MIFARE 1k was the first IC to be used in high volume public transport ticketing in a major transport project in Seoul, Korea. Continuing this success, cities such as London, Beijing, Taipei, Pusan and many more are adopting MIFARE as the contactless interface platform for the present and future.

MIFARE 1k is primarily used in closed systems as fixed value tickets (e.g. weekly or monthly travel passes) or as tickets where value is extracted from the card by the service provider.

Key applications

  • Public transportation
  • Access management
  • Event ticketing
  • Access management
  • Gaming
  • Identity

Key features

  • 1 kbyte EEPROM (768 Byte free available)
  • Unique serial number (4 Byte)
  • 16 securely separated sectors supporting multi-application
  • Each sector consists 4 blocks with a length of 16 Byte
  • 2 x 48 bit keys per sector for key hierarchy
  • Access conditions free configurable based on 2 level key hierarchy
  • Number of single write operations: 100.000
  • Data retention: 10 years

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