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back to article Real time location systems are the new buzz in RFID

A new acronym is being banded around the RFID world - that of RTLS. What is a real time location system (RTLS)? The simplest definition I have come across is that it is a system of finding the position of assets using active RFID tags. The tags broadcast a signal, which is received by three reader antennas. The time each signal …

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  1. amanfromMars Silver badge

    Gathering Speed for Energy?

    Wow... Sounds like the UltiMate PlayMate Locator.... or is that 42BSoftware Custom Ordered and Supplied? Discretion Guaranteed.

    Whatever .... it is still a Major New Player with a Hook into ITs parlous Parlour Games.

    The House has many Mansions though with Rooms that Please ...thus Games A'Plenty for All.

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  2. Richard Cross

    125Khz - very old

    "The choke point feature is a unique capability currently. All the AeroScout tags are dual in that they have a built-in passive tag exciter which works at 125 KHz."

    Doesn't sound very unique to me - HID Corporation have been selling 125Khz personnel access cards for about, ooh, 25 years I reckon. It's about as bog standard a badge reader can be.

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