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STMicroelectronics Boosts Flexibility, Speed with Enhancements to ST25DV Dual-Interface NFC Tags

Tags let the host system access the tag’s on-chip EEPROM more quickly and easily.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

STMicroelectronics has increased the I2C-interface performance in the latest generation of its ST25DV-I2C dynamic NFC-tag ICs, which let the host system access the tag’s on-chip EEPROM more quickly and easily.

As a Type 5 NFC tag certified by the NFC Forum, the ST25DV-I2C supports contactless in-teraction with 13.56MHz RFID readers and NFC phones, permitting common use cases such as tap-to-connect pairing with NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) messages. The new tags also extend wireless capabilities, including support for arbitration that allows more convenient access to data written into the EEPROM through the RF interface.

With its extra performance and flexibility, this latest evolution of the ST25DV-I2C boosts productivity and efficiency in industrial applications such as smart metering, asset track-ing, and logistics, and brings superior user experiences to medical equipment, smart-home devices and lighting, smart retail labels, and consumer products. 

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