Paris, France - January 24, 2007

SPACECODE and Tyco Electronics Collaborate to Develop and Commercialise RFID Reader Electronics.

Targeting the rapidly emerging market for quality RFID readers, RFID solution designer SPACECODE and RFID component manufacturer Tyco Electronics announce the launch of an advanced low frequency RFID reader electronics system.

The new Jupiter ZX reader, which is shipping immediately, is a reduced or miniaturised version of SPACECODE’s Saturn XJ reader launched in July 2004. The new reader uses enhanced digital signal processing, separate power and networking capabilities, improved reader boards, and altered design and positioning of all electronic components to achieve a reader that is half its original size, without compromising performance, and at half the cost of the smaller reader compared to its larger predecessor.

SPACECODE is convinced that the magnetic induction reader market represents a significant potential market for the company. The pure physics of low frequency has resulted in SPACECODE developing solutions for RFID challenges that cannot be solved by competitor companies. The solution delivers outstanding performance in challenging environments including where metal and/or organic materials (liquid, drugs, food) are present, where heterogenous and multi item identification is required, and where items are in close proximity and multiple orientations. Focusing on these key unmet market needs has ensured steep initial and ongoing demand for the new readers. “The market for LF readers is as high or even higher on a volume basis in the short term, as a lot of companies are searching for solutions that work in challenging environments. We expect to see the market grow significantly in 2006-2007,” says Paul Davis Managing Director of SPACECODE. .

The Jupiter ZX reader leverages the SPACECODE core chip technology combined with an advanced widely commercialised deterministic air interface protocol to achieve 100% identification of item level tagging irrespective of metallic or organic contents, close proximity packaging, or multiple orientation positioning. The reader can be configured to work with one to six antenna that both transmit and receive or with two antennas where one antenna transmits and the other receives. To communicate with a printer or other peripherals, the reader uses a RS232 serial port. Antenna’s have full multiplexing functionality.