How much does a tag cost? It depends.

While exhibiting at Pack Expo last October in Chicago, one of the most frequent questions I was asked was:  How much does an RFID tag cost?  My answer:  12 cents to more than $20.  That’s a huge spread. I then explained further that the cost of a tag depends greatly...
6 Ways to Print Serial Numbers on RFID Cards

6 Ways to Print Serial Numbers on RFID Cards

Serialization Customers often want cards purchased from us to be serialized in one way or another. Serialization just means printing unique numbers on each card that correspond to similar information stored inside the RFID chip in the card. It is often used even...
RFID Blocking Wallets – Part 1 How Well Do They Work?

RFID Blocking Wallets – Part 1
How Well Do They Work?

Sometimes connections can happen in unexpected ways. Through a program with the San Diego World Trade Organization, Telaeris became acquainted with Allett, a wallet manufacturing company, and its owner Bridget Muscat. Both of our companies are competing for the...
RFIDs – One Handheld to Read Them All

RFIDs – One Handheld to Read Them All

The SmartAT870 is a lightweight and rugged (IP65 rated) mobile unit manufactured by SmarTerminal that Telaeris resells. It is an outstanding device, capable of reading most RFID tags, barcodes, and smart cards available. We get lots of questions regarding what this...
D0wn and D1rty with Wiegand

D0wn and D1rty with Wiegand

A few months ago, we published a history of where Weigand came from and a “light-on-technical-details” overview of how it works.  For those of us that are more engineer-y, it left a bit to be desired.  For me in particular, I recently was doing some low...