Smartrac Launches Dual-Function GLASS TAG THERMOSENSOR

Smartrac Technology Group announced the launch of its GLASS TAG THERMOSENSOR product. The new low-frequency RFID transponder offers temperature sensing as well as identification capabilities for a broad variety of industrial items and animals.

GLASS TAG THERMOSENSOR, the latest addition to Smartrac’s low-frequency GLASS TAG product range, is suitable for implants and for use in liquids and even vacuum. Its bio-compatible glass capsule can withstand high-temperature or high-acidity conditions and other demanding industrial environments. The new product therefore covers all the ap-plication areas of the existing GLASS TAG products while offering one fundamentally new capability: accurate and very reliable temperature sensing and storing, without the need for a dedicated battery-powered sensor or data logger.

In cold chain or industrial environments, this passive sensing product can wirelessly measure the temperature inside closed bins, jars or chambers – whether the items to be monitored are in manufacturing facilities, laboratories or containers in transit. Similarly, pet owners and laboratory operators can not only identify their animals but also effort-lessly monitor their body temperature.

The only precondition is the availability of a reader that can display the temperature in-formation provided by the Excelio EL9265 IC. The chip offers 2048 Bit EEPROM, includ-ing 1760 bits of user memory that can be used for storing up to 50 temperature meas-urements.

One thing that differentiates GLASS TAG THERMOSENSOR from its competition is its wide range of measurable temperatures. The new sensing RFID tag boasts an overall operating temperature of -25° to +85°C (storage temperature -40° to +85°C). The product allows user-specific calibration of the preferred temperature range for improved accuracy, which can be as high as ±0.05°C.

“With the new GLASS TAG THERMOSENSOR, we are combining two of Smartrac’s particu-lar strengths: experience in developing durable and very reliable glass transponders and our expertise in passive (no-battery) single-chip sensor solutions,” said Robert Blaschke, director Business Line Animal ID Components at Smartrac.