Infinity Seismic RFID-enables Its Geophone Testers

The company's CheckMate Land handheld device is available with an RFID reader, to automatically identify the testing of geophones used by the oil and gas industry in measuring seismic activity.

By Claire Swedberg

Tags: Asset Tracking, Chemical, IT/Infrastructure

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Therefore, a CheckMate Land customer requested an RFID-enabled solution, says Brooks Radighieri, Divercety's manager. The customer indicated that using radio frequency identification would speed up the process of recording geophone test results specific to a particular string, and ensure the results' accuracy.

Consequently, Infinity Seismic developed its Checkmate RFID Accessory device, which plugs directly into the tester. The unit, according to Mike Scott, Vercét's project manager and director of research and development in electronics and materials science, is constructed with a Sparkfun Electronics 125 kHz RFID reader module, which can read 125 kHz LF passive RFID tags made with an EM Microelectronic EM4001 chip.

The CheckMate Land can be used to test strings of geophones, like this one string.

The Checkmate RFID Accessory tester measures 2.86 centimeters by 13.34 centimeters (1.1 inch by 5.3 inches) and plugs into the device via a USB connection. A user would need to acquire compatible LF passive RFID tags and attach them to the end of each geophone string. The user would first commission a tag by placing it within a few centimeters of the reader, and then input a serial number or other identifier. The tag's encoded ID number is linked to the geophone to which it is attached, and is stored in the Infinity Seismic software, loaded on the Checkmate Land device, which interprets and stores read data. As the test is conducted, the details of that testing would be displayed on the unit's screen, as well as stored in the software, linked to the specific tag's ID. Users could then upload that information from the Checkmate Land device, via a USB connection, and manage that data on their own management software.

Since the product's release two weeks ago, Radighieri reports, there have not yet been any end users.

Infinity Seismic is also marketing its CheckMate RFID Accessory as an accessory product for its new CheckMate-Marine hydrophone tester. Hydrophones are used to record sound waves from beneath the Earth's surface, delivering data indicating where oil and gas deposits may be located. The CheckMate-Marine tester is a portable device for testing each hydrophone, in order to verify its ability to provide accurate data.

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