RFID with built-in I/O capability

BL ident is the first modular industrial RFID system with built-in I/O capability. With BL ident, users may add up to 8 I/O channels on one gateway. Built on the ISO 15693 13.56 MHz HF (high frequency) standard for an open system, BL ident can be integrated into existing platforms, and supports Profibus-DP, DeviceNet, Modbus TCP, Profinet, and EtherNet/IP. It’s the first in the industry to introduce high temperature data carriers rated up to 210 °C. Available in two space saving form factors, these data carriers require no cool down time for read or write operations. Standard non-programmable gateways and programmable gateways are available with either IP20 or IP67 protection rating, compliant with CoDeSys automation alliance software. BL ident data carriers are available in a variety of shapes with read / write intervals of 5 to 500 mm. The data carriers use state-of-the-art FRAM (Ferroelectric random access memory) storage technology allows unlimited read operations, and nearly unlimited (about 100,000) write operations, Turck says. It can read or write data simultaneously at 0.5 ms per byte, making BL ident one of the fastest inductive RFID systems on the market. BL ident can handle “on the fly” production speeds of 10 ms at distances up to 500 mm.

Turck, Inc.,800/544-7769.
www.turck.com