NFC Card

NFC cards are becoming increasingly popular across a range of industries, offering a modern solution for secure and efficient communication. Order your own NFC products today!

What is NFC card?

An NFC (Near Field Com­mu­ni­ca­tion) card is a smart card that allows con­tact­less com­mu­ni­ca­tion between devices. It works on the prin­ci­ple of elec­tro­mag­net­ic induc­tion, allow­ing data trans­fer and com­mu­ni­ca­tion between the card and an NFC-enabled device (such as a smart­phone or card read­er) when they are brought into close prox­im­i­ty to each oth­er (usu­al­ly with­in a few cen­time­ters).

How do NFC cards work?

NFC (Near Field Com­mu­ni­ca­tion) cards use elec­tro­mag­net­ic induc­tion. When an NFC card is brought close to an NFC-enabled device, such as a smart­phone or card read­er, the two devices estab­lish a con­nec­tion and exchange data. The fre­quen­cy of this com­mu­ni­ca­tion is 13.56 MHz and the range is very short, typ­i­cal­ly with­in a few cen­time­ters. The process involves the NFC read­er gen­er­at­ing a radio fre­quen­cy (RF) field that pow­ers the NFC card and allows it to trans­mit data back to the read­er. The data exchange can include infor­ma­tion such as pay­ment details, access cre­den­tials or oth­er types of secu­ri­ty data.

What is the NFC card used for?

NFC cards pro­vide a ver­sa­tile and secure method for con­tact­less com­mu­ni­ca­tion and data exchange in a vari­ety of every­day sce­nar­ios. NFC (Near Field Com­mu­ni­ca­tion) cards can be used in a vari­ety of appli­ca­tions, includ­ing

Con­tact­less pay­ments: NFC cards can be used to make secure, con­ve­nient con­tact­less pay­ments at retail stores, restau­rants and oth­er busi­ness­es equipped with NFC pay­ment ter­mi­nals.

Access con­trol: NFC cards are com­mon­ly used in access con­trol sys­tems for offices, build­ings and pub­lic trans­porta­tion, allow­ing autho­rized indi­vid­u­als to gain access by sim­ply swip­ing the card on an NFC read­er.

Pub­lic trans­porta­tion: NFC cards can be used to pro­vide seam­less access to pub­lic trans­porta­tion sys­tems, allow­ing pas­sen­gers to pay fares or board bus­es quick­ly and eas­i­ly.

Data trans­fer: NFC cards can facil­i­tate data trans­fer between devices, such as shar­ing con­tact infor­ma­tion, con­nect­ing to Blue­tooth devices, or access­ing dig­i­tal con­tent.

What is an NFC business card?

NFC busi­ness cards are embed­ded with NFC chips that allow them to inter­act with NFC-enabled devices such as smart­phones and tablets. When an NFC busi­ness card is tapped on a com­pat­i­ble device, it can trig­ger a vari­ety of actions, such as open­ing a web page, shar­ing con­tact infor­ma­tion or launch­ing a spe­cif­ic appli­ca­tion.

NFC busi­ness cards give pro­fes­sion­als a con­ve­nient way to inter­act and share their con­tacts and dig­i­tal con­tent with oth­ers. They can be pro­grammed to link to per­son­al web­sites, port­fo­lios, social media pro­files or any oth­er dig­i­tal con­tent the card­hold­er wants to share with their con­tacts. This tech­nol­o­gy pro­vides a mod­ern and mem­o­rable way to share infor­ma­tion and make a last­ing impres­sion on the web and in busi­ness inter­ac­tions.

How to choose NFC chips?

NFC chip list

NFC CHIPPROTOCOLREAD/WRITEEEPROM
Ntag213ISO14443ARead & Write180bits
Ntag215ISO14443ARead & Write540bits
Ntag216ISO14443ARead & Write924bits
Mifare 1KISO14443ARead & Write1KB
Des­Fire EV1ISO14443ARead & Write2KB/4KB/8KB
Icode SLIXISO15693Read & Write1024bits
Ultra­light EV1 CISO14443ARead & Write640bits or 1312bits
Fel­i­caSony Fel­i­CaRead & Write4KB

The avail­able size of an NFC chip to store your data is an impor­tant para­me­ter for your choice.

If you need lit­tle space for your data, like writ­ing a sim­ple URL, you can use NTAG213 (144 bytes).

If you need more space, like writ­ing a busi­ness card (vCard), you can choose NTAG216 chips (888 bytes).

There are also chips with larg­er mem­o­ry such as MIFARE 1K, MIFARE DES­Fire 2K, 4K, 8K, or MIFARE PLUS 2K chips.

NFC product options

  • NFC stand
  • NFC PVC card
  • NFC stick­er
  • NFC tag
  • NFC wood­en card
  • NFC wrist­band

Where can I order custom NFC products?

HYD­card offers a range of NFC prod­ucts, includ­ing PVC cards, tags, wrist­bands, etc. We are able to inte­grate NFC tech­nol­o­gy and offer options for cus­tomi­sa­tion and bulk orders. When order­ing, please make sure you spec­i­fy the design, quan­ti­ty and any spe­cif­ic NFC func­tion­al­i­ty you require.

If you have any ques­tions or need fur­ther assis­tance, please do not hes­i­tate to ask!