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Barcode Readers
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ALSO CALLED: Barcode Scanners, Scanners (Barcode), Laser Scanners (Barcode), Bar Code Readers, and Bar Code Scanners
DEFINITION: A barcode reader, also called a price scanner or point-of-sale (POS) scanner, is a hand-held or stationary input device used to capture and read information contained in a bar code. A barcode reader consists of a scanner, a decoder (either built-in or external), and a cable used to connect the reader with a computer. Because a barcode reader merely captures and translates the barcode into numbers and/or
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| Recent Vendor Reports on Barcode Readers |
Southeastern Container turns to Motorola and decisionpoint systems for RFID asset tracking
| sponsored by Motorola, Inc.
CASE STUDY:
Southeastern Container is using Motorola fixed and handheld readers, and Motorola antennas to track their reusable bins for effective and accurate inventory control. Exact information on their vital core business assets - the bins - will provide a bin's exact history, lifetime, location, status and contents. Read this case study to learn more.
Posted: 16 Jun 2009 | Published: 16 Jun 2009
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MEMS: The New Class of Bar Code Scanner
| sponsored by Intermec
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper will explain how MEMS are used for bar code scanning, the reliability and performance advantages MEMS scanners have over traditional lasers, and the opportunities and limitations for using MEMS-based scanners.
Posted: 04 Mar 2009 | Published: 04 Mar 2009
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BARCODE READERS DEFINITION (continued): … letters, the data must be sent to a computer so that a software application can make sense of the data. Barcode scanners can be connected to a computer through a serial port, keyboard port, or an interface device called a wedge. A barcode reader works by directing a beam of light across the bar code and measuring the amount of light that is reflected back. (The dark bars on a barcode reflect less light than the white spaces between them.) The scanner converts the light energy into electrical energy, which is then converted into data by the decoder and forwarded to a computer. There are five basic … Barcode Readers definition sponsored by WhatIs.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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