Category Archives: Radio Frequency ID and RFID Applications
Google to Move Beyond NFC into RFID and M2M
Google has been interested in one of the important technologies related to RFID and M2M, Near Field Communications (NFC), which they will employ to develop wide range of business opportunities related to E-Commerce. Google Wallet is a mobile payment solution … Continue reading
Growth Prospects for Real-time Location Services (RTLS)
The three primary technologies creating growth within the Real-time Location Systems (RTLS) arena will be mobile/cellular technologies such as NFC and LTE Direct, disposable RFID sensor systems, including ones in the form of Smart Active Labels (SAL), and sophisticated multi-functional … Continue reading
RFID in Military Training Applications
Outside of the battlefield, the same personnel tracking technology can be applied to the training environment. Location-enabled training environments can facilitate more complex and more realistic training exercises. The system is also suitable for urban indoor and outdoor combat training. … Continue reading
RFID in Marine Operations
In some parts of the world such as Hong Kong and Singapore, a marine terminal is the critical interchange between production and sales. Problems and inefficiencies in terminal operations can have a costly ripple effect across the whole supply chain. … Continue reading
RFID in Homeland Security
Apart from inventory control, RFID can be used to prevent international crime (AIM, 2006). In 2004, there were more than 20 million freight containers circulating throughout the world. Countries such as the United States received 7 million containers per year … Continue reading
RFID in Transportation
RFID technology can be applied in many different areas in the transportation domain—for example, electronic toll collection (ETC), electronic vehicle registration (EVR), automatic vehicle identification (AVI), fleet management, traffic management, and vehicle positioning. The technology can also be used in … Continue reading
RFID and Manufacturing
Today’s automotive production is already a highly automated business where reliable automatic identification of components and sub-components enables an even higher level of automation and flexibility. With the integration of advanced robotics and material-handling systems with the power of the … Continue reading
Understanding RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
Radio Frequency Identification or RFID as name suggests works on radio frequencies. RFIDs were first introduced as option for long lasting identification technology of Bar-coding. Bar coding was in veins of most of the business lines and helped organizations to … Continue reading
Active vs. Passive RFID
Passive RFID tags have no internal power supply. The minute electrical current induced in the antenna by the incoming radio frequency signal provides just enough power for the CMOS integrated circuit (IC) in the tag to power up and transmit … Continue reading
RFID Basics
The main factor that characterizes the RFID system is the Tags. Before we dive into the details of the tags it’s important to know about the readers, it is to be noted that generally a Passive Tag reader can’t read … Continue reading
