DigitalCommons@CalPoly

Title

RFID for IBM Disk Drives

Author

Jonathan Flutts, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Date

6-2009

Degree Name

BS in Electrical Engineering

Department

Electrical Engineering Department

Advisor

Dean Arakaki

Abstract

RFID is commonly used to accurately and efficiently track inventory and other assets. This project addresses the problem of using RFID to track IBM hard disk drives in a server rack environment. RFID tag size, type, and placement were optimized with the goal of maximizing performance in this difficult operating environment.

URL: http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/eesp/4