NXP Semiconductors has developed the MIFARE Ultralight C – to be used in a contactless smart ticket or smart card in combination with Proximity Coupling Devices (PCD). Primarily designed for limited use applications such as public transportation, event ticketing and loyalty applications.
NXP MIFARE® Ultralight C
$0.45
Description
The NXP MIFARE Ultralight® C contactless IC is a cost effective solution using the open 3DES cryptographic standard for chip authentication and data access.
The widely adopted 3DES standard enables easy integration into existing infrastructures and the integrated authentication command set provides an effective cloning protection that helps to prevent counterfeit of tags.
NXP Semiconductors has developed the MIFARE Ultralight C – Contactless ticket IC MF0ICU2 to be used in a contactless smart ticket or smart card in combination with Proximity Coupling Devices (PCD). Tickets, vouchers or tags based on MIFARE Ultralight C can act as single trip mass transit tickets, event tickets or as low cost loyalty cards and are also used for device authentication.
MIFARE Ultralight C operates according to the ISO/IEC 14443 A standard, allowing an operating distance of up to 10 cm with true anti-collision support. It also offers extended user memory compared to MIFARE Ultralight EV1 and a range of additional security features previously unavailable on low cost contactless ICs. Existing MIFARE Ultralight C product-based solutions benefit from the same authentication commands as being used for MIFARE DESFire EV1. The MIFARE Ultralight C is furthermore compliant to the NFC Tag type 2.
Anti-collision
An intelligent anti-collision function allows operating more than one card in the field simultaneously. The anti-collision algorithm selects each card individually and ensures that the execution of a transaction with a selected card is performed correctly without interference from another card in the field.
Specifications
- Product type NFC Card
- Chip: MIFARE Ultralight C
- Standard: ISO/IEC 14443 Type A
- NFC: Forum Type 2
- Compatibility: All NFC-enabled devices
- Works with: NFC Tools for Android, Windows, MacOS, Linux
- Total memory: 192 bytes
- Usable memory 144 bytes
- UID size: 7 bytes
- Encryption: Not supported
- Password protection: 32-bit password protection
- Data transfer: 106 kbit/s
- Data retention: 10 years
- Write endurance: 100 000 cycles
- Operating Frequency: 13.56 MHz
- Operating distance: Up to 10 cm
Features
MIFARE RF Interface (ISO/IEC 14443 A)
- Contactless transmission of data and supply energy
- Operating frequency of 13.56 MHz
- Data integrity of 16-bit CRC, parity, bit coding, bit counting
- 7-byte serial number (cascade level 2 according to ISO/IEC 14443-3)
- Fast counter transaction: < 10 ms
- Operating distance up to 100 mm depending on antenna geometry and reader configuration
- Data transfer of 106 kbit/s
- True anti-collision
- Typical ticketing transaction: < 35 ms
EEPROM
- 1536-bit total memory
- 36 pages, 1152-bit user r/w area
- Field programmable read-only locking function per page for first 512-bit
- 32-bit user definable One-Time Programmable (OTP) area
- Data retention of 10 years
- 512-bit compatible with MF0ICU1
- Field programmable read-only locking function per block
- 16-bit one-way counter
- Write endurance 100000 cycles
Applications
- Access Control
- Public Transportation
- Electronic Toll Collection
- Loyalty Cards
- Event Ticketing
- Car Parking
MIFARE Ultralight Family Overview
