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Custom Tag Development Services
CoreRFID enables special purpose RFID applications.
Todays range of RFID tags is so wide that most applications can
be solved using readily available catalogueproducts but, for
applications where something special is needed, expertly developed
custom tags may needed.
CoreRFID has the experience, resources and track record in
developing custom RFID tags that allows ourcustomers to meet their
requirements, exactly.
The need for custom tag development
Although most common uses of RFID tags can be supported by one
of the many standard tags, some applications mayrequire something
special. In the past CoreRFID has been asked to provide tags for
demanding industrial environmentswith high magnetic and electrical
fields, for attachment to small birds where the weight of the tag
is critical, and for tagsin rubberized waterproof housings able to
withstand the shocks of a runners shoes. In each case CoreRFID has
workedwith the customer to design, specify, source, test and supply
the solution. CoreRFID typically provides customdevelopments in two
main areas; housing and attachment and chip and antenna. In
addition CoreRFID has developedcustom compressed data formats
allowing the limited data capacity of tags to be used to best
effect, providing thecustomer with the necessary encoding and
decoding algorithms needed to make use of the format within
softwareapplications developed by themselves or by CoreRFID.
1. Specialised Tag Housing & AttachmentRFID tags are made up
of a chip and its antenna. These are held insome form of housing.
While the chip is of course important, thehousing is vital too. The
housing has the main purpose of protecting
the chip against its environment but it also often provides the
meansby which the tag can be attached.
Specific environments that might require custom tag housings
includethose where the tag is to be immersed in water or
corrosivechemicals, high temperature environments, environments
requiringimpact resistance, and areas of high magnetic fields or
high emf.Custom tag housings also need to take account of the
receptionqualities of the medium, ensuring that the tag housing
does notinterfere with the transmission / reception capabilities of
the chip.
As well as the physical nature of the housing custom tags can
beengraved or overprinted with identifying information or
customerlogos, allowing the tag to carry visual information as well
as electronicdata.
Tags can be attached in a number of ways, most commonly by
adhesives or by physical attachment (screw or rivet).
Custom tags may be needed for specialisedapplications a
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