Can RFID Be Used to Track Containers in a Yard?
Is yard management an application of radio frequency identification technology? —Name withheld ——— Yes, yard management is one of the technology’s main applications. A.S. Shipping Agencies, a container freight-station operator based in Chennai, India, is...RFID News Roundup
NXP acquires Jennic to extend lineup of ZigBee and other low-power RF solutions; Verayo unveils new unclonable RFID chip; WirelessHART becomes European standard for wireless communication in process automation; SK Telecom pushes advancement of mobile payments in Asia; Ramco Systems, IDBlue partner on RFID for aviation.
Impinj Introduces New, Lower-Cost UHF Reader Chip
The R500 joins the company’s R1000 and R2000 Indy chip family, and will be aimed at embedded applications and handhelds that don’t require a long read range or high throughput.
Why Isn’t Wal-Mart Killing the Tags?
With concerns regarding privacy, some are asking why the retailer isn’t taking advantage of features in EPC Gen 2 RFID tags to protect consumer privacy.