MIFARE & RC522

RFID TAG
SOMMARY

• Introduction
• Mifare cards
 Definitions
 Types of mifare cards
 Comparison

• RC522
 Role
 Configuration
INTRODUCTION

RFID(Radio- Frequency IDentification)

appeared on twentieth century with the apparition of
radar on US.
We use this technology in our daily life with
textile industry, transport, etc… One of module of RFID
is MFRC522. In some lines, we will present the
MFRC522 module.
 I. MIFARE CARD

Definition:

MIFARE is a contactless card technology that was introduced in 1994. It exists on differends
type.
 Types of mifare cards

• Mifare 1k and 4k classic

• Mifare desfire
• Mifare TCL
• And others…
 COMPARAISON

comparison points Mifare classic Mifare desfire Mifare Plus

production company NXP SemiConductor NXP SemiConductor NXP SemiConductor

Memory 1K(soit 1024 bits) for mifare 1k 8k or 32k for ev1 to ev2 2k or 4k
4K(soit 4094 bits) for mifare 4k

Structure of the memory It has 4 blocks, each with 16 sectors
The first sector from block0 has the
card UID who consists on 4bytes
We can read and write on the rest of
sector 0,1and 2. The third content the
Key A (for reading) and key B(for
writing)
The Mifare Desfire series of products
don't have any block structure you
can access, they are type 4 NFC
cards.
organized in sectors of blocks to
allow a seamless migration from
legacy to more advanced products by
a step-by-step upgrade of existing
infrastructures to higher security,
where needed.

Frequency 13,56 MHz. 13,56 MHz. 13,56 MHz.

Reading / writing speed 106 Kbits/s. 848 Kbit/s 848 kbit/s

transfer
 RC522

Role:
The RC522 RFID reader module is designed to create a 13.56MHz
electromagnetic field and communicate with RFID tags (ISO 14443A standard tags).
The reader can communicate with a microcontroller over a 4-pin SPI(Serial
Peripheral Interface) with a maximum data rate of 10 Mbps. It also supports
communication over I2C and UART protocols.
 RC522
Configuration:
Pin Number Pin Name Description
1 Vcc Used to Power the module,
typically 3.3V is used

2 RST Reset pin – used to reset or power

down the module

3 Ground Connected to Ground of system

4 IRQ Interrupt pin – used to wake up

the module when a device comes
into range

5 MISO/SCL/Tx MISO pin when used for SPI

communication, acts as SCL for
I2c and Tx for UART.

6 MOSI Master out slave in pin for SPI

communication

7 SCK Serial Clock pin – used to provide

clock source
 RC522

8 SS/SDA/Rx Acts as Serial input (SS) for SPI communication,

SDA for IIC and Rx during UART