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Written By Louis Sirico

Chances are you’ve never seen a manufacturing facility in China. Chung Nam Electronics claims to have one of the most advanced manufacturing facilities in the world and it’s dedicated to producing RFID and other wireless location equipment for some of the industry’s leading companies. In this edition of The RFID Network we’re on location in Shenzhen China for a behind the scenes look at the advanced manufacturing of RFID equipment.

Written By Louis Sirico

During the past ten years, I've seen some pretty scary RFID installations: antennas mounted on plywood, readers screwed into concrete above dock doors, exposed wires, and the list goes on. In this edition of The RFID Network we’re going to take a look at the importance of RFID equipment enclosures.

Written By Louis Sirico

When a lift-truck operator moves something, they typically have to do at least three manual points of data entry, either by bar code scan or keyboard. Rush Tracking Systems claims that an RFID enabled lift-truck can perform the same move operation without any human intervention. In this edition we’re going put that claim to the test and see if we can actually eliminate operator scanning in lift-truck operations.

Review by Louis Sirico and benchmark tests by RFID Global Solution, Inc.

Impinj claims the Impinj Speedway Revolution RFID reader meets or beats every specification of the current Speedway only with lower power consumption and a much smaller form factor. In this edition of The RFID Network, we’re going put that claim to the test and see just how revolutionary the Impinj Speedway Revolution really is.

Review by Louis Sirico and benchmark tests by RFID Global Solution, Inc.

Traditional passive Gen 2 RFID labels read at distances up to 35 feet away. PowerID claims that their Battery-Assisted Passive RFID labels can be read from over 150 feet away.  In this edition we’re going put that claim to the test and see just how much power the PowerID tags really have.

Review by Louis Sirico and benchmark tests by Martin Bjerre, RFID Global Solution, Inc.

Our team previously evaluated twelve commercially available durable asset tags – passive RFID tags designed to be mounted directly on metal, operate near metal, or submersed in water (read the in-depth evaluation here). We define Durable Asset Tags as RFID tags that are specifically designed to withstand a variety of challenging environmental operating conditions. In order for a tag to be included in this category it must have an IP Rating which provides a standardized measure for durability. Based on our tests, the best overall performing tags came from Omni-ID.

Now, in September 2009, Omni-ID released new versions of their RFID tags including a new tag called the Omni-ID Ultra, a tag they claim can be read 100 feet away – further than any other passive RFID tag on the market. In this edition, we’re going put that claim to the test and see if the Ultra really is the ultimate passive RFID tag.