RFID/NFC Sticker – 1KB

RFID/NFC 13.56MHz ‘MiFare Classic’ Sticker – 1KB

Do you perhaps think this tag can only be used for stock-taking? Fortunately, this 13.56MHz RFID/NFC tag offers you countless possibilities for use; the only limit is your imagination.

This tag incorporates a small RFID chip and an antenna which, from a distance of a couple of inches, can be passively powered by the proximity reader/writer.

Almost all 13.56 MHz RFID/NFC readers can read them; the only requirement is that the readers must support ISO/IEC 14443 Type A cards and not other encryption standards, such as FeliCa.

These chips can be written to and rewritten over 100,000 times and are also capable of storing up to 1 KB of data in EEPROM memory, divided into blocks.

The PN532 NFC/RFID breakout board or the Adafruit NFC/RFID Shield for Arduino are ideal for reading or writing data to the EEPROM built into the tag. Furthermore, to distinguish one tag from another, the chip contains a permanent 4-byte ID (which cannot be changed).

MiFare Classic products use a traditional ISO/IEC 14443 Type A chipset. This chipset has not been supported by the NFC Forum since around 2014. Consequently, newer-generation mobile phones and tablets no longer use it. However, this is irrelevant unless you intend to use this tag with mobile phones or tablets.

RFID ‘MiFare Classic’ Tag technical details:

RFID chip details:

• 1 kilobyte (8 kilobits) of non-volatile EEPROM memory
• Built-in 48-bit key encryption system
• A unique 4-byte identifier embedded in the chip
• Frequency: 13.56 MHz

RFID/NFC Sticker details:

• 41x24x0.2mm / 1.6″x 1″x0.008
• 0.3 g / 0.01 oz
• Works at a distance of approximately 2.5″ from the reader

Adafruit name: 13.56MHz RFID/NFC Sticker – Classic 1K [ADA362]