, etc.;

* Axial and radial runout and eccentricity measurement of hard disk drives, gears, shafts, and other rotating tools and equipment;

* Precise position measurements for servo, stepper, or other process control feedback.

POWERFUL STANDALONE PERFORMANCE

KµDA contains a 32-bit microprocessor, advanced signal conditioning electronics, and internal memory for full standalone operation. Kaman designed KµDA to operate independently, but you may access it by PC or dumb terminal for reconfiguration or to enhance performance. KµDA is the only signal conditioner on the market with truly interchangeable sensors. Just one signal conditioner operates the entire family of standard sensors. Kaman can also easily match KµDA's electronics to custom-designed sensors. Easy three-point calibration and sensor temperature data provide linearity and temperature compensation adequate for most applications. For applications requiring higher performance, KµDA's embedded memory can store additional data (input via PC or other digital interface). Once this linearity or temperature data is stored in memory, KµDA operates standalone with the enhanced performance, without the need for the PC. KµDA offers single- and dual-channel operation, and both single-ended and differential output in the dual-channel mode. For applications requiring more than two channels of measurement, KµDA will be available in a rack-mounted version. For process control, KµDA's four independent isolated user-programmable outputs can activate or control servos, steppers, limit alarms, or other devices.

WITH A PC: ENHANCED FEATURES AND HIGHER PERFORMANCE

KµDA 's enhanced features are easy to access. Windows-based software allows you to take advantage of the following capabilities. Once the system is set up to perform as required, it can run standalone without the PC.

* Easy to select, change, or configure output options;

* Improved linearization using many data points;

* Super temperature compensation for demanding applications;

* Custom defined math functions specific to your application;

* Programmable digital filtering for lower noise;

* Password access for security, protected settings.

CONNECTED TO A PC, KµDA IS A DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM

When connected to a PC, KµDA becomes a complete data acquisition system, using the PC's memory to store data for future analysis, and the PC's terminal to display averages, peak values, trends, or other data, either graphically or digitally. No A/D card is required, and KµDAView™ software can interface to popular data acquisition and SPC programs. KµDA can capture two channels of data simultaneously and can be rack-mounted if additional channels are needed.

KµDA: IDEAL PLATFORM FOR PROTOTYPING

Kaman designed KµDA to be customized, as it is an ideal platform for prototyping and testing before committing to a specific OEM design. KµDA is extremely flexible and capable, built with the future and your changing needs in mind. The performance is easily upgradeable via embedded software. That means when your requirements change, Kaman can provide you with software to implement the necessary changes in KµDA. We anticipate that many customers will need unique or ongoing enhancements. KµDA can handle these unpredictable requirements without asking you to buy new electronics or return your system to the factory for rework.

CUSTOM CAPABILITIES FOR OEM'S

Kaman draws on over 30 years of experience with inductive, noncontact position measurements to bring you the most advanced sensor technology and signal conditioning electronics. In addition to our standard products, we are experts at providing custom solutions with the right combination of price, performance, and packaging for OEM applications.

What Is So Important About Labels That Can Accept Computer Imprinting? Poly Data™ Polymer Coatings for Data Processing

Computer-Imprintable

Top-coating Liquid/Printing Primer

Allows plastic-film labels to accept standard printing. Plastic-film labels are much more durable than ordinary paper labels.

Allows big profit margins for manufacturers of labels by providing very durable "multi-tasking" "on-demand" labels.

Allows big profit margins for manufacturers of labelstocks

For plastic-film labels and labelstocks

Allows plastic-film labels to accept computer-generated printing, e.g. Dot Matrix, Laser, and Thermal Transfer Computer Printing.

Allows the end user to finish printing the rest of the label on a personal computer.

Poly Data™ coated labels can save money.

First, end-user customers can reduce the amount and type of labels that they would otherwise have to inventory. Now general purpose (or "multi-tasking") labels can be made "on-demand".

They can be printed with the permanent printing done in conventional ways (e.g. flexographic printing, offset printing, etc.).

Poly Data™ coated labels also accept variable computer-generated imprinting.

Label companies (commercial printers), can provide their customers with partially-printed, very durable labels made from plastic-films instead of paper.

Let's say they were making labels for the Real Hot Water Industrial Boiler Manufacturing Company with Poly Data™ top-coated plastic-film label stock. They provide their customer with partially-printed labels.

So Why in the World Would a Printer Make and Sell "Partially-Printed" Printing Labels? The partially-printed printing is what we call the "Fixed Information Matrix" (FIM). That printing or text will not normally change; it is essentially "fixed information" that the commercial printer/printing company prints onto Poly Data™ top-coated metal foil or plastic-film labelstocks.

However, the numbers/letters that would go on the lines (e.g. the actually model number or serial number) could be different for each (or many) of the company's labels. This changing text/information is what we call "Variable Information Printing" (VIP).

The VIP is more conveniently imprinted on-site by the company using their own personal computer printer that possibly can be programmed to print a new serial number for each label. Or they could type or photocopy onto the label.

That is what we mean by general purpose (or "multi-tasking") labels that can be made on-demand.

Why Use Poly Data™ Computer-Imprintable Printing Primer on Plastic-film Labels? Why Not Just Use Paper Labels that Will Accept Computer Imprinting?

Poly Data™ coated plastic-film labels are more expensive than paper labels. However, plastic-film labels are more durable than paper labels.

Plastic-film labels are used in rough applications or environments where paper labels would fall apart or become illegible and unreadable.

Labels exposed to heat, moisture, dirt, oil, chemicals, rough handling/abrasion, or to outdoor exposure are applications where Poly Data™ coated plastic-film labels can be valuable.

Another reason to use Poly Data™ coated plastic-film labels is that they are more appealing to the eye than paper labels. Paper labels on expensive equipment can look "cheap", while a metallized plastic-film label can look attractive with its silver or gold metallic appearance.

Why Not Just Use Paper Labels and Put a UV Varnish or Clear Plastic Over-Laminating Film on the Labels to Make Them More Durable or More Appealing to the Eye?

Poly Data™ coated labels do accept computer-generated imprinting while UV varnishes and over-laminating films do not.

How Can Poly Data™ Computer-Imprintable Labels Reduce a Manufacturers' Need to Inventory Excessive Labels?

For example, a computer manufacturer may decide over the next 12 months to produce 100,000 of its "Trey" model computers and 200,000 of its "Deuce" model computers.

They may order enough ordinary metallized plastic-film labels that were completely finished or pre-printed (and did not have a Poly Data™ Computer-Imprintable coating on them).

They would have 100,000 "Trey" labels and 200,000 "Deuce" labels.

Metallized plastic-film labels have a thin coating of aluminum bonded to the plastic-film. They give a strong metal appearance to the label. These are expensive labels but if the computer manufacture uses them, that's ok.

However, if the manufacturer figures out in 3 to 6 months that the demand for "Trey" computer is higher than the demand for "Deuce" model.

They may need 250,000 "Trey" labels and only 30,000 "Deuce" labels. They don't have enough of what they need and have way too many of what they don't need.

If the manufacturer had 7 types of computer models instead of only 2, imagine how complicated inventorying pre-printed labels can be.

If they would have ordered semi-printed Poly Data™ coated metallized plastic-film labels, they could have imprinted the model names as needed on their own personal computers.

Why Should Label Companies (Commercial Printers) Use Poly Data™ Computer-Imprintable Labels to Reduce a Manufacturers' Need to Inventory Excessive Labels?

After all, That Means Selling Fewer Labels…Right?

Poly Data™ coated labels can command higher profit margins for label companies.

Manufacturers who can be shown the versatility and convenience of using computer-imprintable labels often will be willing to pay more for these "value-added" labels.

Fewer labels are wasted and ordering labels is simplified. Also, it is not necessarily true that a manufacturer will order fewer labels.

A purchasing agent may decide to order far more computer-imprintable labels than she knows her company can modify (finish printing on their personal computers), and thus reduce or completely eliminate the chance of having too many of the wrong type of label.

Where Else Can Poly Data™ Labels Be Used? Labels made from Poly Data™ coated onto metallized polyester plastic-films can be used to make durable labels that have the look of very expensive metal name plates or rating plates found on electrical motors.

There are many applications. Here are only a few:

Exterior labels on RVs- recreational vehicles

Chemical Drum labels- stored inside or outdoors

Credit Cards- the strip where the owner signs their name

Poly Data™ coatings also accept ball-point pens Membership Cards- to type, write, or computer imprint members' names/numbers

Business Office Equipment- name plates, ID tags/labels

Industrial Equipment labels

Medical Supplies

Wherever Abrasion-Resistant labels are needed

Automotive Parts labels

Store Shelf labels

Tire labels

Bar-coded labels that require rubbing contact with a reader-wand

How Is Poly Data ™ Applied and Supplied?

Poly Data™ is a water-based "Computer-Imprintable" top coating or printing primer. It is sold as a liquid to be applied using either adhesive-type coating machines or it can be applied by certain printing presses such as Flexographic types. For more detailed information on methods of coating Poly Data™ as for Technical Bulletin entitled "Poly Data™ Coating Methodology".

Poly Data™ as a water-based coating/primer is not flammable. It is available in 5-gallon pails and 55-gallon drums.

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) labels and tags may be used for:

Security and Safety

• Product authentication
• Anti-counterfeiting labels
• Electronic article surveillance
• Patient care labeling and wrist straps
• Medical device monitoring
• Specimen/test tube labeling

ID Solutions/Branding

• Consumer promotions
• Consumer product tags with security and/or inventory functions

Asset Tracking/Supply Chain Management

• Manufacturing work in progress
• Smart shelf inventory tracking
• Warehouse management
• Rental product labels
• Item, case, or pallet labeling

Access Control/Pass Cards

• Keyless entry badges and cards
• Event tickets and security passes

FUTEK's popular IPM500 Panel Mount Signal Conditioner w/ Digital Display will now support sensors with "TEDS" ID recognition option per IEEE1451.4. "TEDS" (Transducer Electronic Data Sheet) option features an auto-configuration which minimizes error due to setup and re-installation. This product is widely used by system integrators and test engineers in laboratory, medical, automotive and aerospace instrumentations. In addition to providing a stable and well regulated excitation voltage to the sensor, it also provides 0-10 VDC & 4-20 mA analog output as well as RS232 / RS485 and USB interface to be used with PLC, data acquisition card or computer. FUTEK's IPM500 display is the ideal solution for a complete sensor and instrumentation system. Some of the key features for this digital load cell display include:

• Scaleable to 5 digits. ±99,999
• 60 conversions per second
• Peak & valley hold and remote auto tare
• Bidirectional Scale factor.
• 6 wire connection supporting sense lead
• Analog output for PLC controls
• Dual setpoint alarm with built-in relays
• USB & RS232 / RS485 computer interface
• Software (Data Display & recording TEDS read & write)

Please visit www.futek.com for more information on this digital display, or its comparable bench top version, the IBT500.