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Thinkify LLC Announced as an Inaguaral Member of NXP's Global RFID Innovation Partner Program
SAN JOSE, CA and EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS,(April 12, 2011)- NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI), the RFID leader for multi-applications, has announced the launch of its Global RFID Innovation Partner Program to encourage the development of RFID solutions. With a focus on system integrators and solution providers as well as reader and software companies, the Program aims to create a community that can share skills and expertise in order to drive RFID innovation. The launch is timely given the growing demand for RFID applications from end users in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and electronics sectors.
The rich ecosystem of organizations, brought together by the NXP Global RFID Innovation Partner Program, will make it easier for participants to link up quickly with the partner(s) they need in order to develop a technology application. This translates to faster time to market, and better availability of innovative RFID solutions for end users. NXP’s Innovation Partner Program will also raise awareness of RFID technology throughout the industry, and highlight to end users the ease of implementing RFID applications.
Thinkify and eight other technology companies were announced as the initial members of the new program.
Thinkify Wins 2011 "Best-In-Class" Award for TR-200 Desktop RFID Reader From The RFID Network
SAN JOSE, CA (The RFID Network- April 10, 2011)- The RFID Network announced today that Thinkify, LLC won the 2011 "Best-in-Class" award for their TR-200 Desktop RFID Reader.
"For desktop and office applications, a full-blown enterprise-class RFID reader is often overkill. That's changed with the TR-200 – an easy to use, integrated Gen2 RFID reader/writer designed specifically for this environment. With its small, elegant form factor, its ability to be powered by USB and a powerful software interface, the TR-200 is a simple and flexible answer to the problem of bringing Gen2 RFID to the desktop."
See a Video From the RFID Network Featuring the TR200
austriamicrosystems' AS3992 UHF RFID reader IC featured in Thinkify's new GEN 2 TR-200 RFID reader/writer
The TR-200 is a new generation of RFID device designed for the personal work space
Unterpremstaetten, Austria & Orlando, Florida (April 6, 2011) – austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, has announced that austriamicrosystems’ AS3992 UHF RFID reader IC is featured in Thinkify’s new Gen 2 TR-200 RFID reader/programmer.
Curt Carrender, one of the founders of Thinkify states, "We chose to use the AS3992 UHF RFID IC over competing RFID reader chips because it offered the best performance available in the market today. The Gen 2 protocol flexibility that the austriamicrosystems designers packed into this chip is simply astonishing. Utilizing this flexibility we are able to give our users all the benefits of modern UHF RFID at an extremely low price."
DockOn Announces New Line of Circular Polarized Planar Compound Antennas -- Thinkify will use in New Line of Desktop RFID Readers
RENO, NV--(Marketwire - February 14, 2011) - DockOn, Inc., the developer of the first commercially viable planar compound antennas, today announced compact, omni-directional, circular polarized antennas in a variety of frequencies that offer flexibility for non-standard application orientation.
"The new circular polarization option provides us with the ability to tackle even more difficult RFID use-cases where the tag orientation relative to the antenna is unknown or uncontrolled," said Dr. John Price, Co-founder, Thinkify. "For a wide variety of RFID applications like document control, you cannot guarantee the orientation of the tag -- they can be scattered all over the work area. The circular polarization and relatively high gain characteristics of DockOn's new product provides a tremendous advantage in system performance and read accuracy."
Thinkify Announces New Desktop RFID Readers for Document Control and Provisioning
RENO, NV and MORGAN HILL, CA--(Marketwire - November 16, 2010) - Dockon, Inc. and Thinkify, a leading innovator in embedded RFID applications, today announced Thinkify's new TR-200 desktop RFID reader for document control and provisioning, using Dockon's CPL™Antenna design. The new reader is easy to use, smaller and lower priced than similar products on the market today.