Institute of Transportation, Ministry of Transportation and Communications Taiwan R.o.c.

Chen-Ying Kao

Hui-Chuan Chen

Hong-Ming Kuo

A data converter and its converting method having both the functions of barcode technology and RFID technology, and conforming with related regulations of international civil aviation are disclosed. The data converter includes a barcode reading module, a processing module, and a reading module. The converting method includes the following steps: (1) Reading an external barcode data Sby the barcode reading module; (2) Reading the external barcode data Sread by the barcode reading module by the barcode reading module from a memory; (3) Reading the date data (preset data S) from the RTC (Real Time Clock) by the processing module; (4) Reading the data arrangement format defined within the firmware by the processing module; (5) Combining the external barcode data Sand the preset data Sin accordance with the arranged format by the processing module; (6) Writing the combined data into a register memory by the processing module; (7) Starting the RFID module by the processing module; (8) Reading the combined data from the register memory by the processing module and writing into the RFID medium memory through the RFID module.

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Chen-Ying Kao