NTAG212 vs. ICODE 3
These two chips, the NTAG212 and the ICODE 3 are from different NFC chip families. The NTAG212, manufactured by NXP belonging to the NTAG family, and the ICODE 3, manufactured by .
The NTAG212 chip was launched in 2013 alongside the NTAG210, NTAG213, NTAG215 and NTAG216. The NTAG212 holds a similar amount of memory to the NTAG213 at 128 user bytes and while it has some more features than the original NTAG203 chip, it's not as full featured as the NTAG213, NTAG215 or NTAG216.
Seritag's recommendation on the NTAG212 : avoid.
Key Features
User Memory
128 Bytes
Max URL
120 Chars*
User Memory
0 Bytes
Max URL
0 Chars*
*Characters
Key Specifications
| Brand | NXP |
| Chip Series | NTAG |
| NFC Forum | Type 2 |
| Availability | Low |
| ScanStrength | High |
| Brand | |
| Chip Series | |
| NFC Forum | |
| Availability | |
| ScanStrength |
Phone compatibility
Apple
Android
Apple
Android
Typical Use Cases
- None
User Features
| NTAG212 | ICODE 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total memory (bytes) | 164 | 0 |
| User memory (bytes) | 128 | 0 |
| Max URL (chars) | 120 | 0 |
| UID (bytes) | 7 | 0 |
| ECC signature | ||
| 32-bit password | ||
| UID ASCII mirror | ||
| Scan Counter | - | |
| Counter ASCII mirror | - | |
| Lockable |
Technical Specifications
| NTAG212 | ICODE 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chip thickness | 75 µm / 120 µm | |
| NFC Forum | Type 2 | |
| Operating Freq. | 13.56Mhz | |
| Data Trans. Rate | 106 kbit/s | |
| Input Capacitance | 17pf | |
| Fast read | ||
| Data retention (years) | 10 | 0 |
| Write endurance (cycles) | 100000 | 0 |
| Anticollision | - | |
| Standard | ISO/IEC 14443 A | |
| Release date | 2013 |
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