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RFID for Brand Protection by NFC Chips
- Jan 06 2021
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RFID offers a higher comprehensive way to safeguard your brand, because RFID supports a multi-pronged approach that includes authentication, track and trace, and tamper evidence. Counterfeit goods are a universal challenge across all industries. They can lead to lost sales and a poor user experience. Embedding cryptographically secure tags into goods authenticates the items and might enhance the customer […]
Read moreSyringes with RFID Technology Track Vaccines, Not Recipients
- Dec 26 2020
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Tracking when and where vaccinations occur is essential for pandemic defense, according to Rapid Aseptic Packaging of Drugs Consortium, or RAPID. With RFID technology, health officials can access real-time vaccination coverage maps and reports from around the country by scanning a Near Field Communication, or NFC chip. “By scanning the chip on a cellphone app, […]
Read moreWhat is RFID Wet inlays and RFID Dry Inlays?
- Sep 16 2020
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RFID wet inlays are passive RFID inlays with an adhesive backing that can be either applied to a product directly or converted into smart labels (integrated into a paper or plastic label). “Dry” inlay does not include the adhesive layer. Wet inlays are low cost solution to high volume tagging of products that do not […]
Read moreWhat is the difference between Direct Thermal and Thermal-Transfer Printing? RFID Labels
- Sep 01 2020
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Direct thermal and thermal-transfer printing both use a heated print-head to print on blank labels. However, with direct thermal printers, the print-head must be in direct contact with the label material, while thermal-transfer printers use an ink ribbon to print, made of wax or resin, and this is what comes into contact with the heated […]
Read moreWhat is Smart Card?
- Aug 29 2020
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SmartCard, chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC) is a physical electronic authorization device, used to control access to a resource. It is typically a plastic credit card-sized card with an embedded integrated circuit (IC) chip Many smart cards include a pattern of metal contacts to electrically connect to the internal chip. Others are contactless, and some are both. Smart cards can provide personal […]
Read moreThe newest chips in the market in 2020!
- Jul 21 2020
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Contact Us NXP MIFARE® DESFire® EV3 Chip The newest chips in the market in 2020! Based on open global standards for both RF interface and cryptographic methods, our MIFARE DESFire product family provides highly secure microcontroller-based ICs. Its name DESFire references the use of DES, 2K3DES, 3K3DES, and AES hardware cryptographic engines for securing transmission […]
Read moreMIFARE Plus EV2 Chips gateway for new Smart City applications and a compelling upgrade, in terms of security and connectivity, for existing deployments.
- Jul 10 2020
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MIFARE Plus EV2 The MIFARE Plus® product family is designed to be both, a gateway for new Smart City applications as well as a compelling security upgrade for legacy infrastructures. It offers the benefit of a seamless upgrade of existing MIFARE Classic® product-based installations and services with minimum effort. This results into the possibility to issue cards, […]
Read moreThe MIFARE SAM AV3 Adds Security to Smart City Applications
- Jul 05 2020
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NXP MIFARE SAM AV3 Security to Smart City Applications. MIFARE SAM AV3 more and more of daily life has become contactless. As we navigate through our lives, people around the world use devices like smartphones, wearables and smart cards to do things like pay for purchases, enter buildings, earn loyalty points and ride public transport. […]
Read moreWhat is EMV Chip technology?
- Jun 14 2020
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EMV chip technology is the latest global standard for card payments. EMV is an acronym for Europay Mastercard and Visa, who developed this technology. EMV cards are chip-based payment cards with enhanced safety features designed to prevent fraudulent practices such as card skimming and cloning. In this article, you’ll learn: The ten steps of an EMV chip transaction End-to-end encryption How EMV technology prevents fraud The bells […]
Read moreNXP MIFARE® DESFire® EV1, EV2, Light and EV1 256B Chips Highlights
- May 13 2020
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MIFARE® DESFire® Based on open global standards for both RF interface and cryptographic methods, our MIFARE DESFire product family provides highly secure microcontroller-based ICs. Its name DESFire references the use of DES, 2K3DES, 3K3DES, and AES hardware cryptographic engines for securing transmission data. This family includes MIFARE DESFire EV1, MIFARE DESFire EV2 and MIFARE DESFire Light […]
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