The MIFARE Classic® family is the most widely used contactless smart card ICs operating in the 13.56 MHz frequency range with read/write capability and ISO/IEC 14443 A compliance.

Smart cards based on MIFARE Classic® ICs are a commonly known solution in various applications such as transport, access management and many more. NXP Semiconductors offers support and local services covering the whole MIFARE® portfolio valued by customers across the globe and value chain.

Improved ESD robustness of MIFARE Classic® EV1 allows further increase of inlay and card lamination production yield.

Additional Originality Signature feature enables to quickly prove card genuineness.

MIFARE Classic® EV1 is available with the future proof 7-byte unique identifier (7B UID) and 4-byte non unique identifiers (4B NUID).

Key features

• Fully ISO/IEC 14443 Type A 1-3 compliant
• Available with ISO/IEC 14443-3 7-byte unique identifi er
• 7-byte UID or 4-byte NUID1- or 4-kByte EEPROM
• Simple fix memory structure
• Memory access conditions freely programmable
• 2 x 48 bit keys per sector for key hierarchy
• Personalization options (7B UID version only), supporting flexibility within 4-byte- and 7-byte infrastructure, e.g. ISO shortcut, UID mapping and random ID
• NXP originality signature to prove MIFARE Classic® genuineness

Key applications

• Public Transportation
• Electronic Toll Collection
• Loyalty Cards
• Event Ticketing
• Car Parking