RFID for Everyone: Technicians, Engineers, Layman and Installers

About This Book This book takes you on a self-guided journey of all the areas needed to understanding RFID from introduction to advanced concepts. In this book, you will find everything you need to pass the ETA RFID technical specialist exam. However, if you are just a layman trying to understand how RFID works this book can also help you. The question and answers section detail the entire subject matter and competency covers on the actual ETA RFID exam. . An exploration of RFID from beginning to advance concept. This book tells the story of RFID and covering all the technical details from beginning to advance concepts. This book takes you from the very foundation of RFID through its architecture and communication technique, read range, and frequency selection. It explains how unique product identification can contributes to better supply chain management. RFID technology provides a means of identifying a person or object using radio frequency transmission. The technology can be used to identify, track, sort, or detect a wide variety of objects. Communication takes place between a reader, also called an interrogator and a transponder often called a tag. Tags can either be active which is powered by a battery or passively powered by the reader radio frequency (RF) field. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 50% of vaccines produced globally lose their efficacy due to the lack of proper temp control, logistics, or shipment-related issues. Today companies are producing smart tags that can attach to a product that integrates light, temperature, humidity sensor, a microcontroller, memory chip that can log data store in memory together with traceability data. Hospitals are now taking advantage of RFID-enabled technology to improve the management of patient and employee safety during the pandemic. The adoption of RFID is accelerating in several sectors from retail, food production, process automation, aviation, manufacturing, and access control. RFID is currently being combined with artificial intelligence (AI) blockchain and data analytics to create even more business value. Companies like Avery Dennison are producing RFID inlays integrated with other triggers technologies to give physical items a unique identity, allowing them to connect to the internet. Companies like Ralph Lauren have partnered with real-time internet of things (IoT) solution providers and Avery Dennison to deliver digital product identity. Where solution provider Evrythny provides the cloud base infrastructure while Avery Dennison handle product serialized label enabling products to live a digital life. Therefore, the goal of this work is to assists anyone from laymen to technicians and engineers who may want to learn more about this exciting field of RFID. The work examines the full spectrum of RFID and explains how the adoption of this technology allows greater transparency and visibility of data. After completing this book, you will have a strong foundation in RFID architecture and RFID technology integration. You will also be better prepared to pass any certification RFID exam. This includes the ETA RFID Technical Specialist Certification. Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Electronics Chapter 2 RFID For EVERYONE Chapter 3 Tag Characteristic Operation and Implementation Chapter 4 Interrogation Zone Setup basic Chapter 5 RF Radio and Antennas Chapter 6 RFID READER Chapter 7 Design Selection Chapter 8 Site Surveys Chapter 9 RFID Technology Chapter 10 Review Questions Cover 80 Questions Answers including a detailed explanation of each question If you have an questions email the author at asmall@techscienceonline.com