Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

Daily RFID introduces tester

Thursday, February 19, 2009

RFID device producer Daily RFID has launched a new RFID test solution. The UHF RFID Tester DL9600 can both act as a standard RFID reader and perform RFID Tag performance evaluation functions in the 860-960MHz UHF frequency range.


The RFID tester can perform comprehensive protocol and parametric tests in accordance with international RFID standards, including both the ISO 18000-6C(EPC Gen 2) and ISO 18000-6B standard. It has a test rate of less than 10ms per 64 bits, faster than the test rates of traditional instrumentation, while maintaining a high accuracy rate.

The new device offers a small size and low power requirements, making it a generally convenient and low cost testing option. [end] 

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