[geeks] RFID systems?

[Jonathan Katz]

Geoff,

Once upon a time Sun had an RFID lab and an open spec with Java APIs  
to interface with all the hw. A suggestion would be to search  
docs.sun.com for the API info and it may reveal a list of vendors and  
hw.

Sent from my iPhone, pardon the typos!
Jonathan Katz

On May 4, 2009, at 6:16 AM, gsm at mendelson.com wrote:

> Anyone know a good source for information or parts for a RFID system.
>
> I have to put together a proposal in the next day or so for my wife to
> add RFID to her library. I'd like to have a reader (a range of a few
> inches) at the desk to read ID cards (about 2k over 10 years) and  
> books
> (around 20k) for checkout.
>
> I'd also like to have a more sensitive one at the door to read the id
> cards and books as they walk through. There is a hallway about 3  
> feet wide
> between the library and the rest of the world.
>
> I saw a film clip on you tube where someone had a rfid read in their  
> car
> using a $600 Motorola receiver and an antenna on the window. The  
> receiver
> could have up to 4 antennas on it.
>
> Getting something like that with a desk antenna for checkin/out and  
> two of
> the longer range antennas would be perfect. If I put one at each end  
> of
> the hallway, I can tell what books are moving, which direction they  
> are
> going and usually with whom.
>
> I understand that if more than one person is in the hallway, I won't
> be able to tell who has a book, but if one of them has it checked out,
> it's probably ok, and if no one has, it's not.
>
> I'm going to look at the manual for her library software tonight,  
> but I
> expect that I'll have to write a front end for it.
> It's for her school, so sources in the US or the EU are fine.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Geoff.
>
> -- 
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm at mendelson.com  N3OWJ/ 
> 4X1GM
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