Electronic Product Code.html
- Applications for RFID
- Electronic Product Code
- ISO 14443A
- ISO 14443B
- ISO 15693
- Magnetic stripe
- Memory Cards
- Potential uses for RFID
- RFID Frequency
- Smart card
- Types of RFID Tags
- What is a SAM?
- What is a semiconductor?
- What is a SIM?
- What is a smart card module?
- What is meant by “contactless” smart card?
- What is a wafer?
- What is an IC?
- What is Dual Interface?
- What is EMV?
- What is GSM?
- What is MIFARE?
- What is RFID?
- What is UIM?
Electronic Product Code
The Electronic Product Code, (EPC), is an electronically coded tag that is intended as an improvement on the UPC barcode system. The EPC is a 96-bit tag which contains a number called the Global Trade Identification Number (GTIN). Unlike a UPC number, which only provides information specific to a group of products, the GTIN gives each product its own specific identifying number, giving greater accuracy in tracking. The EPC was the creation of the MIT AutoID Center, a consortium of over 120 global corporations and university labs. The EPC system is currently managed by EPCGlobal Inc., a subsidiary of the Electronic Article Numbering Group and the Uniform Code Council, creators of the UPC barcode.