THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND BAR CODES

Material for OLLI Workshop - June 2011

Lecture Slides

June 7 (LInk to PDF File)

June 14 (LInk to PDF File)

June 21 (LInk to PDF File)

June 28 (Link to HTML file)

Web Resources

  1. http://www.barcodehq.com/primer.html - Comprehensive coverage of bar code technologies.
  2. http://www.lintech.org/comp-per/06BARCD.pdf - Details about barcode symbologies.
  3. http://www.barcodehq.com/upcnumber.html - How to get a UPC number.
  4. http://www.gs1.org - Organization that assigns UPC numbers. Note the org locator indicating a not-for-profit outfit. (Site no. 3 provides instructions on how to get here!)