Background for Frequency Hopping There are many issues that can arise during the testing phase of an RFID system. One of the most common issues people face is called reader collision. Reader collisio...
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Introduction This article walks through the basics and advanced principles related to how UHF RFID Passive tags communicate via backscatter. Before reading, it is important to know about the types...
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Introduction In an UHF RFID system, readers send an interrogation signal to a nearby tag, which responds in turn via backscatter. The reader analyzes the response and reports the tag’s data alo...
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Published February 2018 | Updated January 2026 Radio frequency identification, or RFID, is built around a simple idea: small tags store digital data, and readers capture or update that data wirel...
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Introduction Regional regulations are rules put in place by individual countries to regulate the transmit frequency and output power of RFID systems. In any country, these regulations are importan...
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About Electronic Article Surveillance Electronic Article Surveillance, or EAS is a term used for theft prevention commonly used in libraries and most often, in retail stores. All types of items ca...
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Introduction For over six years, RFID Insider has produced educational articles, infographics, videos, and guides about the RFID industry. Beginning this month, we’re excited for people to learn abo...
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Introduction Available on the iPhone since the iPhone 7, NFC capabilities are now being unlocked for iPhone users with the iOS 11 update. With Apple’s new framework, Core NFC, users will now be...
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For the purpose of this article, we will be using the NXP TagWriter App available on the Google Play App Store. Introduction NXP TagWriter is a general NFC reader/writer application t...
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Introduction This is part two of a four-part series geared towards learning more about the Auburn RFID lab in general, what goes on there, how it can benefit RFID as an industry, and a quick overv...
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Updated April 24, 2024 Liquids, Metals, Florescent Lighting, & Other RF Waves Deploying an RFID application without consideration of the environment can potentially lead to thousands of dollars sp...
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What Is RFID? Radio Frequency IDentification is a technology that allows almost any object to be wirelessly identified using data transmitted via radio waves. Benefits of RFID The abi...
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