RFID Multiplexer Product Multiple Antenna

metraTec RFID Solutions launched its family of RFID multiplexers with multiple antenna ports for HF and UHF applications. ...

... "With seven different product versions, metraTec has the world's largest product spectrum for RFID multiplexers. The devices are meant to enable users to easily set up complex RFID systems like RFID shelves or antenna arrays for location tracking at low cost. The products presented are compatible with all readers on the market independent of reader brand. Special emphasis was placed on simple control of the antenna ports and a robust electronics design based purely on semiconductors. All product versions are available as of today. " ...

Via metraTec: RFID Expert metraTec Presents Multiplexer Product Family with up to 16 Antenna Ports

Bluetooth RFID Scanner ...

RightTag introduces Bluetooth-enabled 13.56 Mhz RFID scanner, which relieves users of the burden of wiring. ...

... "RightTag, Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive wireless and wireline RFID solutions, announced the availability of the industry's first 13.56 MHz wireless radio-frequency identification scanner with Bluetooth. The new scanner, BT RIGHTReader, offers users greater flexibility by eliminating the need for cumbersome wires and transmitting data to devices up to ten meters (~10 yards) away. RightTag also announced the RIGHTScanner, a compact and inexpensive RFID scanner designed for companies looking to increase security and control and monitor access, or to better track products. The 13.56 MHz BT RIGHTReader is an easy-to-use and durable wireless scanner that can transmit data from any RFID tag, including ISO 15693, ISO 14443, USB and Serial port communications, to any Bluetooth-enabled device. The device is battery operated, and is fully functional in temperatures varying from -20 Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) to 55 Celsius (131 Fahrenheit). The 1MHz bandwidth antenna can read tags as far as 16 centimeters (~6 inches) away and transmits to a Bluetooth receiver up to ten meters' distance, making BT RIGHTReader the most robust and flexible RFID offering available in the market. " ...

Bluetooth RFID Scanner: Via RightTag Inc.: RightTag Unveils BT RIGHTReader, Industry’s First Bluetooth RFID Scanner ...

RFID Travel Technology: Land Borders ...

Alternative Technologies for Implementation of Section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 at Land Borders

... "We are working with the INS to test the feasibility of various technology solutions that could expeditiously collect entry and exit records for all non-citizens at a land border port of entry. The feasibility study is a limited evaluation of different types of technologies that could be used to track non-citizen travelers who enter and exit the U.S. either on foot or by vehicle. Machine readable document scanners and several types of radio frequency (RF) systems will be tested at INS's Glynco, Georgia training facility. For RF identification, tests will be conducted on cards with various data storage and read range capabilities. When a traveler holds their document near an antenna, the RF chip transmits the necessary information to create an automated record." ...

RFID Printer: Avery launches fastest RFID label printer

From Bharat Textile, India ... Claimed as fastest radio frequency identification (RFID) label printer, garment industry supplier Avery Dennison Printer Systems launched label printer on the ...

Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label materials. Based in Pasadena, Calif., the Company employees 21.000 people in 89 countries. Avery Dennison develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of products for consumer and industrial markets, including Avery-brand office products, Fasson-brand self-adhesive materials, peel-and-stick postage stamps, reflective highway safety products, automated retail tag and labeling systems, and specialty tapes and chemicals. Printer Systems Europe offers solutions to link information to products. Avery Dennison network provides end-to-end solutions for reliable product identification. The company has own offices and partners in all European markets. With an annual capacity far in excess of 80 billion labels, Avery Dennison is also one of the largest label manufacturers in Europe.

Avery Dennison is recognised all over the world for expertise and innovative leadership in self adhesive technology, providing products across industrial sectors including textiles, automotives, food and cosmetics. At European Headquarters in Germany, Printer Systems Europe is pushing development boundaries with thermal transfer printing and RFID technology and offers pioneering solutions to link information with products.

In Rheinberg, Germany, the METRO Group's Extra Future Store has recently opened, offering the latest experience in shopping technology where different innovations for automated electronic, logistic and customer management processes are being tested. The store has invested in an Avery Dennison 64-05 RFID thermal transfer printer, which prints specific products with RFID labels.

Avery Dennison's 64-05 RFID thermal transfer printer can locate, trace, secure and count. This mind blowing tracking tool enables companies to record the size, description, serial number and history of every single item in their warehouses. The RFID kit comes with a standard 13.56 MHz read/write module as well as antenna and adapter board. Based on a 64-bit CPU it prints at speeds of up to 400mm/s at 300dpi. A standard Ethernet connection allows integration into existing data processing systems.