Smart Card Technology – Saving on Smart Cards

Plastek Cards announces a new RFID card product we now carry for the Smart Card Industry and the Plastic Card Industry. A new type of the M1(S50) Generic RFID card which is comparable but more stabe than the Philips brand. There is a minimal amount of difference between the two cards, but a substantial difference in price. The generic brand in comparison is a better card and most cost effective. Below you will see the difference in the two RFID cards.

PHILIPS M1(S50)

· Memory size: 8 Kbits

· Operating frequency: 13.56MHz

· Fast data transfer: 106 Kbits/s

· Operating distance: 5cm

· Operating time: 1~2ms

· Operating temperature: -10??50?

· Minimum erasing times: 100,000

· Data retention time: > 10 years

· Dimension: 85.5x54x0.9mm

GENERIC FM1(S50) RFID (much more stable)

· Memory size: 8 Kbits

· Operating frequency: 13.56MHz

· Fast data transfer: 106 Kbits/s

· Operating distance: 6cm

· Operating time: 1~2ms

· Operating temperature: -10??50?

· Minimum erasing times: 100,000

· Data retention time: > 10 years

· Dimension: 85.5x54x0.9mm