How Can I Connect a 3-Volt Battery to Alien Technology’s 9654 Passive Tag?

Published: February 20, 2013

Please explain how this can be done. Thanks.

—Name withheld

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To answer your question, I reached out directly to Alien Technology. Here is the company’s response: “You cannot connect an external DC power supply of any type to a Higgs 3 tag. The internal circuitry is not designed to power up or receive ISO 18006C commands in this manner. These tags are designed for passive operation only.”

—Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal