Reader Infrastructure Investments Today Not Obsolete With Future Standards
DALLAS, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- With the development of radio frequency
identification (RFID) 13.56 MHz standards, end users for smart label, payment,
transit, access control, logical access and other proximity communication
applications expect that their RFID infrastructure be fully interoperable,
allowing them to use tags or transponders from a range of providers. Texas
Instruments (NYSE: TXN), a leading integrated manufacturer of RFID technology,
has responded to this end-user need with its S4100 Multi-Function Reader (MFR)
Module. TI's MFR module is a highly flexible device that accepts all ISO/IEC
14443 and ISO/IEC 15693 standards-compliant 13.56 MHz RFID transponders, while
providing an easy migration path to support current tags not fully compliant
to these standards.
The MFR's unique software architecture enables users to download firmware
upgrades down to the ISO standard protocol level when specifications are
adjusted or new standards are added, without changing the hardware residing in
the finished reader. This capability allows end-users to make RFID reader
infrastructure investments today without worrying about reader hardware
obsolescence when new applications are introduced or ISO standards are
modified or developed. With its flexible architecture and scalability to a
variety of form factors, from circuit boards to embeddable modules, TI's
Multi-Function Reader provides systems integrators, reader manufacturers,
distributors, and design engineers an adaptable reader technology for open
RFID infrastructure implementations. Competing readers would have to be
dismantled and reconfigured at the board level in order to make these
adjustments.
"Quickly updating RFID reader firmware to handle variations in standards
and transponders or new specs as they are developed is of utmost importance to
our systems integrator and reader manufacturer customers," said V.C. Kumar,
strategy manager for wireless commerce, TI-RFid Systems. "With our MFR reader
technology, they can then guarantee that their RFID readers are truly
interoperable across transponder and proximity integrated circuit chip (PICC)
suppliers and protocols, and that future advancements in high frequency
standards can be easily incorporated in the system down the road."
TI's Multi-Function Reader Module is easy to integrate into existing
infrastructures and supports multi-applications such as payment, loyalty and
many smart label applications. The new reader features an open software
platform so that a range of application and security architectures can be
designed in depending on the specific needs of the application. The design is
also highly scalable to support custom requirements from plug-in to fully
packaged solutions.
For more information on TI's RFID technology solutions, please visit the
company's Web site at http://www.ti-rfid.com or call 1-888-937-6536 (North America)
or 1-972-575-4364 (International).
About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is an industry leader in radio frequency identification
(RFID) technology and the world's largest integrated manufacturer of RFID
tags, smart labels and reader systems. With more than 300 million tags
manufactured, Texas Instruments RFid Systems' technology is used in a broad
range of applications worldwide including access control, automotive, document
tracking, livestock, product authentication, retail, sports timing, supply
chain, ticketing and wireless payment. TI is an active member of many
standards bodies, including EPCglobal, ISO, and IEC, working to drive the
adoption of global standards for RFID. For more information, contact TI-RFid
Systems at 1-888-937-6536 (North America) or +1 972-575-4364 (International),
or visit the company's Web site at http://www.ti-rfid.com .
Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog
technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements.
In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors &
Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in
Dallas, Texas and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than
25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at
http://www.ti.com .
SOURCE Texas Instruments Incorporated
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Related links:
http://www.ti.com
http://www.ti-rfid.com
http://www.rfid-world.com/rfid04/default.asp
CONTACT:
Bill Allen of Texas Instruments RFid Systems,
+1-214-567-2511, or billallen@ti.com ; or Christine Cayer of
Bridgeman Communications, +1-617-742-7270, or cell,
+1-617-429-9016, or christine@bridgeman.com , for Texas
Instruments Incorporated
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