What Are Some Good Books About RFID?

What Are Some Good Books About RFID?

I will be teaching a course in radio frequency identification at the undergraduate level. Can you identify or suggest a list of texts I should use? —Charles (Massachusetts) ——— Charles, There are a number of books available, and the right one depends on the nature of...
What Are Some Good Books About RFID?

How Can I Maximize the Read Distance of an NFC System?

Is it a better approach to use a larger reader antenna or a larger tag antenna—or is it not that simple? —Chris ——— Chris, Near Field Communication (NFC) is designed to be a short-range form of RFID. Originally, NFC built on the ISO 14443 standard for transactions....
What Are Some Good Books About RFID?

What Is the Largest-Capacity NFC Sticker Currently Available?

Which tag of this type offers the greatest amount of memory? —Ed (South Africa) ——— Ed, NXP Semiconductors offers a line of high-memory Near Field Communication (NFC) RFID chips (see NXP Releases New NFC Tag Chips for New Applications). The NTAG213 has 144 bytes of...
What Are Some Good Books About RFID?

Can RFID Pass Through Metal?

How could I get around sealed metal containers? —Lane ——— Lane, Radio frequency identification cannot pass through metal. In a passive RFID system, radio waves sent by a reader to power up a tag would bounce off metal and never reach the tag; thus, it would not be...