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Will Nordic Work For My Application?

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I'm working on a project where I need to recognize whether or not a wireless tag is within 5-10' of a stationary reader. I would develop the reader system using a module, and the tag (hopefully) would be off the shelf. The reader and tag combo would ideally be less than $50 combined.

I am not committed to a controller platform at this point. I just found Nordic. It looks promising. If anything, it appears to have more range than I would prefer. Are there any generic tags for purchase available? Is the range adjustable, possibly through antenna selection?

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    Thank you both for responding!

    DMS, I am not committed to a protocol at the moment. Initially, I was thinking RFID as it wouldn't need to be paired and there are tags widely available off the shelf. Unfortunately, it would require UHF, which is outside of my budget.

    Bluetooth looks to potentially work. It seems cost efficient and there are tags out there. I worry that it may be too much range (I want to have functionality that occurs after the tag leaves the reader's range). Maybe the range can be attenuated? Isn't Nordic a form of Bluetooth?

    Wifi and Zigbee look applicable, but then I'd also have to develop the tags, which is undesirable.

    Petter, I will look into estimote, but I am leary of developing smart phone apps and would prefer to stay in the embedded world. I will also try keyword searches for beacon applications.

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    Thank you both for responding!

    DMS, I am not committed to a protocol at the moment. Initially, I was thinking RFID as it wouldn't need to be paired and there are tags widely available off the shelf. Unfortunately, it would require UHF, which is outside of my budget.

    Bluetooth looks to potentially work. It seems cost efficient and there are tags out there. I worry that it may be too much range (I want to have functionality that occurs after the tag leaves the reader's range). Maybe the range can be attenuated? Isn't Nordic a form of Bluetooth?

    Wifi and Zigbee look applicable, but then I'd also have to develop the tags, which is undesirable.

    Petter, I will look into estimote, but I am leary of developing smart phone apps and would prefer to stay in the embedded world. I will also try keyword searches for beacon applications.

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