James Youngquist
Benjamin Ransford
Joshua R. Smith
ABSTRACT
Low-cost, easily deployable, reconfigurable, movable input devices can enable adaptive workflows in commercial, industrial, and home environments. A key limitation of previous reconfigurable control systems is their high cost or maintenance burden (e.g., battery changes or wiring setup). Our poster presents Arfid, a "fabric" for reconfigurable input devices that connects low-cost, battery-free inputs to arbitrarily specified functions in their surroundings via a buildingwide network of RFID readers. Users can reassign controllers' functions using a simple web interface.
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Digital Library
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Index Terms
- Arfid: a reconfigurable fabric of input devices for the internet of things
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