Indy Reader Development Platform
To help reader manufacturers get to market quickly, Impinj® offers a rich development environment for the Indy® UHF RFID reader chip family. By providing protocol firmware, programming tools, radio drivers, schematics and more, the Indy development platform (available for the R2000 and R1000 Indy products) supplies the necessary hardware and software to demonstrate, evaluate and develop a high-performance, low power, high data-rate and highly configurable embedded UHF RFID single chip reader. In addition to its use as a development platform, this kit offers a module-like, low-cost reference design.
Indy Reader Chip Development Platform Contents
- Integrated Indy platform
- Indy reader chip printed circuit board (PCB) with latest firmware installed
- Interface board PCB
- Supporting metal plate with connecting ribbon cables
- Software tools and documentation CD-ROM
- DC power adapter
- 2 AC power cords (1 US version, and 1 EU version)
- USB-to-serial adapter
- USB cable
- Serial Cable (RS232 DB9)
- RF cable
- Impinj Mini-Guardrail near-field antenna
- Laird far-field antenna
- Indy Reader Chip Sample Bag (ten UHF RFID reader chips)
- ETSI SAW filter kit
- Tag samples from Impinj inlay partners featuring Monza® chips
Reader Unit Details
- ISO 18000-6C and EPC Class1 Gen2 support
- Single kit covers both FCC and ETSI regions
- 88 mm x 45 mm form factor
- Antenna configuration either bi-static or two mono-static (default)
- High power mode operates up to 30 dBm (1 watt) at each port
- Low power mode (powered by USB) operates up to 23 dBm at each port
- Adjustable output power and automatic level control
- Forward and reverse power sense
- Reference design includes an external DRM filter to maintain performance in noisy environments
- Mini-USB and serial UART interface
- Engineering debug capabilities via several break-out connections
Contact your Impinj sales representative for availability and pricing.