Since the 1970s, bar codes have provided a reliable, inexpensive form of machine-readable identification. Although bar coding has numerous benefits, its primary function is to error-proof the ...

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In-Sight 5410 reads at line speeds in excess of 7,200 parts/min while its 5411 counterpart has a resolution of 1,024 768 for a larger field of view. This lets the 5411 system read bar codes with wide ...

At MD&M West 2025, Cognex Corp. (Booth #5354) showed Design News its DataMan 290, an AI-powered bar code reader suitable for use in any environment. Eric Hershberger, principal applications engineer ...

The MAH200 and MAH300 Series bar-code readers include over 40 decoders and connectivity is simplified with USB, PS/2, serial or Bluetooth wireless interfaces. A high-capacity battery handle is ...

Marketers, advertising agencies and brand departments have been giving a lot of attention recently to the emerging mobile bar code market. And why not? Mobile bar codes offer marketers an exciting ...

Tomorrow marks the 35th anniversary of the first time a laser scanner was used to “read” a bar code, according to Motorola Inc. The company has detailed a few of the pertinent facts from that day, ...

RFID is not necessarily “better” than bar codes. The two are different technologies and have different applications, which sometimes overlap. The big difference between the two is bar codes are ...

Designed specifically for reading 2-D matrix and linear bar code on parts, the In-Sight ID Reader is a self-contained, Ethernet-ready machine vision sensor that combines a vision camera with ...