RFID Tags Toll Road

Florida SunPass system adopts TransCore eGo Plus radio frequency identification (RFID) sticker tag as the SunPass mini. ...

... "The newer, more versatile and affordable tags overcome the cost barrier to widespread adoption of electronic toll collection technology, making it more attractive to migrate to all electronic toll roads and increase the number of customers who pay tolls wirelessly versus manually. The more than three million hardcase SunPass tags currently in use will work alongside the new mini tags.

The eGo Plus sticker tag is a 915 MHz radio frequency programmable, beam-powered, windshield-mounted tag. Packaged as a flexible sticker, this tag is ideal for applications that require low-cost, easily installed tags and is appropriate for electronic toll collection, airport access and ground transportation management systems, parking access, and security access. The tag supports multiple protocols, making it easy to migrate from a mixed-tag population to a common tag. Each eGo Plus sticker tag comes equipped with a factory-programmed unique tag identification number that prevents the tag from being duplicated. The eGo Plus, batteryless sticker tag offers a read range of up to 31.5 feet (9.6 meters) and 2048-bit read/write memory at a fraction of the cost of older, less flexible RFID technology. The tag provides the capability to read, write, rewrite, or permanently lock individual bytes. " ...

Via Transcore: Statewide SunPass Electronic Toll Collection System Orders 1.5 Million Tags

RFID Reader: Georgia 400 to Upgrade Cruise Card

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... "The eGo 3110A reader is a high-speed, multi-protocol 915 MHz RFID reader system and is ideal for multilane installations that require the ability to read two tag protocols and provide a migration path from an existing tag protocol. The eGo 3110A reader is capable of operating in any two of the three following protocols in a given installation: eGo (read-only), American Trucking Associations (ATA) (read-only), and California Title 21 or TransCore's Amtech IT2200 (read-only)." ...

RFID Smart Labels: Paxar First to Market with Compact RFID Smart Label

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... chain and the supplier of Monarch(R) brand products and services, today announced immediate availability of short feed length 915 MHz Class 1 RFID smart labels ...

... Paxar Corporation (NYSE: PXR), a global leader providing bar code and identification technologies for the retail supply chain and the supplier of Monarch(R) brand products and services, today announced immediate availability of short feed length 915 MHz Class 1 RFID smart labels, another first in the industry. Paxar's RFID labels are now available in feed lengths as short as one inch. The Monarch(R) 9855(TM) RFID printer/encoder's state-of-the-art design and unique antenna system allow it to encode these small labels reliably, without interference from the next label. The new smaller label is available through Paxar's Q-Service(TM) for RFID service bureau, as well as for encoding with the Monarch 9855 RFID printer/encoder. ...

Paxar Corporation is a global leader in the identification and tracking of consumer products worldwide. Paxar(R) products are used the world over by leading apparel brands. Monarch(R) brand products are used by 90% of the top 100 U.S. retailers and their supply chain partners to identify, track and price all varieties of consumer goods. Paxar is a member of EPCglobal, the agency managing the emerging standards for RFID. Paxar Corporation is a global leader in providing innovative merchandising systems to retailers and apparel manufacturers. Paxar's concept to checkout capabilities, global manufacturing operations, worldwide distribution network and brand recognition are enabling the Company to expand its competitive advantage and market share.

RFID Printing: TEKLYNX announces driver support for Monarch 9855 RFID Printer ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... the AIDC marketplace, today announced that CODESOFT(R) 7.1 Enterprise label design and integration software supports the new Monarch(R) 9855(TM) RFID table top ...

... TEKLYNX(R) International, the world's leading developer of software products for the AIDC marketplace, today announced that CODESOFT(R) 7.1 Enterprise label design and integration software supports the new Monarch(R) 9855(TM) RFID table top bar code printer. The Monarch 9855 printer/encoder accepts information from CODESOFT 7.1, completes a "live" test of the RFID chip, encodes the chip within the label, prints the bar code and human readable data, and verifies that the information is properly "written" to the tag. Both CODESOFT 7.1 and the Monarch 9855 RFID printer support EPC 915 MHz, UHF Class 1 (draft specification) and Alien Technology tags. ...

TEKLYNX International is the leading software developer of AIDC products including software for label design, host connectivity, and data collection. Its software products feature the widest range of device and driver support in the industry. TEKLYNX is a Microsoft Certified Partner and has connectivity relationships with multiple ERP software providers. Over 400,000 companies in 120 countries rely on its integrated software solutions for supply chain automation, warehouse management, shipping and receiving, inventory control and asset management. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee with operations in the United States, Europe, Japan, China, Singapore, and Canada.

Paxar Corporation is a global leader in the identification and tracking of consumer products worldwide. Paxar(R) products are used the world over by leading apparel brands. Monarch(R) brand products are used by 90% of the top 100 U.S. retailers and their supply chain partners to identify, track and price all varieties of consumer goods. Paxar is a member of EPCglobal, the agency managing the emerging standards for RFID.

Zigbee RFID: Atmel Announces Industry's First ZigBee-Ready Chipset with ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... Z-Link Solution Is the World's First, Architectured to Support ZigBee Applications SAN JOSE, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation ...

The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked monitoring and control products based on an open global standard. ZigBee’s powerful but simple protocol promises to simplify wireless product integration, speed time to market, and reduce costs and risks for manufacturers looking to embed wireless connectivity. Your company can gain the inside track on this rapidly emerging standard — plus you can also help shape the specification as it evolves to meet your application-specific and industry-specific needs. Manufacturers focused on the home-control and building-automation markets, including lighting, HVAC, AMR and appliance OEMs, are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to shape the future of wireless networking, and to redefine the competitive landscape of their industries. The ZigBee Alliance offers two levels of membership: Promoter and Participant.

ZigBee™-compliant RF Transceivers and Controllers: Atmel is committed to providing cost effective, easy-to-use, highly reliable, and secure system solutions for the wireless market. Supporting that goal, Atmel’s ZigBee-compliant product line will include a complete ZigBee and 802.15.4 solution of RF transceivers, tailored microcontrollers, and software and reference designs. Atmel's AT86RF210 Z-Link™ Transceiver, capable of transmitting and receiving modulated digital data over the 868/915 MHz bands with data rates up to 20 kbps and 40 kbps respectively, is currently in development. Another product in development, the AT86ZL3201 Z-Link Controller, is a ZigBee-compliant controller, based on Atmel’s high performance AVR® RISC microcontroller core. It includes SRAM and Flash memory and is optimized for 802.15.4 as well as ZigBee applications, and supports all bands (868/915 MHz and 2.4 GHz).

As an active member of the ZigBee Alliance, Atmel strongly supports this wireless communications solution that will be embedded in consumer electronics, home and building automation, industrial controls, PC peripherals, medical applications, and electronic toys and games. ZigBee is targeted for low data rate (20 - 250 kbps) applications that need low cost and in many cases are battery operated and therefore need low power consumption. It utilizes the IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN standard for the Media Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY). ZigBee adds the application and network protocols to 802.15.4 to ensure interoperability between vendors.

RFID Partners: NEC, Tagsys join hands for RFID

From Cnet Asia, Asia ... As part of the deal, equipment maker Tagsys will supply radio frequency identification (RFID) systems such as tags, readers, antennas and security gates. ...

With a global brand presence of over 40 million RFID tags, ten thousand reader systems and 500 installations globally, TAGSYS has emerged as the world's leading dedicated RFID supplier. Underscoring TAGSYS' core competencies is enabling complete efficiency-driven, ROI-weighted solutions for identifying and tracing items in highly specialized vertical markets and embedded systems.

The RFID asset tracking market can be segregated by the radio frequency used by the RFID tags and RFID readers to communicate with each other. In the last few years technological development, and more recently, industry standardization, have centered on high frequency (13.56 MHz) and Ultra High Frequency (868-915 MHz) systems development. Each of these frequencies has strong price/performance trade-offs that relate to specific use cases.

RFID Partners: NEC, Tagsys join hands for RFID

From Cnet Asia, Asia ... As part of the deal, equipment maker Tagsys will supply radio frequency identification (RFID) systems such as tags, readers, antennas and security gates. ...

With a global brand presence of over 40 million RFID tags, ten thousand reader systems and 500 installations globally, TAGSYS has emerged as the world's leading dedicated RFID supplier. Underscoring TAGSYS' core competencies is enabling complete efficiency-driven, ROI-weighted solutions for identifying and tracing items in highly specialized vertical markets and embedded systems.

The RFID asset tracking market can be segregated by the radio frequency used by the RFID tags and RFID readers to communicate with each other. In the last few years technological development, and more recently, industry standardization, have centered on high frequency (13.56 MHz) and Ultra High Frequency (868-915 MHz) systems development. Each of these frequencies has strong price/performance trade-offs that relate to specific use cases.

RFID Partners: NEC, Tagsys join hands for RFID

From Cnet Asia, Asia ... As part of the deal, equipment maker Tagsys will supply radio frequency identification (RFID) systems such as tags, readers, antennas and security gates. ...

With a global brand presence of over 40 million RFID tags, ten thousand reader systems and 500 installations globally, TAGSYS has emerged as the world's leading dedicated RFID supplier. Underscoring TAGSYS' core competencies is enabling complete efficiency-driven, ROI-weighted solutions for identifying and tracing items in highly specialized vertical markets and embedded systems.

The RFID asset tracking market can be segregated by the radio frequency used by the RFID tags and RFID readers to communicate with each other. In the last few years technological development, and more recently, industry standardization, have centered on high frequency (13.56 MHz) and Ultra High Frequency (868-915 MHz) systems development. Each of these frequencies has strong price/performance trade-offs that relate to specific use cases.

RFID Partners: NEC, Tagsys join hands for RFID

From Cnet Asia, Asia ... As part of the deal, equipment maker Tagsys will supply radio frequency identification (RFID) systems such as tags, readers, antennas and security gates. ...

With a global brand presence of over 40 million RFID tags, ten thousand reader systems and 500 installations globally, TAGSYS has emerged as the world's leading dedicated RFID supplier. Underscoring TAGSYS' core competencies is enabling complete efficiency-driven, ROI-weighted solutions for identifying and tracing items in highly specialized vertical markets and embedded systems.

The RFID asset tracking market can be segregated by the radio frequency used by the RFID tags and RFID readers to communicate with each other. In the last few years technological development, and more recently, industry standardization, have centered on high frequency (13.56 MHz) and Ultra High Frequency (868-915 MHz) systems development. Each of these frequencies has strong price/performance trade-offs that relate to specific use cases.

TransCore Launches AutoExpreso Electronic Toll Collection System ...

From Business Wire (press release) ... $30 million for the installation, operation and maintenance of the system and will use TransCore's eGo(TM) radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for ...

TransCore’s Amtech technology was founded by five scientists from the renowned Los Alamos National Laboratory where they developed RFID technology for two divisions of the federal government: the Department of Energy application to track vehicles and nuclear materials and the Department of Agriculture application to track cattle and monitor their health. Today, TransCore’s Chief Scientist Dr. Jerry Landt, who holds more than 13 of the key RFID patents and was a member of the original scientific team, leads research and development efforts at TransCore’s Amtech Technology Center in Albuquerque, N.M.

TransCore unveils its innovative eGo™ product family. Through a series of groundbreaking design innovations, this wireless radio frequency identification (RFID) technology overcomes adoption and cost barriers for large-scale opportunities, opens new markets for ITS applications, and promotes broader acceptance of ITS systems.

The eGo wireless communications tag is a paper-thin, sticker-like tag with technology that allows user-defined information to be read from or communicated to the tag. It requires no battery and sets a new price/performance level for RFID tags. This new technology is in stark contrast to the larger, read-only or battery-required read/write, higher-priced tags predominantly used today in electronic toll collection, access control or parking applications.


About eGo Products: The windshield sticker tag operates in the 915 MHz radio frequency band, and is an RF-programmable device that does not require a battery or connection to the vehicle's electrical system. It is in the form of a flexible, tamper-resistant sticker (45 x 85 x 1 mm) much like a vehicle registration sticker. The tag has a read range of 5 meters or 16.4 feet and reads at highway speeds of up to 100 mph or 160 km/h. The windshield sticker tag has a 1024 bit memory capable of reading, writing and rewriting information, or permanently locking individual bytes. The tag is designed to withstand extreme temperatures, sunlight, humidity and vibration.

The 2110 reader is a fully integrated, self-contained 915 MHz wireless identification reader. The 39.4 x 39.4 cm reader includes an RF module, digital signal processor (DSP), power supply, antenna, I/O ports, and serial communications interface. The reader can be configured to read tags with 64-bit tag ID or 1024 bits of tag memory, and can also read ATA (American Trucking Associations)-compliant and ISO (International Standards Organization)-compliant tags. The reader is designed to withstand extreme temperatures, humidity and vibration.

About TransCore: TransCore is a privately held transportation services company with 1,800 employees and more than 80 locations globally. With installations in 39 countries, 80-plus patents and a world-class manufacturing facility, TransCore's expertise in providing system-based applications that improve transportation efficiency is unparalleled. For more information, visit www.transcore.com.

Transcore's Amtech product line is comprised of dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) systems based on radio frequency (RF) technology. This ground-breaking wireless data technology, one of the many firsts you’ll find at TransCore, allows communications between readers and electronic tag devices attached to vehicles, equipment and containers.

Companies around the world utilize Transcore technology to identify, track and monitor almost anything that moves. From electronic toll and traffic management to commercial and private fleets, parking and access control applications to rail and intermodal yards.

The wireless systems are rugged and reliable, built to withstand heavy industrial, marine, rail and traffic environments. The systems can operate at international-standard 915 MHz and 2450 MHz bands and 5.8 GHz capability will soon be available. They are in operation around the world in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, North America and South America. Each Amtech system is manufactured at TransCore’s ISO 9001 quality-certified Amtech Technology Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico which houses research and development, engineering and manufacturing departments.

RFID at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory - Industrial Partnerships

We have demonstrated the feasibility of radio-frequency identification technology for a wide range of applications in both transportation and industry. Radio-frequency identification can remotely identify vehicles, inventory, or personnel within its range without the need for individual scans—saving time and money as well as providing greater flexibility over current bar-code inventory-control systems...

Automatic Vehicle Identification: In partnership with the California Department of Transportation, we developed a prototype vehicle identification system for automating toll collections. An electronic tag on the car identifies the vehicle. As it passes roadside equipment, a 915-MHz signal is reflected back to the reader, modulated with information from the tag. Because the system automatically debits an account to collect the toll, the vehicle can proceed without stopping. The system will be capable of assuming broader roles in the future, such as vehicle-to-roadway communication or using vehicles as traffic probes. In the latter case, the system can read the velocity of particular cars and provide information on traffic conditions.

We are also assisting the Federal Highway Administration in developing a national vehicle-to-roadway standard for commercial vehicles. Primary application is for automatic clearance of trucks at highway speeds upstream from a weigh station. Electronic credentials, safety sensors status, and other information would be transmitted from the on-vehicle tag. In-transit data and driver messages would be transmitted from the infrastructure...

Companies interested in commercializing this technology should provide a written statement of interest that must include a description of corporate capability and experience relevant to this technology.

915 MHz RFID Technology

Tags at the 915 MHz frequency allow for much greater read distances from the RFID tag to the RFID reader... 915 MHz RFID tags are targeted for automated identification applications... Pricing for 915 MHz RFID is decreasing as manufacturers increase production rates and gain efficiencies from higher market demand.