Active RFID tags with sensors can provide low-cost monitoring networks for making business decisions. Tags are available operating at 433MHz, 2.45GHz, or WiFi frequencies, with 2.45GHz offering battery life and location accuracy while monitoring temperature, humidity, or gas composition. Examples of high ROI applications include intelligent temperature management of produce or vaccines in supply chains, and room-level asset or patient tracking.

1. Driving Business Value through RFID Paul Garnham Easy Trak Ltd

2. Overview Sensors can be added to active RFID tags to give a low cost low power network to make intelligent decisions for business solutions

3. The Technology? Tags are available in a variety of sizes frequencies and capabilities. 433 MHz, 2.45 GHz and WiFi WiFi tags offer opportunities to utilize existing networks but have limitations with battery life, location accuracy and cost so I will concentrate on active 2.45 GHz tags

4. What are some of the applications…?

5. High ROI Applications Intelligent temperature management: Log temperature at predefined intervals Alarm above and below set points Alarm at lower temperatures that are exceeded for a longer period of time. Effectively giving an alarm for total damage of monitored product Additional parameters can be written to the active tags: - Humidity or gas composition in a large area can be measured and that data can be integrated into the tags to give greater depth of environmental information - Tags use a microprocessor based intelligence to make decisions for the product - Applications include fruit and vegetable management, vaccine through a supply chain and blood bag monitoring

6. Infra Red sensors Room level location for assets/patients Tag to tag Contact, e.g. patient infectious diseases or chemical incompatibility Identification of people/vehicle

7. Achieving 100% Location Accuracy status + location SYMX Sensor-Based RTLS Network Reader location Tags Identifiers

8. Vehicle Occupancy Identification Personal Identification card status + location Reader Identification Car tag Occupants + location Database High Occupancy Vehicle lane control Barrier Control

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