1. What is it? (And why should you care?)

9. RFID Tag Attributes Active RFID Passive RFID Tag Power Source Internal to tag Energy transferred using RF from reader Tag Battery Yes No Required signal strength Very Low Very High Range Up to 100m Up to 3-5m, usually less Multi-tag reading 1000’s of tags recognized – up to 100mph Few hundred within 3m of reader Data Storage Up to 128 Kb or read/ write & search 128 bytes of read/write

13. RFID API Software (Communicates with the RFID Reader) Customer-Specific Application Software Host Computer Host Memory Space Reader Antenna Application Program Interface (API) Application Program Interface (API) Components of an RFID System

14. Antenna Reader Firmware Customer’s MIS Host Application Software API TCP/IP Power ~ Asset Asset/Tag RFID System Components (block diagram) Tag Insert

16. RFID Operations

21. RFID Readers

24. How far, how fast, how much, how many, attached to what?

30. Applications

31. Portal Applications Bill of Lading Material Tracking

33. Conveyor / Assembly Line Read / Write Operations Higher Accuracy than Bar Code

34. Hand Held Application Categories Wireless Batch Fixed Station

35. Shipping Validation Tote/Box/Unit Level Inventory

36. Intelligent Labels

37. The HazMat Label

40. RFID Journal rfidjournal.com InformationWeek informationweek.com RFID Weblog rfid-weblog.com Don’t Forget! “ RFID in the Supply Chain” 19 November 2004 Martin Center