
MIFARE DESFire Light
Designed for single-application use cases, MIFARE DESFire Light is an easy-to-integrate, cost-effective, and secure way to deploy efficient and convenient contactless transactions in a range of services.
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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 products. They’re ideally suited for solution developers and system operators building reliable, interoperable, and scalable contactless smart card solutions. MIFARE DESFire products enable multiapplication smart card solutions for identity, access control, loyalty, and micropayment applications, as well as in transport schemes.
Products | Description | ISO/IEC support | Security | Certifications | Datasheet | Order |
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MIFARE DESFire Light | Secure, easy-to-integrate, cost-effective contactless IC | ISO/IEC 14443 A 1-4 & ISO/IEC 7816 | AES 128-bit and LRP authentication and secure messaging | CC EAL4 | PDF (1.2 MB) |
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MIFARE DESFire EV2 | Secure, contactless multiapplication IC with an enhanced feature set for Smart City applications | ISO/IEC 14443 A 1-4 & ISO/IEC 7816 | DES/2K3DES/3K2DES/AES crypto algorithms | CC EAL5+ | PDF (294 kB) |
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MIFARE DESFire EV1 | Secure, contactless IC for Smart City applications | ISO/IEC 14443 A 1-4 & ISO/IEC 7816 | DES/2K3DES/3K2DES/AES crypto algorithms | CC EAL4+ | PDF (107 kB) |
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Designed for single-application use cases, MIFARE DESFire Light is an easy-to-integrate, cost-effective, and secure way to deploy efficient and convenient contactless transactions in a range of services.
Our IC for next-generation multiapplication smart cards and wearables.
We are offering eco-system partners the opportunity to think ahead and consider how their system solutions can be further elevated using a set of innovative features available on the MIFARE DESFire EV2 open architecture development platform.
See how Bursa, the most populous city in Turkey, moves from MIFARE Classic to DESFIRE Light, increasing security and flexibility to the transportation system.
This lightweight version of the successful MIFARE DESFire contactless IC family comes with a predefined file structure, designed for single application use cases.
Learn more about two new products of NXP’s MIFARE DESFire contactless IC family: MIFARE DESFire Light IC and MIFARE DESFire EV2 IC with 16 kB and 32 kB.