Product Updates - January 2021 Part 2
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BarTender Software by Seagull Scientific
BarTender Software has been around for years and is one of the most trusted labeling software on the market.
What is new in the 2021 BarTender? Improvements to the entire labeling lifecycle such as: increased label quality, native integration with existing business systems like ERP and WMS systems, more commercial-quality designs, increased label QA, and review, approve, and print from any web browser on any device anywhere, anytime.
1. BarTender Software – 2021 Starter Edition
Type of Product: Software
Manufacturer: Seagull Scientific
Typical Applications: Label Printing
What’s Important: BarTender Starter Edition is ideal for small businesses and departments that need to quickly design and easily generate labels of variable data from Excel or CSV files.
Note: The BarTender Software Starter Edition does not support RFID encoding
One-Year Standard Maintenance & Support License – Application
One-Year Standard Maintenance & Support License - Printer
2. Bartender Software – 2021 Professional Edition
Type of Product: Software
Manufacturer: Seagull Scientific
Typical Applications: Label & Smart Label Printing
What’s Important: BarTender Professional Edition is ideal for departments and small businesses that need to create labels or smart labels with an easy-to-use interface for designing, importing data from databases, spreadsheets and other files, and RFID encoding.
One-Year Standard Maintenance & Support – Application
One-Year Standard Maintenance & Support – Printer
3. Bartender Software – 2021 Automation Edition
Type of Product: Software
Manufacturer: Seagull Scientific
Typical Applications: Label & Smart Label Printing
What’s Important: BarTender Automation Edition is ideal for businesses that want to automate labeling in order to increase speed and accuracy. The Automation edition provides tools to manage and integrate label and document printing with the organization’s business systems.
One-Year Standard Maintenance & Support – Application
One-Year Stand Maintenance & Support – Printer
4. Bartender Software – 2021 Enterprise Edition
Type of Product: Software
Manufacturer: Seagull Scientific
Typical Applications: Labeling & Smart Labeling
What’s Important: BarTender Enterprise Edition is ideal for businesses that operate in regulated industries or span multiple locations and need to automate and control design and printing throughout the entire organization from multiple locations.
One-Year Standard Maintenance & Support – Application
One-Year Standard Maintenance & Support – Printer
To see a full list of differences between the BarTender Professional, Automation, and Enterprise 2021 Editions - checkout this full features list here.
5. Keonn AdvanReader-70 UHF RFID Reader
Type of Product: UHF RFID Reader
Manufacturer: Keonn
Typical Applications: Ideal for Making a Smart Product, Device, or Making an Existing Product Smart – i.e. Smart Shelves, Tunnels, Portals, POS
What’s Important: UHF RFID Reader with onboard microprocessor, this basic reader has an open Linux OS making it ideal for applications where a customized reader solution that does not require a connection to an external is needed.
This UHF RFID reader has a configurable transmit power up to 27 dBm, can read 50 tags per second, and a read range of up to 9 m (33 ft) with a 6 dBi antenna. It can be used to create your own custom reader, or added to an existing or custom product to create a smart product. This reader can be purchased with 1 or 2 antenna ports, depending on your selection.
6. Keonn AdvanReader-160 UHF RFID Reader
Type of Product: UHF RFID Reader
Manufacturer: Keonn
Typical Applications: Ideal for Making a Smart Product, Device, or Making an Existing Product Smart – i.e. Smart Shelves, Tunnels, Portals, POS
What’s Important: High Powered UHF RFID Reader with onboard microprocessor, this reader has an open Linux OS making it ideal for applications where a customized reader solution that does not require a connection to an external is needed.
This UHF RFID reader is a step above the AdvanReader-70 with a configurable transmit power up to 31.5 dBm, can reader 400 tags per second, and a read range of up to 9 m (33 ft) with a 6 dBi antenna. It can be used to create your own custom reader, or added to an existing or custom product to create a smart product. This reader has 4 antenna ports, but has the ability to control up to 1024 RFID antennas using multiple Keonn Multiplexers, and can run off battery power.
Keonn AdvanReader-160 UHF RFID Reader
7. Smartrac MiniTrak HF Wet Inlay (NXP ICODE SLIX2)
Type of Product: HF RFID Wet Inlay
Manufacturer: Smartrac
Typical Applications: Pharma, Healthcare, Brand Protection
What’s Important: One of Smartrac’s leading HF antenna designs, now with the NXP ICODE SLIX2 IC with an extended user memory of 2,528 bits.
With the NXP ICODE SLIX2, the MiniTrak antenna design by Smartrac is perfect for most pharmaceutical and healthcare applications like item-level inventory management, wristbands, and other applications where an embedded wet inlay can be used.
Smartrac MiniTrak HF Wet Inlay
8. Smartrac Belt RFID Wet Inlay (NXP UCODE 7xm)
Type of Product: UHF RFID Wet Inlay
Manufacturer: Smartrac
Typical Applications: Supply Chain, Industrial Asset Tracking, RTI
What’s Important: One of Smartrac’s leading UHF antenna designs, now with the NXP UCODE 7xm IC allows this tag to be categorized as a high-memory tag with more storage options.
Now with a leading high-memory IC, the Smartrac Belt supports 1 kbit/2 kbit of user memory and 448 bit EPC memory for applications with extended memory needs.
9. Smartrac ShortDipole RFID Wet Inlay (NXP UCODE G2iM)
Type of Product: UHF RFID Wet Inlay
Manufacturer: Smartrac
Typical Applications: Supply Chain Management, Apparel, Brand Management
What’s Important: One of Smartrac’s leading UHF antenna designs, now with the NXP UCODE G2iM IC with an excellent performance on lower detuning materials like plastics and cardboard.
Smartrac ShortDipole RFID Wet Inlay
10. Confidex Heatwave Flag UHF RFID Tag
Type of Product: High-Temperature Tag
Manufacturer: Confidex
Typical Applications: Automotive Industry, like Paint Shop Applications
What’s Important: The Confidex Heatwave Flag Tag delivers optimum performance from the innovative tag format to the special polymer allowing high temperature resistance.
The Confidex Heatwave Flag Tag can be read for short periods of time in temperatures up to 260° C and for long periods at 230°C. This tag is also very rugged, with an IP rating of 68 and a high read range of 10 m (33 ft) thanks to the flag tag design.
11. SIVA Custom Foam Backed Racer RFID Tag
Type of Product: Foam-Backed UHF RFID Tags
Manufacturer: SIVA
Typical Applications: Race Timing
What’s Important: The SIVA Custom Foam-Backed Race Tag is a roll of ready to apply Race Timing Tags with 1.6 mm foam spacers pre-applied to mitigate effects caused by the human body.
These tags can be sold with Impinj’s Monza R6-P or NXP’s UCODE 8 Integrated Chip depending on the selection, and both have an average read range of 5 m (16.4 ft).
12. TransCore eGo® Plus Headlamp Sticker Tag
Type of Product: UHF RFID Tag
Manufacturer: TransCore
Typical Applications: Tolling, Access Control
What’s Important: The TransCore eGo Plus Headlamp Sticker Tag is perfect for replacing windshield tags for vehicles that have metalized windshields, such as most Tesla models.
The TransCore eGo Plus peel-and-stick RFID tag is designed specifically for use on vehicle headlamps for vehicles with metalized windshields or other restrictions preventing the use of windshield sticker tags.
Note: TransCore RFID tags only work with TransCore RFID Readers.
TransCore eGo Plus Headlamp Sticker Tag
13. Xerafy Portfolio Sample RFID Box
Type of Product: UHF RFID Tags
Manufacturer: Xerafy
Typical Applications: Various
What’s Important: 21 Unique UHF RFID tags – all for use in rugged environments in a variety of sizes and form factors, ready for testing on various materials.
Contains one of each of the following: Container Trak RFID Tag, Cargo Trak II RFID Tag, RTI Trak RFID Tag, MicroX II RFID Tag, PicoX II Plus RFID Tag, Pico-On Plus RFID Tag, Pico-iN Plus RFID Tag, Dash-On XS RFID Tag, NanoX II RFID Tag, Dot Wedge XS RFID Tag, Dot-On XS RFID Tag, Roswell RFID Tag, Global Trak I RFID Tag, Data Trak II RFID Tag, Versa Trak RFID Tag, Slim Trak RFID Tag, Titanium Metal Skin Label, Platinum Metal Skin Label, Mercury Metal Skin Label, MicroX II Plus Automotive RFID Tag, Roswell Autoclavable RFID Tag.
Xerafy Portfolio Sample UHF RFID Box
Conclusion
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