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  • RFID Battles the Elements
    By Paul Thomas, Managing Editor Radio frequency identification, or RFID, is best known as the technology inside those little boxes on windshields that allow drivers to cruise, unimpeded, through tollway E-Z Pass lanes. While RFID has applications across all industries, the place where the action
  • It's Time for Open RFID
    This quick, one-time registration gives you access to members-only site benefits. By Daniel Deavours, Director, RFID Alliance Lab RFID is the future, at least that's what everyone says, but RFID equipment sure seems expensive. Last fall I bought a high-end multi-protocol reader for close to $3500
  • Passive RFID Basics
    Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems use radio frequency to identify, locate and track people, assets, and animals. Passive RFID systems are composed of three components an interrogator (reader), a passive tag, and a host computer. The tag is composed of an antenna coil and a silicon chip
  • RFID Tag and COB Development Guide with Microchip's RFID Devices
    A passive RFID tag contains an RFID integrated circuit (IC), resonant capacitor (C), and antenna (L), as shown in Figure 1. The antenna and capacitor form a parallel LC resonant circuit. The LC circuit must be tuned to the reader?s carrier frequency for maximum performance (read range).
  • RFID Standards and Drug Security in the Year Ahead
    to be resolved by general use of either of two coding structures, HIBCC or GS1 (formerly EAN/UCC), as well as advances in bar code readers that can identify and read virtually any symbology automatically. Debate over which RFID frequency to use offers many parallels. While pallet- and carton-level
  • The Myths of LF vs. HF
    Depending upon application requirements, low-frequency passive RFID tags and readers often outperform their high-frequency counterparts so why do people believe otherwise?. Dec. 21, 2009 Being on the sales front of RFID hardware for many years, and as a hands-on owner of an RFID hardware
  • Smarter than Smart Labels ?
    This quick, one-time registration gives you access to members-only site benefits. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is gaining wider adoption among consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers, driven in large part by a recent mandate by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. In 2004, Wal-Mart announced that its
  • Purdue Pharma Blazes a Trail for Drug Security Purdue Ceases Palladone Manufacturing Citing safety concerns, FDA has forced the drug off the market By Gregg Carlstrom Purdue Pharma L.P. is halting production of its prescription painkiller Palladone,
    , is best for item-level tags and readers. EPCglobal has approved Generation 2 standards for 915 MHz ultra-high frequency (UHF) equipment, and the standards are expected to be adopted soon by ISO without major changes. This has encouraged RFID OEMs to develop and market much-needed Gen 2 products. ISO
  • Cardinal Bets on UHF
    makes Cardinal s project, which began in January and will conclude in August, a bit more intriguing is that it bucks conventional wisdom that says high frequency (HF) RFID tags are the only surefire technology for proper item-level tracking and authentication of product. Both Pfizer
  • Drug Makers Fight Back!
    , and it already exists and is being used, so it's easy to extend. However, 2-d readers are expensive. Electronic tagging using radio frequency identification (RFID) or chipless tags also can be used to authenticate product. The devices vary in cost from a few cents to several dollars depending