When companies and individuals are evaluating RFID technologies for their business use cases, they often times have misconceptions about RFID technology. Read below the top five misconceptions about RFID technology. 1. RFID is a single technology. RFID is actually a bundle of technologies—not just one. As the acronym for RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) calls out, […]
RFID4U is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at HIMSS19, booth number 5683. At the conference, RFID4U will be demonstrating its unique RFID solutions for Healthcare leveraging its TagMatiks platform. The solutions RFID4U will be showcasing include: Field and Consignment Inventory using RFID – Automate processes such as cycle counting, auditing, reconciling, transfers […]
The TagMatiks Core Controller is now available for download on the Android Play Store. The application enables users to monitor their RFID devices, such as readers and printers, directly from a mobile interface. View deployment critical information like device statuses and heartbeats from the ease your mobile phone or tablet. What’s TagMatiks Core? TagMatiks Core […]
Countless businesses use dock doors everyday in warehouses and distribution centers to receive and ship items, cases and pallets. When conducting business processes like shipping, it’s essential that each transaction be accurate so the right shipment goes to the right location with the correct items inside that shipment. A dock door with RFID Portals verifying an [...]
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 [...]