SAMSys Announces New Multi-Protocol UHF OEM Reader Module
New Reader Already Generates Broad Interest Amongst Manufacturers
TORONTO, Aug. 18 /CNW/ - SAMSys Technologies Inc. (SMY: TSX), an
international provider of Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) hardware
solutions and consulting services today announces the release and production
of its new multi-protocol OEM Reader Module or MP9310. This single port reader
is specifically designed for manufacturers of thermal transfer barcode
printers, laser printers and printer applicator designs for the supply chain
and manufacturing markets. Based on SAMSys' popular multi-protocol and
multi-regional design, this board reader is designed to be incorporated into
products requiring the ability to encode and read all of the most prevalent
protocols in UHF tag design that exist today, including EPC Class 0/0+,
EPC Class 1, ISO 18000-6A and -6B, Philips UCODE & EPC 1.19,
Intermec Intellitag(TM), EM 4022, 4222 and 4223, Atmel and others. It will
support tags tuned at FCC, European, and proposed Japanese UHF frequency
bands.
"The completion of this reader board design represents a major milestone
in both the Technology and Product Development activities of our Company, and
I would like to commend our Engineering team for this accomplishment. This
Module provides a level of versatility and migration capability unlike any of
our previous products, and indeed unlocks the potential for comprehensive
current and future multi-protocol support", said Cliff Horwitz, SAMSys
Chairman and CEO. "This product has been developed to meet the significant
demand we have already witnessed for the functionality it provides. It will
also form the basis of future Fixed Reader development, as the architecture
will enable us to not only dramatically improve the physical dimensions of our
reader products, but also to address the ultimate challenges of
infrastructural costs, which we believe will be the final hurdle to pervasive
implementation of RFID technology. We expect this Reader Module to pave the
way for our entry into the very significant OEM Products market, and for it to
represent a new and sizeable contribution to our revenue mix."
The new MP9310 board reader has already received significant interest
from printer manufacturers. SAMSys has received orders for its prototype unit
from over 15 different companies for engineering purposes. The benefit of this
new design is its ability to work with the many tag protocols described above,
and to be able to encode, read, and perform parametric tests on tags to ensure
that newly programmed tags will be fully functional in the intended
application. This functionality enables label printers and applicators to do a
more thorough job when encoding and testing tags, something that is
particularly important today with the demand for high yield and high quality
UHF tags. The highly programmable design will enable it to support most new
tag/chip designs, including the new specification for Generation 2 which is
currently being finalized.
The new MP9310 board reader will be in production in September. For more
information on this product, please email samsys@samsys.com or visit our
website at www.samsys.com for a downloadable specification under our products
section. SAMSys is the originator of the agile multi-frequency, multi-protocol
and multi-regional UHF reader architecture, which is fast becoming accepted as
the standard for supply chain solutions. The company operates out of offices
in Ontario, Canada; North Carolina, USA; the United Kingdom and Shanghai,
China. |
