RFID4U has contributed to a discussion on RFID standards in the Asmag.com The Global Security Web magazine. You can see the whole article here: Industry Standards Improve Interoperability for RFID.
RFID4U has contributed to an article for the Asmag.com The Global Security Web magazine, on how to choose the right RFID technology. You can see it here: Choosing the right RFID technology for smarter cards and tags.
There are two ways to encode an RFID tag. With an RFID Printer Encoder and with an RFID Reader. Because the RFID Printer Encodes isolates each RFID inlay and shields it from the outside interference, the encoding is reliable. But what if I need to encode the tags on the go, with a fixed reader [...]
RFID technology is divided into three categories – Passive, Semi-passive (also called battery assisted passive or BAP) and Active - based on how the tags obtain power and how they use it to communicate with the interrogator. More technical details regarding differences between these three categories are discussed on our Explore Portal. What are the [...]
This is a second part of Comparison of RFID, NFC and Barcode for Inventory Tracking. You can review the first part related to RFID here. NFC Technology (Near Field Communication) NFC Technology lays under the umbrella of RFID technology. While the RFID technology that we discussed above for inventory tracking uses the UHF frequency (860 [...]
We often encounter clients that are interested in tracking their inventory using RFID. They heard that it’s a great technology that would increase efficiency and simplify their daily efforts of tracking their inventory, which they have been (until now) doing manually. While this is true, they often don’t realize that all comes at a cost [...]
NFC Standards and NFC Forum There are several organizations that standardize operation, information and communication of NFC technology. Some of them are the same as the ones we know from general RFID technology like International Standards Organization (ISO) or European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and then there are additional organizations like European Association for […]
Because the NFC technology is being used for payments, door locks, patient care and other applications, which have direct access to personal data or assets, there are concerns on how secure NFC technology really is. As discussed in the previous post about NFC Device Architecture and Secure Element, the NFC technology has built-in Secure Element that […]
So you have a problem and you think it could be solved by using RFID. Perhaps you have already deployed a barcoding system, which works, but does not provide enough granularity and automated tracking. Or you have already played with some RFID products but they are not quite performing the way you thought they would […]
What is special about the NFC device (a cellphone) architecture is that besides chip and antenna (similar to any other RFID device) it also includes the Secure Element. This is a component that allows for security of NFC communication. There are three types of Secure Elements: The SIM card as a Secure Element The […]