A business innovation major in North America wanted to develop a inventory management system to track and manage inventory in bars and restaurants

Axiom developed an RFID based inventory tracking system to seamlessly track the tagged objects. Smart shelves were developed to store and track tagged objects

Program Highlights

• Technical and cost feasibility was established
  
• Built a proof of concept to demonstrate the RFID performance of the system
  
• RFID system design for effective monitoring of tagged items
  
• Smart shelf antenna design for maximizing RFID tags tracking
  
• Design and development of a digital system for control and wireless communication to the central locations
  
• Hardware Design for the RFID reader
  
• System layout and PCB design and development
  
• Firmware Design and Development for reader unit
  
• Assembly , Deployment and Testing

Topology Used:

• HF RFID reader to monitor the tags
  
• RF power amplifier to boost the 200mW power from HF RFID IC to 4W at the antenna end
  
• Band pass filter to ensure peak performance at 13.56MHz
  
• Zigbee wireless communication for back end connection to the PC software

Core Competency Leverage:

Innovation, Design and Prototyping Skills, RF design, Wireless communication Design, Analog and mixed signal electronics, CAD and CAE, Tool Engineering, Digital Systems Development, Testing and validation