Hi,
I’m currently working on a tracking solution using RFID and have been browsing the various stuff on offer. I’d like to have a bit of distance available between the readers and the tags, and have spotted the Linksprite tags which state they have a read distance of 10M (RB-Lin-07), which would be perfect.
I guess my question is what hardware do I need to buy to setup a small demo for myself to be able to scan these cards as they pass a checkpoint. I suppose I’m getting confused between the readers and the actual modules themselves, but I looked at RB-Lin-06 and RB-Lin-60 as possibilities. Or is the reader overkill and for my demo purposes I can get the smaller antenna like RB-Lin-59?
Any help would be appreciated. Once I figure out what I need I can make my parts list and start figuring out how to make everything talk together.
Thanks very much…
Ok thanks.
I was looking at the RFID reader and antenna as they are quite a bit cheaper than the one you have linked and for my demo at least the range should suffice.
Do I need just both of those to perform the same task as the long range reader you have linked? Would I need any additional components or anything else with it?
Excellent, thanks very much for all the help!
In order to perform long-distance RFID reading, you will need a long range antenna, the corresponding RFID tags, and A USB-to-RS232 adapter in order to connect the reader to a computer:
]RB-Lin-02/:m]
]RB-Lin-08/:m]
]RB-Plx-166/:m]
Of course, you might need other components depending on your specific project.
The antenna is integrated in the RFID module you suggest, it does not need an external antenna. You could use this module to read tags, all you need is a power supply and a USB-to-UART interface. You could probably use this cable as both the interface and the power supply: RB-Spa-431
