Barcodes are everywhere: on our favorite products, in the advertisements we see, on our mail and now even on the foods we eat. But that hasn’t always been the case. What began as an attempt to automate the grocery store…
Today, we’ve released the latest version of our Barcode Scanner SDK for iOS and Android, which includes substantial improvements to our mobile scanning performance in difficult lighting scenarios such as low light, glare and reflections. Be sure to download the…
There are many types of barcodes—and each brings unique opportunities and limitations. With such a range of options to choose from, it can be tough to determine which barcodes will best suit your products, inventory or assets. Should you invest…
We’re thrilled to announce that Scandit technology will now be available to developers using the popular Xamarin mobile application development environment. With the release of our iOS and Android Xamarin components, Xamarin developers can easily add an enterprise-grade barcode scanner…
Today we wanted to share some creative barcode designs from Irish artist Steve Simpson. Simpsons work mostly focuses on customizing the traditional barcodes on products, specifically the UPC/EAN code type. While many of are familiar with customized QR codes, finding…
Howdy! Today we wanted to share a fascinating story that illustrates one of the more unique usage scenarios for barcode scanning. Recently hacker Nathan Broadbent decided to program his microwave (which is running on a Raspberry Pi), so that it can…
Over the past few weeks we’ve discussed a variety of usage scenarios in the retail industry where smartphone-based barcode scanning is being leveraged through mobile apps. Today we’ll continue this discussion by looking at consumer empowerment apps. Typical Features of…
Today we’re excited to provide a walkthrough on how to work with the Scandit barcode generator. The barcode generator works with UPC-A, EAN-13, EAN-8, ITF, Code 39, Code 128 and QR code types. Here’s the breakdown for each code type:…
Barcodes are everywhere. We use them everyday, from the average shopping trip to serious aspects of work – like monitoring medical supplies. They are under our noses to the point that we often miss them. But where do they come…
UPDATE: This post is no longer up-to-date. To read more about the many types of both one-dimensional and two-dimensional barcodes please see our latest guide to choosing the right barcodes. A couple of days ago we’ve introduced you to the…
