Pervasive Displays of Tainan, Taiwan, said that its EPD displays are being used by Toppan Printing Co Ltd of Japan to create a batteryless EPD tag with integrated RFID functionality, for logistics and inventory management that is designed to replace both paper labels and RFID tags.
Users can update a device’s EPD and RFID tag data at the same time using a smartphone or NFC reader/writer. The ultra-low power consumption device doesn’t have a battery and works simply off harvested RF energy supplied solely from the RFID reader / writer.
Pervasive Displays’ Aurora Mb EPD modules are claimed to be the lowest power consumption displays currently on the market, requiring as little as 2 mA current during display update operations.
Analyst Comment
There were no details of sizes and resolutions – we’ll report again when we receive details. (BR)
