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Mojix Expands eNode Product Family For Ubiquitous RFID Coverage
October 14, 2008, Los Angeles, CA — Mojix® Inc. today announced the expansion of its Mojix eNode™ family of EPC RFID transmitters, the fundamental building blocks of the revolutionary Mojix STAR™ system’s unprecedented RFID scalability, flexibility and cost-effectiveness. The new additions include a line of wireless Mojix eNodes for mobile, handheld and outdoor use cases, and a multiple port Mojix eNode for enabling more economical tag interrogation spaces. The new offerings provide greater flexibility to deliver energy to RFID tags in a variety of use cases, and reduce the total cost of ownership of RFID-enabled portals, dock doors, racks or other EPC RFID tag interrogation spaces.
Unveiled in April 2008, the Mojix STAR system consists of one or more extremely sensitive Mojix STAR receivers, each managing up to 512 low-cost Mojix eNode transmitters, which are “tag exciters” oriented to define the system's vast three-dimensional coverage area. Mojix eNodes provide energy to all passive RFID tags within their specified interrogation spaces. The new multiple port and wireless eNodes join with Mojix’s previously launched wired eNodes to enable ubiquitous passive RFID coverage of large distribution centers, yards, warehouses and retail facilities across multiple business processes at an extremely low-cost per square foot of coverage.
“The expanded line of new Mojix eNode form factors coupled with new functionality enables Mojix to further drive large scale, higher ROI RFID deployments, indoors or outdoors,” said Kevin Duffy, Sr Vice President, Mojix. “The new multiple port design greatly extends the hugely attractive economics and ability to mold to business needs already present in the Mojix STAR system, while the wireless line of eNodes takes the power of the Mojix STAR system mobile.”
Multiple port eNodes Deliver Leap in Economical & Reliable Interrogation Spaces
The new multiple port Mojix eNode opens the door to lower cost and more reliable RFID deployments. Designed to deliver RF energy precisely to where it is needed for comprehensive and reliable tag reads, the new units provide for up to four external antennas that can be flexibly positioned to fit the needs of particular applications. This drives significant reductions in total cost of ownership and also results in lower maintenance and IT infrastructure expenditures compared to traditional passive RFID deployments.
Multiple port Mojix eNodes also enable a high degree of flexibility in defining interrogation spaces. A 4-port eNode can illuminate a population of RFID tags from up to four different positions. For example, depending on the use case, the antennas can be positioned as spokes around the central eNode unit to optimize its three-dimensional coverage, split linearly along a single vector to cover multiple racks of materials or finished goods, or positioned around a dock door for complete coverage using a single low-cost unit.
Multiple port Mojix eNodes are available now in wired versions, and can be used with one to four 902-928MHz antennas, either initially or over time as needed.
Wireless eNodes Enable Mobile, and Indoor/outdoor Fixed Mounted RFID
Wireless Mojix eNodes extend the utility of the Mojix STAR system by enabling mobile interrogation spaces, indoors or out. Where wired Mojix eNodes are designed for fixed location deployment and are connected to the STAR system via coaxial cable, the new ruggedized wireless units are designed for use cases involving forklifts, handhelds, carts and other mobile devices. A range of power options is available including battery, solar cell and automotive battery as well as DC converter.
Wireless Mojix eNodes are available now as part of the Mojix beta program and will be generally available in Q1 2008.
Sensor Fusion Capable eNodes
The Mojix eNode family is designed to provide input and output ports as a conduit to the STAR system for transporting the state of a variety of sensors. This enables the STAR receiver to gather data on the physical environment as well as RFID EPC tag data. Each eNode includes 4 in and 4 out dry relay contacts for integration with sensors eliminating the need for a separate wire line overlay for a sensor network. A variety of sensor types are supported including electromagnetic, temperature, motion, condensation, and luminosity.
About Mojix
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif., Mojix, Inc. was founded in 2004 by a team of NASA scientists and engineers with the vision of applying breakthroughs in deep space communications to exponentially refine the precision and expand the reach and scope of RFID technology. The first of a game-changing new class of RFID systems, the company’s Mojix STAR® (Space Time Array Reader) system introduces capabilities orders of magnitude beyond conventional passive RFID offerings to enable economical, large-scale and high-volume RFID deployment. Mojix is privately held with funding from Oak Investment Partners, Red Rock Ventures and InnoCal Venture Capital. For more information, please visit www.mojix.com.
Mojix, Mojix STAR, Mojix eNode, Mojix eGroup, Mojix eLocation are registered trademarks of Mojix Inc.
Contact:
Linda Prosser, VP Corporate Marketing
Mojix, Inc
408-500-5410
linda@mojix.com
Kurt Foeller, Media Relations
415-578-3251