Lecture 3 IoT Connectivity Technologies RFID NFC
Lecture 3 IoT Connectivity Technologies RFID NFC
Lecture 3 IoT Connectivity Technologies RFID NFC
•Tags: The tags are small devices that are attached to the object that
you want to identify. They contain a microchip and an antenna. The
microchip stores the unique identification number for the tag. The
antenna receives and transmits radio waves.
•Readers: The readers are devices that emit radio waves and read the
information from the tags. They can be either fixed or mobile.
•The tags can be either passive or active. Passive tags do not have their
own power source. They are powered by the radio waves emitted by the
reader. Active tags have a battery that powers their microchips. They can
transmit their identification numbers over a longer distance than passive
tags.
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Reader
RFID Operation
• A host computer systemaccesses the collecteddataon the readerby a
communication technology such as WiFi or Ethernet
• The data on the host systemis finally updated on a database and uploaded to
Internet
WiFi/Ethernet
RFID standards
• Main standards organizations are:
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• Electronics Product Code Global Incorporated (EPCglobal)
• International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
• Each radio frequency has associated standards
• ISO 14223 and ISO/IEC 18000-2 for LF RFID,
• ISO 15693 and ISO/IEC 14443 for HF RFID,
• ISO 18000-6C for UHF RFID.
RFID and IoT – Application
• RFID chips can be placed on clothing in shelves to give each garment an
individual ID in a display section in the store
• Readers can read the tags and transmit to host computer system from there
it can go on to the Internet
• From Internet customer can locate a specific style/color/size combination
within the store in real time
• The data helps understand the level of inventory on a shelf to the store
owner
• A Passive Infrared (PIR) sensor could read passing humans or sensor that
can read foot traffic determines whether product placement is attracting
enough passers-by/demand of the product. Data goes to Internet.
• If inventory is low and customer passing by is high supplier will be informed
RFID applications
• FastTag electronic toll collection system operated by National Highway
Authority of India.
• It employs Radio Frequency Identification technology for making toll
payments directly from the prepaid or savings account linked to it
• Inventory management,
• Asset tracking,
• Personnel tracking,
• Supply chain management.
• Controlling access to restricted areas
Applications
•Inventory tracking
•Access control
•Toll collection
•Animal tracking
•Attendance monitoring
•Logistics
•Supply chain management
Think – Pair - Share
• How many components are available with RFID?
Information extracted
NFC Reader Electro Electro Magnetic field from the electrical
emits Magnetic converted to pulses on the
electrical field created electrical pulses on receiver side by
current by current the client device microcontroller
NFC operation and communication
NFC information exchange mode
• 1) peer-to-peer, 2) read/write, and 3) card emulation.
• Peer-to-peer mode
• enables two NFC devices to exchange information.
• transmitting device goes active while receiving device becomes passive.
• During reverse transfer, both devices change roles.
• Read/write mode of information exchange
• alows only one-way data transmission.
• Active NFC device connects to a passive device to read information from it
• Card emulation mode
• enables an NFC device (general y, smartphones) to act asa contactless credit card and
make payments using just a simple tap on an NFC reader.
Use of Near Field Communication
(NFC) Platforms
• Global contactless
transaction values will reach
US$10 trillion by 2027, up
from US$4.6 trillion in 2022,
with contactless mobile
• Contactless card payments
by 119% over the same
period, according to a
Juniper Research forecast.
Applications
NFC can be used for a variety of applications, including:
•Mobile payments
•E-ticketing
•Access control
•Data exchange
•File sharing
•Contactless authentication
Think – Pair - Share
• What is operating frequency for NFC?
• Give any information where you have used NFC for data transfer.