RFID

Varun m Rajendran

Disadvantages of Barcode
Created in the early 1970s to speed up the check out process, bar codes have a few disadvantages: In order to keep up with inventories, companies must scan each bar code on every box of a particular product. Going through the checkout line involves the same process of scanning each bar code on each item. Bar code is a read-only technology, meaning that it cannot send out any information

How does RFID work?

A Radio-Frequency IDentification system has three parts: A scanning antenna A transceiver with a decoder to interpret the data A transponder - the RFID tag - that has been programmed with information.

Active & Passive RFID Tags

There active, semi-active and passive RFID tags. These tags can store up to 2 kilobytes of data and are composed of a microchip, antenna and, in the case of active and semi-passive tags, a battery. Data stored within an RFID tag's microchip waits to be read. The tag's antenna receives electromagnetic energy from an RFID reader's antenna. Using power from its internal battery or power harvested from the reader's electromagnetic field, the tag sends radio waves back to the reader. The reader picks up the tag's radio waves and interprets the frequencies as meaningful data

RFID Reader

How RFID works