NTAG 210/NTAG 212: NTAG® 21x, NFC Forum Type 2 Tag IC with Multiple User Memory Sizes
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NTAG 210 and NTAG 212 have been developed by NXP® Semiconductors as standard NFC tag ICs to be used in mass-market applications such as retail, gaming, and publishing, in combination with NFC devices or NFC compliant Proximity Coupling Devices. NTAG 210 and NTAG 212 (from now on, generally called NTAG 21x) are designed to fully comply to NFC Forum Type 2 Tag and ISO/IEC14443 Type A specifications.
Target applications include Out-of-Home and print media smart advertisement, SoLoMo applications, product authentication, NFC shelf labels, mobile companion tags.
The mechanical and electrical specifications of NTAG 21x are tailored to meet the requirements of inlay and tag manufacturers.
Contactless energy and data transfer
Communication to NTAG 21x can be established only when the IC is connected to an antenna. Form and specification of the coil are out of the scope of this document.
When NTAG 21x is positioned in the RF field, the high-speed RF communication interface allows the transmission of the data with a baud rate of 106 kbit/s.
Simple deployment and user convenience
NTAG 21x offers specific features designed to improve integration and user convenience:
- The fast read capability allows scanning the complete NDEF message with only one FAST_READ command, thus reducing the overhead in high throughput production environments
- The improved RF performance allows for more flexibility in the choice of shape, dimension, and materials
- The option for 75 μm IC thickness enables the manufacturing of ultrathin tags, for a more convenient integration in e.g. magazines or gaming cards
Security
- Manufacturer programmed 7-byte UID for each device
- Capability container with one-time programmable bits
- Field programmable read-only locking function per page (per 2 pages for the extended memory section)
- ECC based originality signature
- 32-bit password protection to prevent unauthorized memory operations
NFC Forum Tag 2 Type compliance
NTAG 21x IC provides full compliance to the NFC Forum Tag 2 Type technical specification and enables NDEF data structure configurations.
Anticollision
An intelligent anticollision function allows operating more than one tag in the field simultaneously. The anticollision algorithm selects each tag individually and ensures that the execution of a transaction with a selected tag is performed correctly without interference from another tag in the field.
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Product Details
Features
- Contactless transmission of data and supply energy
- Operating frequency of 13.56 MHz
- Data transfer of 106 kbit/s
- Data integrity of 16-bit CRC, parity, bit coding, bit counting
- Operating distance up to 100 mm (depending on various parameters as e.g. field strength and antenna geometry)
- 7-byte serial number (cascade level 2 according to ISO/IEC 14443-3)
- UID ASCII mirror for automatic serialization NDEF messages
- ECC based originality signature
- Fast read command
- True anticollision
- 80 or 164 bytes organized in 20 or 41 pages with 4 bytes per page
- 48 or 128 bytes freely available user Read/Write area (12 or 32 pages)
- 4 bytes initialized capability container with one-time programmable access bits
- Field programmable read-only locking function per page for the first 16 pages
- Field programmable read-only locking function per double page above the first 16 pages
- Configurable password protection with an optional limit of unsuccessful attempts
- Anti-tearing support for capability container (CC) and lock bits
- ECC supported originality check
- Data retention time of 10 years
- Write endurance 100.000 cycles
Target Applications
- Smart advertisement
- Goods and device authentication
- Call request
- Gaming
- Call to action
- Voucher and coupons
- Bluetooth® simple pairing
- Connection handover
Documentation
Quick reference to our documentation types.
5 documents
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Application Note
NTAG 21x features and hints
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Application Note
NTAG Antenna Design Guide
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Application Note
NTAG® Originality Signature Validation
Design Resources
Software
1 software file
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Code Snippets
RFIDDiscover
Note: For better experience, software downloads are recommended on desktop.
Engineering Services
To get further assistance directly from NXP, please see our Engineering Services.
1-5 of 10 engineering services
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Independent Design House (IDH)
Embedded Software Design
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Original Design Manufacturer (ODM)
RFID labels (NFC and RAIN RFID)
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Independent Design House (IDH)
Secure Hardware design
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Independent Design House (IDH)
Hardware Design Services
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Independent Design House (IDH)
NFC wearables
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