NTAG216 vs. ICODE 3

These two chips, the NTAG216 and the ICODE 3 are from different NFC chip families. The NTAG216, manufactured by NXP belonging to the NTAG family, and the ICODE 3, manufactured by .

The NTAG216 has the largest memory capacity of the NTAG21x range. It's typically used in business cards and similar vCard storage applications. With a better availability than the smaller memory NTAG215 chip, it's essentially the only option if you need more memory than the NTAG213. It's not a cheap chip and prices for NTAG216 tags carry a heavy premium. Seritag strongly recommend that NFC tags shouldn't be used to store data but contain only the link to data. In which case, using a large memory chip such as the NTAG216 isn't always a good idea in the first place. However, if your application absolutely requires it, this chip is an option.

Key Features

Key Specifications

Phone compatibility

Typical Use Cases

User Features

	NTAG216	ICODE 3
Total memory (bytes)	924	0
User memory (bytes)	888	0
Max URL (chars)	872	0
UID (bytes)	7	0
ECC signature
32-bit password
UID ASCII mirror
Scan Counter
Counter ASCII mirror
Lockable

Technical Specifications

	NTAG216	ICODE 3
Chip thickness	75 µm / 120 µm
NFC Forum	Type 2
Operating Freq.	13.56Mhz
Data Trans. Rate	106 kbit/s
Input Capacitance	50pf
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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