RFID Reader Chipset supports HF and UHF protocols.
Press Release Summary:
Combining dynamically programmable, analog signal processor with RFID State Machine, RangeMaster2(TM) allows system vendors to design and maintain single universal reader that can be customized to read different RFID tag types. Operating at 3.3 V, chipset offers choice of Universal, Twin or Triple EPC Gen 2, or Class 0 baseband analog signal processing circuits. It provides anti-saturation control and can extract all data frequencies from DC-800 kHz.
Original Press Release:
Anadigm® Introduces Second Generation Chipset for Universal HF and UHF RFID Reader Systems
RangeMaster2(TM)- a Dynamically Programmable Analog Signal Processor Solution that Enables Fixed and Portable "Universal" RFID Reader Applications
TEMPE, ARIZONA (USA) -- January 9th, 2006 -- Anadigm ® today announced the immediate availability of RangeMaster2(TM) - the company's second generation RFID reader 3.3 volt chip set solution that allows system vendors to design and maintain a single "universal" reader that can be customized to read different radio frequency identification (RFID) tag types, with different modulation types and frequencies. RangeMaster(TM) family fully supports HF and UHF protocols- EPC Global Gen 1 and Gen 2 (class 0, 1, 2) and ISO18000-6 standards. RangeMaster2(TM) is the second in a family of RFID reader solutions that Anadigm is developing for the rapidly expanding RFID markets. RFID technology is revolutionizing markets as diverse as retail sales - by managing inventory and electronic payments via mobile phones - to medical applications by ensuring that hospital patients receive the correct treatments and medications.
RangeMaster2(TM) is a two-chip set comprised of a dynamically programmable analog signal processor (dpASP) in conjunction with an RFID State Machine. This enables system designers to develop a universal RFID tag reader that can support multiple protocols and frequencies for Universal Fixed Readers, Portable/Handheld Readers, Combination Bar Code and RFID Reader/Scanners. By allowing standardization around a single printed circuit board to support multiple end products and markets, RangeMaster2(TM) simplifies and improves product development. This next generation of RangeMaster(TM) not only reduces development time and ownership costs of fixed systems, but also enables portable designs by reducing supply voltage requirements and power consumption.
RangeMaster2(TM) operates at 3.3 volts, while providing increased read range and sensitivity optimization with variable gain. As a 3.3 volt chip set, with significantly lower power, it is ideally suited for portable readers as well as fixed based readers. It offers the user a choice of four different baseband analog signal processing circuits: Universal, EPC Gen 2 (Twin or Triple) or Class 0. RangeMaster2(TM) also supports the ability for the user to select from 16 predefined values of the upper and the lower sub-carrier frequencies and choose digital or analog outputs. With its easy to use control word access via a serial peripheral interface (SPI), the user has the ability to adjust multiple parameters without disruption to the signal path.
Because the RangeMaster(TM) family is based on real time programmable analog technology, it allows for innovative system design. For example, the gain in the baseband analog signal processor of the RFID reader can be adjusted to dynamically optimize the tag read range in RangeMaster2(TM) systems. Also, the reader can be calibrated at the customer site to eliminate background interferences, such as that caused by fluorescent lighting. RangeMaster(TM) allows EPC2 frequency pair decoding or selectable single frequency decoding. The chipset also provides anti-saturation control and can extract all data frequencies from DC to 800 kHz, and selected frequencies up to 3.3 MHz. Like RangeMaster1(TM), more than one RangeMaster2(TM) signal processor can be managed by the RFID state machine providing increased optimization of the I and Q channels.
"Industry analysts expect the worldwide RFID business to be a multi-billion dollar market by 2010, and RFID readers will be a significant component of that growth" according to Richard Riker, CEO of Anadigm. "RangeMaster2(TM) demonstrates Anadigm's commitment to this market. Our new generation product has enhanced capabilities with a 3.3 volt operating voltage. This will enable many more portable as well as fixed RFID reader designs."
Prices for the RangeMaster2(TM) two-chip solution start at US$10.25 in 10,000-piece quantities, with samples available now. For additional information, go to www.anadigm.com.
About Anadigm®
Anadigm® brings platform-based design to the analog world with pre-qualified software and hardware components that allow complex analog circuits to be implemented in real time programmable Analog DSP. Designed to implement signal conditioning, filtering, data acquisition, closed-loop control, and other analog functions in a wide range of embedded systems, Anadigm® Analog DSP's are leading programmable analog ICs that can adapt on the fly to perform multiple functions, and adjust to different environmental conditions. For further information, visit Anadigm® on the Web at www.anadigm.com.
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