RFID News Roundup

The following are news announcements made during the past week by the following organizations: Century RFID; Denso; STMicroelectronics, ams; the Auburn University RFID Lab, PLUS Location Systems; Infinite RF Holdings, L-Com; and GS1 Australia.

Century RFID Releases Commando IT Tag, Metalion L Printable RFID Label

RFID tag and label provider Century RFID has added two new passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tags designed for asset tracking and management. The Commando IT is a versatile tag designed for tracking servers, racks, data cartridges, cables and other IT assets, both metal and non-metallic, the company reports, while the Metalion L printable label, also intended for metal and non-metallic assets, is suitable for integration with existing bar-code or human-readable asset-tracking management, in real time and on demand. Both tags are compliant with the RAIN RFID, ISO/IEC 18000-6C and EPC Gen 2 RFID standards

The Commando IT (CE38006) measures 37.6 millimeters by 13.6 millimeters by 4.6 millimeters (1.48 inches by 0.54 inch by 0.18 inch) and uses Impinj's Monza 4QT chip, which contains 512 bits of user memory and 128 bits of Electronic Product Code (EPC) memory, in addition to a unique, serialized tag ID (TID). It has a unique attachment design that enables mounting via adhesive or strap.

Century RFID's Metalion L printable label

Both tags have IP67 waterproof rating and free samples are available.