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Sirit Launches Innovative Line of Plug-n-Play RFID Reader Products
Sirit Launches Innovative Line of Plug-n-Play RFID Reader Products.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nEveryday devices instantly transformed into cost-effective RFID readers\nand writers\n\nRFID WORLD 2006, DALLAS, Feb. 27 /CNW/ - Sirit Inc. (TSX: SI), a leading\nprovider of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, today unveiled\nthe Sirit Plug-n-Play product line - an innovative and cost-effective family\nof Secure Digital (SDIO) and USB based multi-protocol 'plug and play'\nproducts, supporting a wide range of RFID applications.\nBy utilizing industry standard SDIO and USB interfaces and integrated\nreaders and antennas, Sirit's Plug-n-Play RFID products are designed to be\neasily installed into a broad range of devices without the need for complex\nengineering support or technical know-how. Accordingly everyday devices\nincluding smartphones, PDAs, handhelds, point-of-sale terminals and laptop PCs\ncan now be quickly transformed into low cost RFID readers and writers.\n\"Sirit's Plug-n-Play RFID products enable virtually any device with an\nSDIO or USB slot to effortlessly become a multi-protocol, high frequency\n(13.56 MHz) RFID reader and writer,\" commented Chris Leong, Vice President\nStrategy and Corporate Development, Sirit Inc. \"While preserving existing\nhardware infrastructure investments and functionality, devices are instantly\ntransformed into next-generation products such as contactless payment\nterminals, access control stations or ticket collection terminals.\"\nLeong continued, \"We envision implementation into many innovative\napplications including mobile commerce, retail store affinity programs,\nproduct authentication, healthcare and ePassports. The plug and play nature of\nthis new Sirit product line eliminates the complexity of RFID integration thus\nexpanding RFID beyond the engineering lab and into the mass market.\"\nUtilizing patent-pending technology, the Sirit Plug-n-Play RFID product\nline supports a broad range of high frequency (13.56 MHz) transponders, tags,\nand smart labels including ISO 14443A/B, ISO 15693, ISO 18000-3, INSIDE\nPicoTag(TM), HID iClass(R), Tagsys C320, FeliCa(TM), and eNFC and supports a\nwide range of operating systems including Microsoft(R) Windows\nMobile(R)/Pocket PC (2003 and up), Microsoft Windows(R) (Windows 98 and\nabove), or Palm OS (4.2 and above). The first offerings in the Sirit Plug-n-\nPlay RFID product line include:\n\n---------------------...