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How is RFID Used in the Real World

How is RFID Used in the Real World

Posted by Suzanne Smiley on Oct 24, 2023

RFID Applications in the Real World Ever since  Walmart's RFID mandate back in 2003, RFID has been successfully implemented in hundreds of applications across a large variety of industries. B
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How to Program an RFID Tag - 3 Step Tutorial

How to Program an RFID Tag - 3 Step Tutorial

Posted by Suzanne Smiley on May 23, 2022

Most RFID tags are made up of three parts - the chip, antenna, and tag face or substrate. Each of these individual parts performs a specific duty in order to make the RFID tag work properly
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What is Passive RFID?

What is Passive RFID?

Posted by Suzanne Smiley on May 13, 2022

Passive RFID is a term used to describe RFID tags that do not have a battery or other internal power source. Instead of a battery, Passive RFID tags rely on the energy received from the RFID r
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What is the SGTIN-96?

What is the SGTIN-96?

Posted by Suzanne Smiley on Apr 11, 2022

SGTIN-96 is an encoding scheme that stands for Serialized Global Trade Identification Number and is sometimes called a serialized GTIN. The 96 in the name refers to the number of bits in the final
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UHF RFID EPC Memory Bank: What is the CRC-16?

UHF RFID EPC Memory Bank: What is the CRC-16?

Posted by Suzanne Smiley on Aug 04, 2021

In Class 1 Gen2 UHF RFID tags, a CRC-16 and a 16-bit Protocol Control (PC) precede the tag’s EPC number in the EPC memory bank, a requirement that was first outlined in Gen2 v1.1. If you have
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A 3D Picture of an RFID Read Zone

A 3D Picture of an RFID Read Zone

Posted by Suzanne Smiley on Dec 01, 2020

RFID Read Zones An RFID Read Zone is a term that describes the free space surrounding an RFID system in which an RFID tag can be read. A read zone varies in size and shape depending on a few facto
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