At the first Interactive Manufacturing Experience (imX 2011) conference, Sept. 12-14, 2011 in Las Vegas, Tom Rosenberg, director of marketing for Balluff explains the company’s Tool ID products that use RFID technology to integrate the tool room with the factory floor to Sensor Tips’ Randy Frank. For more information about Balluff Tool ID products, click […]
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Energy Harvesting for Sensing Applications Update
If you are interested in the possibility of using energy harvesting technology to power a wireless sensor network, there are few tools that you should consider to determine if this can make a difference in your next system design. The 308-page book, Energy Harvesting for Autonomous Systems written by Stephen Beeby and Neil White of […]
Balluff’s IO-Link–based RFID Connects Easily to Networks
Balluff’s IO-Link protocol allows users to connect an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) system to an industrial network via a gateway using standard discrete sensor wiring. Instead of using barcode systems that have high installation costs because of shielded RS232 cables and RS232 communication and an I/O enclosure, the IO-Link-based RFID easily connects with a single […]
RF-Enabled Sensing Benefits from ProximaRF Kit
ProximaRF, a company that specializes in high frequency (13.56 MHz) RFID has developed an RFID–enabled sensor kit that provides users access to Melexis MLX90129 RFID sensor transponder IC. Using the ProximaRF DVK90129 reader and evaluation kit, developers can immediately read and write code to the RFID IC using a plug and play USB high frequency […]
Sensors Expo 2010 Exhibitors: ProximaRF Technology Corp.
If you missed Sensors Expo or did not get a chance to check out all the exhibits, here is another of the interesting booths that I visited. Terry Rachwalski from ProximaRF Technology Corp. demonstrates a high frequency RFID tag and reader including the use of energy harvesting from the RFID reader. To see the video, click the […]
RFID Sensing Accesses Door Lock
Touch sensing was demonstrated as an alternative to commonly used magnetic key sensing for authorizing access to a locked door in a previous Sensor Tips video. At the Hospitality Design Expo, at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas, May 19-21, Jon Nevison demonstrates another option using RFID technology for authorizing access. The implication from […]
Sensing Solutions Lead to Recognition
Boulder, CO – Phase IV Engineering, Inc. announces that it has been chosen by CSIA as one of the most innovative technology companies in Colorado and will showcase its cutting edge innovations during the Colorado Technology Association’s (CSIA) DEMOgala on October 8, 2009, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Phase IV Engineering developed a […]
