Development Of Java Based Rfid Application Programmable Interface For Heterogeneous Rfid System

• Main Author: Ali, Mohammed F. M.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: TK1-9971 Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/41288/1/Mohammed_F._M._Ali24.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/41288/

Pembangunan applikasi RFID adalah tugas yang amat sukar dan mencabar. Antara kesukaran dan cabaran termasuk ketidakpiawaian perisian dan perkakasan daripada pembekal peralatan, masalah keserasian antara sistem operasi serta kekurangan kepakaran dalam pengaturcaraan RFID tingkat bawah yang sukar dipelajari. Untuk mengatasi masalah ini, satu aplikasi antara muka boleh aturcara (API), dipanggil RFIDTM (RFID Tracking & Monitoring) Application Programmable Interface, untuk Sistem Heterogen RFID telah direkabentuk dan diimplementasi. API ini telah berjaya digunapakai dalam prototaip applikasi menggunakan beberapa jenis dan konfigurasi pembaca aktif dan pasif meliputi Pembaca RF Code Mantis II 433.92MHz, pembaca RF modul cc1020ua 433 GHz Texas Instruments, Pembaca USM 2.45 GHz Contactless Active Integrated Reader (CAIR) dan Pembaca pasif UHF. Developing RFID based applications is a painstakingly difficult endeavor. The difficulties include non-standard software and hardware peripherals from vendors, interoperability problems between different operating system as well as lack of expertise in terms of low level programming for RFID (i.e. steep learning curve). In order to address these difficulties, a reusable RFIDTM (RFID Tracking & Monitoring) Application Programmable Interface (API) for heterogeneous RFID system has been designed and implemented. The API has been successfully employed in a number of our application prototypes including tracking of inventories as well as human/object tracking and tagging. Here, the module has been tested on a number of different types and configuration of active and passive readers including that of RF Code Mantis II 433.92MHz Reader, RF Reader module cc1020ua 433 GHz Texas Instruments, our in-house USM 2.45 GHz Contactless Active Integrated Reader (CAIR) and UHF Passive Reader.