infsoft E-Ink Display Beacons
Electrophoretic ink, often called electronic ink (E-Ink), is a technology that mimics the appearance of ink on paper. When printed onto a sheet of plastic film that is laminated to a layer of circuitry, it creates an Electronic Paper Display (EPD). EPD technology delivers look and utility of paper encompassing good readability, very wide viewing angles, design freedom, robustness, and low power consumption. E-Ink products offer paper-like readability under all lighting conditions. Moreover, they are referred to as bistable, which means that the display is consuming power only when refreshing, giving the product extraordinary battery life of up to 5 years.
In combination with Bluetooth Low Energy Technology, the content on the display can easily and conveniently be updated. Moreover, the E-Ink Display Beacon’s location can be tracked.
E-Ink Display Beacons as Tag Hardware
E-Ink Display Beacons are available in many different sizes. Smaller displays can be attached to assets and are thus especially suitable for tracking solutions, such as infsoft Lead Time Tracking. Beacons with E-Ink displays that are used as tag hardware are a perfect fit for electronic container or product labels.
Larger E-Ink Display Beacons can be used as infrastructure hardware for electronic labeling of meeting rooms, lockers and more.
Businesses are offered the ability to wirelessly update content on the displays quickly and efficiently, without needing to print paper tags and deploy personnel to change them manually. In real time, E-Ink beacons can display product information, status, inventory levels, barcodes, and much more. In production and logistics, for example, when assets are traced along the process chain, the display can be rewritten automatically with the current status and individual information such as instructions on the next work step.
Use Cases for E-Ink Display Beacons as Tag Hardware
Attaching infsoft E-Ink Display Beacons to assets allows for a wide range of application scenarios. Here are some examples:
Functionality of infsoft E-Ink Display Beacons
Combining E-Ink displays and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology enables transferring content flexibly to the display and also visualizing the device’s location. In order to display content and manage the infsoft E-Ink Display Beacon, the corresponding display can be selected and edited in infsoft E-Inks. Automated updating of the labeling can be realized manually and via an interface with infsoft Automation. Via other various interfaces, such as room booking systems or employees’ calendars, the labeling of the E-Ink displays can be automatically adjusted with the relevant information.
For positioning, the infsoft E-Ink Display Beacon sends BLE signals to infsoft Locator Node Dongles that are installed in the area. The Locator Node Dongles process the provided data and send it to the infsoft LocAware platform®, where it is intelligently processed.
Technical Features of the infsoft E-Ink Display Beacons (Tag Hardware)
- Dimensions: 36 x 46 x 14.2 mm
- Screen size: 1.54″ / 28 x 28 mm
- Display resolution: 152 x 152 px, 142 DPI
- Color: red, black, paperwhite / yellow, black, paperwhite
- LED indicator (RGB)
- Protection class IP65
- Certification: CE, FCC
- Battery: CR2450
- Unit price: €13
- Dimensions: 68 x 35 x 14.2 mm
- Screen size: 2.13″ / 48.30 x 24.40 mm
- Display resolution: 250 x 122 px, 130 DPI
- Color: red, black, paperwhite / yellow, black, paperwhite
- LED indicator (RGB)
- Protection class IP65
- Certification: CE, FCC
- Battery: 2x CR2450
- Unit price: €17
- Dimensions: 91 x 41 x 14.2 mm
- Screen size: 2.9″ / 66.90 x 29.10 mm
- Display resolution: 296 x 136 px, 112 DPI
- Color: red, black, paperwhite / yellow, black, paperwhite
- LED indicator (RGB)
- Protection class IP65
- Certification: CE, FCC
- Battery: 2x CR2450
- Installation: magnetic mount incl. 2 boreholes, sold separately
- Unit price: €20, mount €8.20
- Dimensions: 103 x 43 x 13 mm
- Screen size: 2.9″ / 66.90 x 29.10 mm
- Display resolution: 296 x 128 px, 112 DPI
- Color: red, black, paperwhite / yellow, black, paperwhite
- Button
- LED indicator (RGB)
- Protection class IP65
- Certification: CE, FCC
- Battery: 2x CR2450
- Installation: magnetic mount incl. 2 boreholes, sold separately
- Unit price: €25, mount €8.20
- Dimensions: 99 x 93.5 x 13.5 mm
- Screen size: 4.2″ / 84.80 x 63.60 mm
- Display resolution: 400 x 300 px, 120 DPI
- Color: red, black, paperwhite / yellow, black, paperwhite
- LED indicator (RGB)
- Protection class IP65
- Certification: CE, FCC
- Battery: 4x CR2450
- Installation: magnetic mount incl. 2 boreholes, sold separately
- Unit price: €40, mount €11.20
- Dimensions: 133.5 x 118 x 13 mm
- Screen size: 5.83″ / 118.78 x 88.22 mm
- Display resolution: 648 x 480 px, 138 DPI
- Color: red, black, paperwhite / yellow, black, paperwhite
- LED indicator (RGB)
- Protection class IP65
- Certification: CE, FCC
- Battery: 4x CR2477
- Installation: magnetic mount incl. 2 boreholes, sold separately
- Unit price: €60, mount €16
- Dimensions: 178.9 x 124.9 x 13 mm
- Screen size: 7.5″ / 163.24 x 97.94 mm
- Display resolution: 800 x 480 px, 137 DPI
- Color: red, black, paperwhite / yellow, black, paperwhite
- LED indicator (RGB)
- Protection class IP65
- Certification: CE, FCC
- Battery: 6x CR2477
- Installation: magnetic mount incl. 3 boreholes, sold separately
- Unit price: €75, mount €25
- Dimensions: 271.8mm x 196.2mm x 14.2mm
- Screen size: 11.6″ / 244.5 x 163mm
- Display resolution: 960 x 640 px, 100 DPI
- Color: red, black, paperwhite / yellow, black, paperwhite
- LED indicator (RGB)
- Protection class IP65
- Certification: CE, FCC
- Battery: 6x CR2477
- Installation: magnetic mount incl. boreholes, sold separately
- Unit price: €145, mount €48