These Mifare® DESfire® EV3 RFID (radio frequency ID) contactless cards are compatible with a huge variety of access control systems and applications such as contactless ticketing, payment at vending machines or event ticketing.
The contactless chip inside each card operates at 13.56mhz, with a super-fast processing speed of up to 848 Kbits per second. The cards also come with a choice of memory size to hold multiple applications.
Mifare® DESfire® cards 4K are compatible with all brands of plastic card printer, such as Magicard, Evolis, IDP, and supplied in high quality, dust free packaging ready to overprint your branding / personalisation. To avoid damaging the print head make sure the small area on top of the internal chip remains free of print, if you hold the card up to light you will see a slight indent. Alternatively contact us for a quote to supply your cards already pre-printed.
Choosing between Mifare Desfire EV2 and EV3 – what is the difference?
The features of the MIFARE® DESFire® EV3 IC (integrated circuit that stores and processes information) reflect NXP’s continued commitment to security. As part of the MIFARE® DESFire® family, the latest IC brings enhanced performance with a greater operating distance and improved transaction speed compared to its predecessors. An array of security features gives MIFARE® DESFire® EV3 more ways to protect data and help ensure privacy. The IC hardware and software are certified to Common Criteria EAL 5+, and the IC supports a broad choice of open crypto algorithms based on DES, 2K3DES, 3K3DES, or AES. A new Transaction Timer feature, which can be used to set a maximum time per transaction, helps mitigate man-in-the-middle attacks.
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Mifare RFID cards have a very slight 7mm x 5mm indent where the chip is embedded inside the card. It’s only visible if you hold the card up to the light and look carefully, generally it’s positioned within a 20mm x 20mm area in the top left-hand corner. If you are printing onto the cards then please be aware that the print head on some ID card printers may miss this 7mm x 5mm chip area and leave a blank space. If that happens then you’ll need to adjust your card layout to accommodate not printing on top of the chip area. Another option is to purchase pre-printed Mifare Cards from us with your background design already in place, so all you do is print on the personalisation. Or instead use a retransfer ID card printer as it does not print directly onto the card. If you’d like a quote for either or a sample card to test then please contact us.
