RFID field notes

Make the right connection.

Practical guides to choosing chips, checking readers and preparing a custom RFID order. Start with the decision you need to make.

Selection guides

NFC chip selection

Compare usable memory, plan the actual encoded payload and avoid choosing a chip by memory size alone.

Reader compatibility

A frequency is only the first check. Match the protocol, credential format and application before ordering cards or keyfobs.

Procurement checklist

Give your supplier the details that affect compatibility, printing, encoding and delivery so the quotation can answer the right questions.

From a reader at the door to a tap on a phone: specify the credential around the experience.

Cards, keyfobs and wearable formats specified around the reader systems already in your building, gym or community.

Build a credential brief around guest check-in, room access, pool entry or event admission, with the right reader and finished format.

Plan custom NFC tokens, cards or mounted tags that open a useful digital destination, with encoding and phone tests included in the brief.