Just for Fun..Can I Connect Data Collection and the Chicago Style Hot Dog?

Barcode Scanners, Blog, Data Collection, Retail, Technology Trends, Uncategorized / By / October 14, 2013 / 3 minutes of reading

My name is Gayle DeRose and I am in the high-tech business. Data Collection. Data Acquisition. Rugged computing solutions. I am the COO at L-Tron Corporation, and we partner with the best in the business: Advantech, Honeywell Scanning & Mobility, and Zebra Technologies, just to name a few. I do routinely blog about our business. And today I have been inspired …

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Should you buy an ET1 or that other thing?

Blog, Data Collection, Field Service, Mobile Computers, Retail, Technology Trends / By / October 7, 2013 / 3 minutes of reading

Question: Should I buy a rugged handheld device or something that could break under normal circumstances? Answer: Sorry to be “that guy” but I’m going to answer your question with more questions; “What are you trying to do?” and “How will it be used?” If you are looking for a handheld device to use at home on your couch, then …

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Motorola LI2208 — Value Driven Scanning

Barcode Scanners, Blog, Healthcare / By / September 30, 2013 / 3 minutes of reading

Motorola’s latest offering in linear imaging scanning is really impressive.  Linear imaging scanning has been around for a while, but the LI2208 moves things to the next level of speed, performance, and decoding. One of the advantages of imaging scanning—2D or linear—is that you can scan on almost surface or through several substrates, such as …

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Barcode Scanner Interfaces – Popularity Never Fails; Try USB Cables

Barcode Scanners, Blog / By / September 23, 2013 / 3 minutes of reading

Welcome back!  This is the last of my three-part series on physically connecting a barcode scanner to a computer. In the first blog, I outlined how to use a Serial Cable.  The second blog detailed the ins and outs of using a Keyboard Wedge.  For this final blog, I will explain a USB connection. Even though you …

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Barcode Scanner Interfaces – Keepin’ it Easy with a Keyboard Wedge

Barcode Scanners, Blog / By / September 18, 2013 / 2 minutes of reading

Welcome to Part 2 of my Barcode Scanner Interface blog series, in which I outline the three primary methods of physically connecting a barcode scanner to a computer: Serial, Keyboard Wedge, and USB.  If you missed Part 1 on using a serial interface, you can read it here. The keyboard wedge interface gets its name from …

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Spartan Race Automates Athlete Action Shots with RFID

Blog, Data Collection, RFID, Technology Trends / By / May 5, 2020 / 3 minutes of reading

Hi, my name is Tony Mai, and I am the Internet Marketing Manager here at L-Tron Corporation. I’ve been constantly asking my team to write more blogs, so it’s only fair that I write one, too. I recently signed up for the Spartan Race. For those of you that are not familiar with the Spartan …

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Ensure Bar Code Compliance…Or Else!

Barcode Printers, Blog, Supply Chain, Technology Trends, Warehouse / By / September 9, 2013 / 2 minutes of reading

These days, if you place a unreadable bar code label on a carton, you may find a fine coming your way!  With the high volume of customers implementing automated receiving systems in their large distribution centers, bar code compliance is critical.  The bar code label needs to be readable, the right symbology, and in the right placement on the carton or …

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Barcode Scanner Interfaces – Let’s Get Serial

Barcode Scanners, Blog / By / September 13, 2019 / 3 minutes of reading

You have a barcode scanner. You have a computer. What’s next? There are three primary methods of physically connecting a barcode scanner to a computer: Serial, Keyboard Wedge, and USB. This is one in a series of three blogs to explain these interfaces, beginning with serial. A serial interface is the most complicated of the …

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iKey Medical Keyboards: User Feedback Matters!

Blog, Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Public Safety / By / August 26, 2013 / 2 minutes of reading

Earlier this year, I received a request for quote for a large quantity of sealed, back-lit keyboards.  There was a list of requirements and an invitation to bid.  The request came from an unknown party, with no description of use or intent.  Based on the facts at hand, I decided this was a quest seeking …

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LANpoint Terminals

Blog, Data Collection, Industrial Computers, Manufacturing, Warehouse / By / August 19, 2013 / 2 minutes of reading

 If you read our blogs regularly, then you know that our blogs are usually written by L-Tron employees.  For this blog, we decided to try something different – and feature a “Guest Blogger” from our friend, Bob Taflinger, Sales Engineer at Intelligent Instrumentation, Inc. (III). Thanks, Bob!   Over the years, the LANpoint fixed mount DOS …

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