What is Mifare DESfire smart cards?

Smart cards are highly secured. These are embedded with microprocessors that can encrypt and securely store information. Also the card's magnetic-stripe data reduces its chance of getting lost. Now a days, smart cards have chip operating technology which have the capability to check errors and user authentication facilities. Experts have also determined that a scanning electron microscope can outwit the protection built into a smart card.

The biggest advantage of using a contactless card is its flexibility. They not only can store multiple information including business and family contacts, credit cards, identification but also is more convenient to carry them rather than bundles of money. You just need a single card in your wallet to carry all sorts of monetary transactions. This type of chip cards can also be used to transfer money from one account to another.

One of the major benefits of using smart card is their portability. The card can not only be carried anywhere due to their small size but their mode of communication with the readers is wireless. These features help the users use the card in remote areas which lack the facility to provide wired online communication. Such ease of use offered by the contactless cards is also beneficial for the disabled and elderly people as they can access services and resources with greater ease.

Among all smart card component types, micro-controller cards segment is expected to continue to account for highest value contribution, representing 71.5% revenue share of the global market in.

MIFARE DESFire card is based on an 8051 processor with 3DES/AES crypto accelerator making very fast transactions possible.

MIFARE DESFire card with the maximal read/write distance between card and reader is 10cm(3.9 in).Actually the real distance depends on its antenna size and the field power generated by the reader.

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