What Is HID?
HID stands for High Intensity Discharge which comes from a glass tube full of Xenon gas. There is a seperate ballast and ignitor that strikes an arc and ignites the gas in the bulb. This creates that brilliant white light that is seen on most high end luxury vehicles on the road today. The purpose and advantage of Xenon lighting is the ability to create a more natural white color light which more closely resembles daylight. Thus making it easier on your eyes for night time driving. An added benefit is the amount of light produced by this process. The increased amount of light gives you better night time vision on the road so you can see obstacles that may impeede your driving, and give you added reaction time to adjust for the conditions that you normally wouldn’t be able to see at night. It also helps in rural and dark areas as you will be able to throw a larger beam out with brigher light filling that light pattern.
Related Questions
- When you indicate that XceedID readers are compatible with GE/CASI® ProxLite® proximity and will be compatible with HID proximity, what does that really mean?
- Are your readers always a drop in replacement for existing HID or GE/CASI proximity readers with wiegand outputs?
- Does XceedID offer proximity cards compatible with HID technology?
