Dallas, Texas-based RM Monolithics Inc has launched a transmitter and receiver product line designed to provide short-range radio frequency data transmissions for use in wireless bar code readers, identifiction tags, remote meter reading systems and alarm sensors. The Virtual Wire line comprises transmitters capable of transmitting UHF frequency band data and the receivers can amplify and detect this data. The company says that both transmitters and receivers are low-powered making them suitable for battery operation. The transmitter measures 0.42 by 0.36 by 0.11 and the receiver is 0.54 by 0.37 by 0.10; their range is 300 feet.
