Today TSL announced a new 3,000-square-foot, surface mount technology (SMT) manufacturing facility to expand production of TSL’s Bluetooth-compatible RFID readers.
The state-of-the-art SMT assembly line provides TSL with additional capacity and flexibility in the manufacture of electronic assemblies for their wireless-enabled RFID reader products, including the high-performance 1128 Bluetooth® UHF RFID Reader and the new 1153 Bluetooth® Wearable UHF RFID Reader.
TSL designs and produces all of their own devices and mobile peripherals, operating ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in both the UK and Taiwan. The new SMT assembly line provides additional production capacity at TSL’s existing UK-based manufacturing plant located in Leicestershire, England.
“The unique design of TSL’s RFID readers are optimized for low power consumption, while still providing outstanding performance in a small and convenient form factor,” said Dr. David Evans, Managing Director of TSL. “In addition to increasing our existing production capacity, our new SMT assembly line will provide us with greater flexibility and improved scheduling for our UHF RFID product line.”
The TSL family of wireless-compatible UHF RFID readers provide simple plug-and-play use with a variety of host devices communicating via Bluetooth® wireless technology using the unique TSL ASCII 2 protocol,. The 1153 Bluetooth® Wearable UHF RFID Reader and high-performance 1128 Bluetooth® UHF RFID Reader bring RFID scanning capability to enterprise handhelds, mobile phones, touchscreen MP3 players, tablets and PCs running a broad range of operating systems including iOS, Android™and Windows (Mobile, WinCE, Desktop and Phone).