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aTAG is a brand new RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag developed by a skillful team, to meet the highest requirement, for industry standard sensors. So ‘everything’ that is built around a 4-20mA-sensor output will work with aTAG.
aTAG has added to its identification range a series of sensing capabilities.
As aTAG is born within the RFID area, with demand that have their roots in the bar-coding world, cost is a premium. By the non-wire capability of the aTAG a significant reduction of installation time can be achieved and on top of that hardware is vastly reduced. For example, an installation that may take several days can be achieved in less than a day. A net saving is realized.
aTAG Background
Mannings-RFID from UK and their Eureka partner PLEFO AB from Sweden are proud to announce the launch of a new breed of RFID tags that herald a new era in active tagging technology. Mannings RFID have, together with their partner, taken a leading role in developing the new aTAG, building on experience gained over years of involvement in the bar code and tagging industry. For long life a 10m read range is easily achieved and in the appropriate configuration aTAG’s can have a read range of up to 100m’s at a fraction of the power with Bluetooth a battery life up to 5 years can also be realised.
Both companies have a long background in the RFID area and works with several frequencies. Within the area of RFID new technologies gives new ways and ideas for implementation and we are convinced that the aTAG is the latest state of the art technology that will give beneficial support to the RFID users in the sensor, security and logistic markets.
aTAG Facts
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) uses radio waves to transport data stored on a device that has its own individual identity. The device is commonly referred to as a tag. Passive tags work without batteries but with short reading ranges (typically 0-0.5m), active tags work with batteries and have longer reading ranges (typically 0.5-10m.
Previously RFID technology has struggled to have a significant impact in industry, except in supply chain management, partly due to limited read ranges and in other cases cost.
aTAG uses the 433 MHZ, 866 MHZ a standard frequency in Europe and 915 MHZ a standard frequency in USA.
aTAG, does not only have a significant read range it also has superior functionality; in that it can handle up to 12 digital inputs and 6 analogue inputs. The tag can be connected to any industry standard 4-20 milliamp sensor and feed into a SCADA system. This means that aTAG can be connected to a whole host of disparate monitoring devices across many industry sectors whether they are analogue or digital.
aTAG offers clients ‘WIRELESS CABLING’. Wherever monitoring equipment, for example pressure, temperature, flow, emissions, etc… whereas cabling and trunking is normally required, aTAG can do the same job without the wires, just a localised or daisy chained power supply to the sensor. The device and sensors can therefore be moved with the minimum of fuss. Within minutes aTAG can be taken down and relocated, whereas a standard system would normally require days of rewiring work.
aTAG Benefits
The main benefits of aTAG are:
Its flexibility regarding applications from industrial monitoring to construction and building implementations. e.g. flow sensor monitoring, gas monitoring, light sensing, temperature monitoring, etc.
Eliminates the need for cabling to be installed, the use of radio technology allows for wireless communication at distances up to 100m’s.
Considerable savings in both time and money for those installing and those operating the system.
The system is easily implemented with a low visibility, and so as to not interfere with normal usage or normal authorized movement around the overviewed objects.
An object may be detected up to a distance of about 10-100m and the aTAG will of course operate in total darkness.
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