Alan B Pearce wrote:
>> That's really expensive compared to doing it yourself.  One of my
>> customers
>> makes active RFID tags as part of a indoor location system.  The
>> cheapest tags contain a PIC 10F202 and a Melexis transmitter.  The
>> end user price is
>> well under this $11 module price.  The actual volume production cost
>> for a complete tag is a small fraction of $11.  Of course these tags
>> had to be seperately FCC qualified as intentional radiators.  That's
>> a hassle, but the
>> volumes are high enough to make it well worthwhile.
>
> Ah, yes, but you are talking US$, Joe is talking NZ$, and the ratio is
> around NZ$0.71 = US$1.00

That doesn't change much.  Doing it yourself with a PIC 10F202 and a Melexis
chip in high volume is still a lot cheaper.  The end user price for the
complete tag I'm talking about is less than your module cost.


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