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Data Capture
Capturing data is always a challenge; doing it in a race environment can be even more difficult. Tags and readers must perform while dealing with motion, distance, crowding, and a variety of materials and spectrums. IPICO Sports tracking and timing hardware is simple and easy to use, while offering performance advantages over alternative technologies when dealing with challenging environments.
The IPICO Sports data capture system is very simple. The Sportag™ contains a microchip and two antenna loops—one to “wake-up” the tag and the other to send its signal. When the tag comes into contact with the antenna mat, it wakes up and starts sending its unique signal again and again to the reader, which stores volumes of data to be managed and communicated.
The IPICO IP-X™ Dual Frequency RFID platform overcomes the limitations experienced by conventional Reader-Talk-First protocols in these environments. We combine two technologies—Dual Frequency (DF ) and the IP-X RFID air interface with passive tags—to create an unmatched low cost offering in the timekeeping market.
The benefits:
- DF can read tags in very high moisture environments. Because sports and moisture go hand in hand—either as part of the sporting event or simply in the human body—removing this obstacle is essential.
- DF is a combination of low frequency and high frequency—taking the best properties of both. That means passive tags are energized at long distances, while tag IDs are received at high speeds.
- The passive tags are energized at 125KHz, allowing a long range charge-up, and they backscatter their IDs at 6.8MHz, allowing for fast read rates.
- IP-X is a reliable anti-collision protocol, which allows high volumes of tags to be read simultaneously. Multiple readers can co-exist in close proximity without interfering with each other.
- Tags and readers on the IP-X platform are optimized to work together for maximum performance.
- Our IP-X non-modulating readers can share the same frequency band, enabling IPICO technology to operate at full potential in most countries with as little as 200 kHz to 2 MHz bandwidth—eliminating spectrum issues.
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