Arcadian Blog

03-17-15: Arcadian Inc. announced that they will be partnering with RFMax, the newest member of their RFID product portfolio, to present at RFID Journal Live 2015 to be held at the San Diego Convention Center from April 15-17.  Arcadian Inc. / RFMax will be in the "Smart Solutions" booth # 228 along with partners Jamison RFID, Mid South RFID, Simply RFID & Active ID.     Over the past 10 years, Arcadian Inc. has become known as the go-to source for all passive RFID gear, including RFID ANTENNAS from Laird / Cushcraft, MTI & Times-7.  RFID ANTENNA MOUNTING HARDWARE.  RFID ANTENNA CABLES.  and now...RFID READER ENCLOSURES from RFMax.  ...

Arcadian Inc. is the single largest suppier of vehicular multi-band antenns for taxi cabs in North America.  We have spent countless hours with our clients researching the best antennas for their in-taxi systems used for GPS tracking, infotainment & mobile credit card processing.  If you have an application where you are using in-vehicle 3G/4G cellular modems (like Sierra Wireless GX440 or Cradlepoint, contact me for antenna suggestions.)     Recently, I was working with a potential client who was utilizing the Wilson 301106 antenna, which is now obsolete.  Of course, I was working to move them over to one of our antennas,...

We at Arcadian Inc. are in the business of selling RFID antennas, and over the years we have sold MANY of the Times-7 A5530 rugged RFID mat antennas, and it's sister - the Race Timing Antenna System (RTAS).  This model is a high-gain (10 dBiL) linearly polarized RFID antenna embedded in a blue, molded polyurethane "mat."  It has come to be the preferred choice of RFID antenna for our client's building chip timing, or RFID race timing systems.    Why?  Because it is simply the fastest and easiest to deploy on race day.  In addition, we also have many clients who use...

I wanted to take a moment to inform our RFID clients about a GREAT tool that many RFID professionals feel is an essential part of their "toolkit" in the field:   The RFID Power Mapper from RFMAX is a small (2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches) hand-held unit that measures relative antenna strength for both linear and circular RFID antennas in the FCC: 902-928 MHz & ETSI: 865-868 MHz ranges.   The unit does NOT require batteries, so it's always ready when you need it.  It simply uses radiated RF power like an RFID tag, and displays signal strength on a simple to read analog gauge.  I find it most helpful when...

Just a quick note to all of our RFID antenna clients...   For many years, we have been providing our "EZ" mounting solutions / RFID antenna brackets.  They have clearly become the RFID antenna mount of choice for OEM's and System Integrators using RFMAX and Laird / Cushcraft.  (These typically mate with 10x10" RFID panel antenna model #'s S9028PCL, S9028PCR, PAL90209 & PAR90209)   Recently, some shortcomings in the EZ-P4 model have come to our attention and had us re-evaluate this mount.  In light of what we discovered in our own testing, we have chosen to phase out this RFID mounting solution.   We...

To all of the RFID professionals out there, I wanted to share this very basic video with you, which explains UHF RFID antenna basics...including Linear vs. Circularly Polarized antenna patterns, and how they affect tag reading.  I found this very helpful for the people that I work with, both employees and clients, who do not have a firm grasp on the basic workings of RFID, and the interation between UHF RFID antennas, and UHF RFID tags.   Take a look at this 5 minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dxm7Z7F9OI   I wanted to note that in the video, our most popular antenna is prminantly...