RFID/NFC

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The goal of this course is to introduce the RFID and NFC technologies, their main features and examples of their use in the industry. The course also includes different use cases focused on business successes stories. Finally, the course gives a general view about the future of RFID and NFC in the industry 4.0 adoption.

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UPCT

UPCT

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UPCT is a public University of Higher Education, located in Cartagena (Spain). UPCT offers more than 40 Bsc. and Msc. degrees. Most of its degrees are focused on technical and engineering studies: Civil, Industrial, Electronics, Naval, Telecommunications, Telematics, Agronomics, etc.

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This course is part of Specialization Digital and Physical World Hybridising

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Knowledge

• Understand what RFID and NFC Technologies are.
• Know about the context of RFID and NFC in the industry
• Know the main characteristics of RFID and NFC
• Know the different operation modes of RFID and NFC
• Acquire knowledge about the standards behind NFC and RFID
• Acquire knowledge about different use cases of RFID and NFC focused on factories, traceability, logistic, etc.
• Know about real business success stories, about the use of RFID and NFC in industrial facilities and industrial process.
• Know the future of RFID and NFC in industry


Skills

• Define what RFID technology is
• Define what NFC technology is
• Enumerate the main characteristics of RFID and NFC
• Enumerate the operation modes of RFID and NFC
• Identify the standards of RFID and NFC
• Enumerate use cases of RFID and NFC in different industrial sectors.
• Identify the advantages of RFID and NFC in an industrial scenario
• To provide an analysis about the future of RFID and NFC


Competences

• Understand the use of RFID and NFC in different industrial scenarios.
• Recognize main characteristics of RFID and NFC
• Analyze and take decisions about the type of RFID and NFC technologies and features fit with an specific use, operation mode or standard
• Analyze an industrial scenario in order to identify if the use of RFID and NFC for improving the performance of the industrial activity.
• Given a type of RFID or NFC device, to enumerate features of it and suggest use cases in industrial scenarios
• Take decisions about the most suitable RFID or NFC technology for a specific industrial need
• Analyze the future of RFID and NFC as well as their use cases

Course Content

  • 1# RFID
    • 1.1 Introduction to RFID
    • 1.2 Main Characteristics: RFID systems and tags
    • 1.3 Main Characteristics: Readers
    • 1.4 Main characteristics: antennas and middleware
    • 1.5 Operational Modes in RFID
    • 1.6 Standards in RFID
    • 1.7 Privacy and Security in RFID
    • 1.8 Use cases of RFID: traceability, inventory control, healthcare, etc.
  • 2# NFC
    • 2.1 What about NFC?
    • 2.2 NFC: Main characteristics
    • 2.3 Use cases of NFC in the industry
    • 2.4 Future of RFID and NFC in the industry

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