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WHAT YOU
TAKE AWAY:
RFID TECHNOLOGY
- detailed material on RFID standards, latest technology (including EPCglobal Gen II tags), RFID mandates, description of products, performance guidelines, middleware, applications
- how RFID works and how RF physics affect RFID performance
- how to select the right RFID technology for your environment
- building the IT infrastructure to support RFID applications
RFID APPLICATIONS
- global RFID perspective including RFID mandates in retail, defence and pharmaceutical
- how RFID affects corporate intelligence, supply chain management, asset tracking, payment, risk management, finance, marketing, product research and development, brand protection, security
- how RFID is being applied across different industries, with detailed case studies
- tangible and intangible benefits of RFID in your industry
RFID BUSINESS VALUE & IMPLEMENTATION STRADEGIES
- building the ROI for RFID projects in you organisation
- investigating, justifying, planning and implementing RFID projects
- measuring the effects of RFID on your customers, suppliers, operations, asset utilisation, security, staff, safety, efficiency, branding
HANDS-ON-EXPERIENCE
- using real tags and real readers, RFID printers, tag location software
- lab exercises: performance, benchmarking, tag read optimisation
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Dr Daniel M Dobkin
Dr Dobkin has been a researcher, consultant and manager for 25 years, active in the fields of high-speed devices, semiconductors, processing and wireless communications. He holds a Masters and Doctorate from Stanford University and a Bachelor’s degree from the California Institute of Technology, all in Applied Physics. Dr Dobkin has taught for UC Berkeley Extension and is the author of two books and twenty-five technical publications and is co-inventor of six US patents. (Note that Dr Dobkin may appear in at the RFID Training Symposium by videoconference.)
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RFID MASTERCLASS FOR ENGINEERS
 EXECUTIVES ENGINEERS
RFID MASTERCLASS FOR EXECUTIVES
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RFID Techology and State of the Art
RFID is a disruptive innovation that will create the
3rd wave of transformation after the computer
and internet tidal waves, driving the global
knowledge economy into an unprecedented level
of transparency and automation. This session will introduce the basics of RFID technology - the physics
of RF, the hardware and software components
including the tags, readers, antennas, networks,
middleware and the internet of things. Most
importantly, you will learn what the technology
is and capable of doing and what the technology
is not and cannot do. With this in mind, you will
be able to appreciate both the immense
power of RFID and how to overcome the
limitations of the RF physics.
RFID Fundamentals for Engineers
An introduction to radio frequency practice. Topics covered include backscatter communications, inductive versus radioactive systems, and UHF and HF RFID operation.
The UHF discussion introduces key definitions and terminology used in RF, the special modulation challenges for passive RFID links, link budgets and how they limit range for passive tags, indoor propagation, fading, and absorption, and the basics of how radios convert between high frequency signals and the low-frequency information.
We also cover various types of UHF tags, including antenna principles, DC conversion, modulation and demodulation, and UHF reader architectures. Finally we review some of the popular tag protocols, including EPC class 0, class 1, and class 1 gen II. The HF discussion examines magnetic fields and induced voltages as a function of antenna size and distance, consequent tag design issues
and reader design limitations, and briefly reviews some of the important ISO protocols.
RFID Demo - where to start using
RFID and how to avoid
implementation pitfalls
In this session, you will see a brief demonstration on how RFID works in the different scenarios. You will understand the design considerations of the different tags and readers, and why different RF Frequencies are being chosen. You will have a good appreciation of why the LF, HF, UHF and microwave solutions are developed for the different applications. With this in mind, you will be able to perform preliminary level of equipment and tag selections and evaluations for specific project requirements. You will also learn where to start using RFID and how to avoid implementation pitfalls.
RFID Standards and EPC Global Network
This session will cover briefly the various ISO
standards that are relevant to RFID, an overview
of EPC Global organization and a thorough
technical review of the EPC standards.
The EPC building blocks include:
- Numbering of Electronic Product Code
- Hardware (tags and readers)
- Software for filtering data (Savant and ALE)
- Internet for track and trace
- the Object Name Service (ONS)
- the EPC Information Service (EPCIS).
RFID System Performance and
Equipment Selection
This session briefly reviews some general project
management guidelines, and then examines
selection of RFID architecture: passive vs. active,
frequency of operation, configuration, ID capacity,
write capacity, and item associations. The limits on
data transfer speed, collision resolution protocols, and
practical rates for available HF and UHF products,
are examined. RF principles introduced in the first
session are applied to selection of antennas and
cabling. Benchmark performance and feature sets
for various commercial readers and tags will be
presented.
RFID Practical Session
This session will include practical hands-on experience in
applying and using UHF tags on various types of bottles,
boxes, and cartons. You'll explore the importance of
finding good tag locations, and how orientation, placement, and reading environment interact to produce a successful procedure.
9am Session 1
1. RFID Technology & State of the Art
2. RFID Fundamentals for Engineers
11am Session 2
3.
RFID Demos – LF, HF, UHF
4. RFID Standards and EPC Global Network
1.30pm Session 3
5. RFID System Performance & Equipment Selection
4pm Session 4
6. Practical Hands-on Session
How RFID Technology Really Works
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Lilian Koh
Ms Koh was a Merit Winner for Entrepreneur of the Year from the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME) in 2001. Recognised as one of the pioneers of ecommerce in Singapore, she played a key role in setting up the world’s first nationwide EDI network, TradeNet and then founded iCommerce, a firm which specialized in BSB Internet ecommerce. Lilian is the chairperson of Asia RFID Hub, is a senior member of the Singapore Computer Society.
Daniel Ray
Daniel is a seasoned IT professional, who has worked with a wide variety of technologies. A native of Britain, he has worked for several blue-chip IT companies. Since leaving the UK in 1994, he has lived in Hong Kong, USA and Singapore consulting to various companies on project management, networks, RFID, security and smartcards. He currently works from Singapore, where he specialises in retail and RFID consultancy. Daniel has a Masters in Communications Engineering from Imperial College, London.
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