NXP NTAG215

NXP's NTAG215 chip was launched in 2013 alongside the NTAG213, NTAG212, NTAG210 and NTAG216. It's a full featured chip with a medium size memory capacity. The NTAG21x series chips included a number of enhancements over the previous generation NTAG203, including a 32-bit password and ASCII UID mirror. There were also a number of technical changes including a thinner 75µm chip format and an increase in expected data retention to 10 years. Importantly, NXP also added an originality signature feature which helped detect counterfeit NTAG series chips.

Seritag almost always recommend that you use NFC tags as an identifier - the link to the data rather than the data source themselves. Therefore, in the majority of cases, the smaller memory and cheaper NTAG213 is a far better choice. However, if you need more memory than the NTAG213 can provide - perhaps for a longer URL or to store a vCard - then the NTAG215 is a good choice. It's more widely available that the NTAG216 and more cost-effective.

As a good alternative to the NTAG215, you might also want to consider the iCODE SLIX 2 which has slightly less memory but a great scan performance.

Key Features

Key Specifications

Phone compatibility

Typical Use Cases

User Features

Technical Specifications

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