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Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. I would have not thought per unit tracking was practical. The RFID wiki article agrees with my long held assumption o
by specialist 3y ago
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.
I would have not thought per unit tracking was practical. The RFID wiki article agrees with my long held assumption of $0.05-0.25 per. (Caveat: My RFID knowledge is circa 2005, so very out of date.)
From a super quick skim reading, it looks like Decathlon uses Tageos. They come in a roll, so certainly could be a lot cheaper than $0.05.
https://www.cisper.nl/en/tageos-eos-300-impinj-m730-54x34-mm-paper-sticker https://www.cisper.nl/en/tageos-eos-300-impinj-m730-54x34-mm...
https://www.cisper.nl/datasheets/tageos/Tageos_Datasheet_EOS-300-M730-54x34-paper-sticker-3000000117.pdf https://www.cisper.nl/datasheets/tageos/Tageos_Datasheet_EOS...
It appears Tageos is using aluminum foil as the conductor for RFID UHF. No surprise there.
So if PulpaTronics can ship non-metal RFID, I think they'd still be competitive.
- tecleandor 3y agoDon't know exactly which exact model is decathlon using (once I get home I'll see if any of my equipment still has its tags attached), but I found tags at less than ten cents buying 5000 units rolls from a random US distributor [0]. So being French both Decathlon and Tageos, and with the volume they must buy, no doubt they can get to 5 cents or so. Not using metal, I guess Pulpatronics could also do local factories more easily, needing "only" paper (and lasers). Easier to do JIT production or smaller batches I imagine. 0: https://www.barcodefactory.com/tageos/rfid-labels/eos-241/o184c01x309003