Design Automation


RFID tag evaluation board

17 March 2010 Design Automation

Melexis’ EVB90129 is an assembled printed circuit board that simplifies evaluation of the MLX90129 RFID sensor tag IC and to facilitate the development of wireless sensor applications based on the chip. The board was developed to demonstrate a wide range of applications, from fully passive sensor tag operation to complex data-logging. Each of its elements can be reconfigured by means of jumpers.

The board can be powered either by an external voltage supply, the onboard battery or the electromagnetic field from an RFID reader. In addition to the internal temperature sensor of the MLX90129, the EVB90129 embeds three external sensors, light, temperature and potentiometer to demonstrate the flexibility for measurement of a variety of physical quantities. The custom prototyping area allows users to integrate their own sensor or circuit into this evaluation board.

The EVB90129 is capable of storing 128 KB of data in the SPI EEPROM memory connected to the MLX90129. The board can be accessed and controlled through a contactless (RFID) or a contact (SPI) interface. The RFID access to the MLX90129 and the related commands are compliant with the ISO15693 standard. The SPI and other digital inputs/outputs from the MLX90129 are connected to an 8-pin connector of the EVB90129, allowing easy connection to a microcontroller.



Credit(s)



Share this article:
Share via emailShare via LinkedInPrint this page

Further reading:

Full sensor to cloud solution
CST Electronics Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT
NeoCortec has demonstrated the seamless and rapid development of full sensor-to-cloud solutions using NeoMesh Click boards from MikroE and the IoTConnect cloud solution from Avnet.

Read more...
Banana Pi with NPU
CST Electronics AI & ML
The latest Banana Pi SBC, the BPI-M7, is powered by Rockchip’s latest flagship RK3588 octa-core 64-bit processor, with a maximum frequency of 2,4 GHz.

Read more...
New Studio 6 SDK
Design Automation
New Simplicity Studio 6 SDK opens development environment, and opens developers to Series 3.

Read more...
Hardened-grade network switches
CST Electronics Computer/Embedded Technology
Lantronix’s hardened switches provide Layer 2 or Layer 3 networking, and are available as Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) or Power-over-Ethernet Plus (PoE+).

Read more...
Energy measurement IC
CST Electronics Power Electronics / Power Management
The SY7T501 and SY7T502 are Silergy’s newest energy measurement ICs for cost-sensitive IoT applications such as smart-plugs, dimmers, power-strips, intelligent lighting, and other points of load.

Read more...
Easy wireless mesh networking
CST Electronics Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT
NeoCortec has announced three new NeoMesh Click boards that are ideal for wireless mesh networking, eliminating the need for engineers to create any development PCB hardware themselves.

Read more...
LoRa transceiver module
CST Electronics Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT
The RYLR896 transceiver module from REYAX features the LoRa long range modem that provides ultra-long range spread spectrum communication.

Read more...
High-performance antenna solution
CST Electronics Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT
The Spitfire Series of antennas delivers exceptional performance with its dipole design, ground plane independence, and easy wall-mount versatility for both indoor and outdoor environments.

Read more...
SMD antenna for GNSS L1 band
CST Electronics Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT
Antenova has recently launched the Admotus SMD antenna, a ceramic antenna suitable for all GNSS positioning applications in the L1 band covering 1559 to 1609 MHz.

Read more...
New NeoMesh protocol stack version
CST Electronics Circuit & System Protection
NeoCortec has released an updated NeoMesh protocol stack version 1.6 firmware for its NC2400 and NC1000 module series, which now supports the new Sensirion SHT4xA temperature and humidity sensor series.

Read more...