Ipico Sports Timing Solutions award winning products satisfy the demands of events of all types and sizes. IPICO Sports technology is designed for running, mountain biking, swimming, nordic sports and other events, including multisport races.

Ipico  offers three chip types to meet a wide variety of race needs.

The Ipico Shoe Tag is the standard tag that most athletes are familiar with.  About the size of 1/3 a credit card, it attaches to the shoe.  For most applications it will be recovered at the finish line.  However, in certain circumstances, the shoe tags are inexpensive enough to be used as disposable or to be logoed to provide a race souvenir.

The Ipico MultiSport Tag is waterproof and can be worn for a variety of swimming, multi sport and adventure race applications.  The MultiSport Tag is worn around the ankle with a velcro strap.  These tags are not disposable and must be returned at the finish line.

The Ipico Bib Tag combines Ipico's unique dual frequency technology with a disposable bib tag.   The advantages of the  Bib Tag are many.  It is easier to match the athlete with the correct tag;  there is no need for the athlete to pick up (or fail to pick up) a chip; no volunteers needed to collect chips at the end of the race; and no potential lost chip charges.

The IPICO Sports system consists of 3 core components:

• IPICO Sports Tag

• IPICO Sports Antenna Mat

• IPICO Sports Reader

IPICO Sports timing solutions utilize IPICO's patented Dual Frequency technology. This technology was developed to overcome the limitations faced by Low Frequency (LF), High Frequency (HF), and Ultra High Frequency (UHF) RFID technologies.

Dual Frequency technology utilizes magnetic induction for both energizing and for communications (similar to LF and HF).

• Low frequency signal is used for energizing the tags (Advantage:less restrictive regulations compared to HF band allows longer energizing range)

• High frequency signal is used for communication from tag to reader (Advantage: significantly higher data rates support robust anti-collision, i.e., many tags can be read in a short period of time).

The technology’s real advantage lies in its ability to work even in harsh and challenging environmental conditions. The patented Dual Frequency technology virtually eliminates signal loss and tag read collision and works especially well for objects high in liquid, carbon and electronic content, such as the human body.

Dual Frequency RFID technology offers the following benefits:

• Short well defined charge range (0.3 m) and read range (2.0 m) allows for better accuracy and precision as compared to UHF RFID technologies (long and variable charge and read range of up to 10 meters)

• Much longer read range than LF (1.2 – 2.0 meters compared to LF 0.6 – 0.7 meters in ideal circumstances)

• Higher anti-collision than LF (100 tags/second vs. <5 tags/second)

• Can read through liquids (in contrast to UHF which reads primarily line of sight)

• Performs reliably and consistently in close proximity to metals (in contrast with UHF )

• Works in all weather conditions – including very low to very high temperatures; high moisture environments (antenna works when submerged or buried under snow and ice); and wide-range of problematic surface conditions (salt water soaked sand; granite, reinforced concrete, mud, etc.

Maximum read rate: 120 tags per second

Read percentage: 99.99

For more information go to www.ipicosports.com