The RFD8500 reads EPC UHF RFID tags and sends that data to iOS and some Android devices via a Bluetooth connection, enabling users, such as store personnel, to collect read data on their mobile devices.
The chip maker is the latest company to provide a means for controlling Bluetooth devices without having to rely on a hub-and-spoke communication architecture.
While a universally accepted definition of the IoT may still elude many, the conference did land on some solid examples of how IoT technologies are helping to improve business.
The company’s new IDA-3100 antenna is intended to bridge a gap between a traditional handheld or fixed UHF reader portal and a high-cost real-time location system.
Based on last week’s event, it is clear that the state of the RFID industry is strong and adoption continues to gain momentum.
Interstate Batteries, Kuehne+Nagel, Detroit Diesel Corp. and Zebra Technologies are among this year’s honorees.
The startup’s tags plug into an electronic device’s power cord, report where that device is and whether it is in use, and can offer closer location data via built-in Bluetooth beacon functionality.
Don’t put your organization in the wrong bucket—take heed of lessons learned in the RFID industry.
Manufacturing companies are looking to real-time location systems to improve their operational efficiency and lower operational costs by tracking equipment, goods, materials, work orders, safety, assembly lines, distribution and other growing applications.
Voyantic system measures effects of repeatedly bending a tag ••• Technology Solutions (UK) Ltd. intros Bluetooth rugged UHF RFID reader ••• Junmp announces switch-augmented RFID tag ••• SenseStone introduces ultra-small RFID tags ••• Mikron unveils two new HF RFID chips.