title: RFID testing
text: # RFID testing
  
  RFID is a wireless technology supported by many different vendors for tags (also called transponders or smart cards) and readers (also called interrogators or terminals). In order to ensure global operability of the products multiple test standards have been developed. Furthermore, standardization organizations like ETSI organize RFID Plugtests, where products from multiple vendors are tested against each other in order to ensure interoperability.
  
  ## Test standards
  
  The most important test standards are:
  
  ISO/IEC 10373-6 for conformance to ISO/IEC 14443 ISO/IEC 10373-7 for conformance to ISO/IEC 15693 ISO/IEC 18047 multiple parts for conformance to ISO/IEC 18000 multiple parts ISO/IEC 18046 multiple parts for performance of ISO/IEC 18000 systems, interrogators and tags
  
  ## Testing Equipment Vendors
  
  * CISC Semiconductor GmbH
  * JX Instrumentation Ltd
  * Voyantic Ltd
  
  ## Testing Vendors
  
  * MET Laboratories, Inc.
  * TRaC Global
  * FIME
  * Arsenal Testhouse
  
  ## Reference
  
  * ↑ ETSI Plugtests™ RFID Interoperability Event Germany
  * ↑ ETSI Plugtests™ RFID Interoperability Event China
  * ↑ ISO/IEC 18047 Information technology -- Radio frequency identification device conformance test methods
  * ↑ ISO/IEC 18046 Information technology -- Radio frequency identification device performance test methods
  * ↑ CISC Semiconductor GmbH - RFID test equipment
  * ↑ JX Instrumentation - RFID Conformance and Performance Testers
  * ↑ Voyantic - RFID Test and Measurement Solutions
  * ↑ MET Laboratories - RFID Testing
  * ↑ TRaC Global - RFID Testing
  * ↑ FIME - RFID Testing Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
  * ↑ Arsenal Testhouse - RFID Testing
  