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A barcode is a machine readable representation of information. Barcode stores data in widths and spacing of printed parallel lines. They also come in patterns of dots, concentric circles.
Barcode Terminology:
Quiet zone: represents the right and left end of the bar code symbol. Start/stop character: indicates start or end of the data. Data (message): bar patterns of character representing data. Check digit: a numeric value calculated for read error.
Types of barcode:
1-D: contains 16 alphanumeric characters 2-D (QR,data matrix): stores up to 700 characters
Discrete Symbology
Continuous Symbology
Product identification Size/weight of a product Where the product has come from Who manufactured the product
Product name
Price of the product
computer to make use of the information contained in the barcode data must be captured and decoded into a data format that the computer can process. the device that reads the bar code data and sends it to the decoder is known as bar code reader
Laser scanners
A bar code reader consists of a scanner decoder (either built in or externally ) Cable (used to connect reader with a pc)
SCANNERS
voltage signals
Analog voltages are digitized into raw data The decoder converts this data into the
CONTACT READERS
Must touch or come in close proximity of symbol Good where the label cannot be placed in an easy-
to-view position
Normally hand-held/stationary units
Common type is pen/wand reader A high-density resolution wand used to read a low-
density symbol might see an ink spot as bar or an ink void as a space
CONTACT READERS
Contact Readers
NON-CONTACT READERS
Reader need not come in contact with symbol Scan distance may be from 6 to several feet depending upon symbol size and scanner design Hand-held, fixed beam readers
Bar-code system
Keyboard wedge: when one scan a barcode with a keyboard wedge scanner the data that is encoded in a barcode goes into the pc through the keyboard port. RS-232:this means that you would connect the bar code scanner directly to an available RS232 serial port on the back of your pc. USB output: they can work either as keyboard wedge or as RS232 serial output scanner
APPLICATIONS
RETAIL APPLICATIONS
Super markets Counter-mounted Bar Code scanners Universal Product Code (UPC) Price and description information
APPLICATIONS
AND INVENTORIES
SYSTEM
Future
Barcode future seems to be advancing technology towards a new technology called bokodes. They can transmit information directly to cell phones about products,expiry date, quantity .
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