Products for Automatic Identification

AMS announces AS3953 NFC energy harvesting chip

Operating on energy harvested from an RFID reader’s RF emissions, the AS3953 NFiC requires no external power source and at most one external capacitor.

Siemens adds IO-Link Interfaces to Simatic RF200 rfid readers

• SIEMENS
• Siemens

RF210R, RF220R and RF260R readers also integrate into Simatic ET200 distributed control systems using Profinet and Profibus communications networks with one of two IO-Link master modules.

Balluff Announces BIS V RFID system

BIS V RFID system combines both low frequency 125 KHz and high frequency 13.56 MHz read/write heads with an IO-Link master port.

Balluff introduces BIS-V RFID controller

BIS-V RFID enables the simultaneous connection of up to four read/write heads.

Webscan announces TruCheck 2D UV bar code verifier

TruCheck is capable of verifying invisible 2D bar codes that are visible only under UV light.

Webscan announces TruCheck Optima bar code verifier

TruCheck Optima includes an easy-to-use software interface, solid-state LEDs, and the ability verify any number of linear and two dimensional (2D) codes in the same scan.

JOT Automation announces Product Identification products

Scanner Unit SCU-439 and Fail Separation Unit FMM-440 can be used with any process equipment that needs product identification data or if there is a need to mark/separate faulty products after the process.

Farsens announces Atlas RFID weight monitoring tag

• FARSENS

Atlas is a battery free RFID sensor tag capable of transmitting a unique identifier and the associated weight measurement data to a commercial EPC C1G2 reader.

HARTING announces Ha-VIS LOCFIELD RFID antenna

• HARTING Inc. of North America
• Harting Inc. Of North America

Ha-VIS LOCFIELD travelling wave UHF antenna makes it possible to create a passive RFID reading zone with a single antenna.

TURCK releases Q120 UHF read/write head

• TURCK Inc.

Q120 improves identification in close and medium UHF applications, at ranges up to 3 meters with a 50mm tag.

EVT introduces EVOS Container Track vision system

EVOS Container Track consists of a processor unit and EVOS software for reading and evaluating container numbers for shipping.

Siemens releases UHF RFID readers

• SIEMENS
• Siemens

Simatic RF685R, RF680R and RF650R RFID readers have IP65 protection and an integrated Profinet connection.

EVT adds electrically tunable lens to EyeCheck camera

Flexible and fast focusing with electrically tunable lenses is useful for machine vision applications, such as quality control, packet sorting, bar code reading, etc.

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• AutomationDirect
• AutomationDirect

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Farsens releases HygroFenix RFID humidity and temperature sensor

• FARSENS

HygroFenix is a RFID sensor tag capable of transmitting a unique identifier, relative humidity and temperature to a commercial EPC C1G2 reader without the need of a battery.

HARTING releases RFID-equipped Han HPR connectors

• HARTING Inc. of North America
• Harting Inc. Of North America

Han HPR heavy duty power connectors with passive UHF RFID-equipped housings let users track data they define about the unit.

Farsens introduces Vortex1 RFID sensor tag

• FARSENS

RFID sensor is capable of transmitting a unique identifier and associated pressure data to a commercial EPC C1G2 reader without the need of a battery on the sensor tag.

Barco updates FlexiRay RFID UHF antennas

The 2 mm slim profile of SF antennas allows invisible installations, making RFID tracking possible in any type of application.

ADLINK Announces IMX-9000 Mobile Handheld Computer

• ADLINK Technology Singapore Pte Ltd

IMX-9000 combines high-performance RFID, a barcode scanner and GPRS/WLAN wireless transmission functions to satisfy diverse working requirements.

EXOR introduces One-H2 wireless handheld with RFiD

One-H2 units are equipped with safety functionality to SIL 2 and work with standard communication protocols such as Profibus, Profinet, Modbus, DeviceNet and SERCOS.

Microscan announces MINI Hawk ESD Safe imager

• Microscan Systems

The MINI Hawk's nickel plating and ESD safe labels & cabling make it an ESD safe solution certified for use in ISO Class 3 clean rooms.

Ubisense announces Smart Factory System

Combining high-precision real-time location with software that provides flexible configuration options, it enables orders, components, equipment and assets to be identified and tracked automatically at any given time.

Harting introduces UHF RFID transponder

• HARTING Inc. of North America
• Harting Inc. Of North America

UHF transponder has a read range of 5 cm - 12 m, providing maximum flexibility for tracking rapidly moving objects with metal surfaces.

Microscan introduces MINI HAWK Xi miniature barcode readers

• Microscan Systems

MINI HAWK Xi and MS-4Xi have powerful decode algorithms to read nearly any1D/2D symbol, including the most challenging direct part marks (DPM).

ADLINK Technology Announces IMX-2000 Handheld Device

• ADLINK Technology Singapore Pte Ltd

IMX-2000 a mobile handheld device with the Android 2.3 operating system, RFID, barcode scanner and 3G/WLAN wireless transmission.