Product Summary

The MF RC522 is a highly integrated reader/writer IC for contactless communication at 13.56MHz. The MF RC522 reader supports ISO/IEC 14443A/MIFARE mode. Internal transmitter of the MF RC522 is able to drive a reader/writer antenna designed to communicate with ISO/IEC14443A/MIFARE cards and transponders without additional active circuitry. The MF RC522 supports contactless communication and uses MIFARE higher transfer speeds up to 848kBd in both directions.

Parametrics

MF RC522 absolute maximum ratings: (1) analog supply voltage VDDA: -0.5V to +4.0V; (2) digital supply voltage VDDD: -0.5V to +4.0V; (3) PVDD supply voltage VDD (PVDD) : -0.5V to +4.0V; (4) TVDD supply voltage VDD (TVDD) : -0.5V to +4.0V; (5) SVDD supply voltage VDD (SVDD) : -0.5V to +4.0V;(6) total power dissipation Ptot: 200mW (per package; and VDD in shortcut) ; (7) junction temperature Tj: 100°C; (8) electrostatic discharge voltageHBM; 1500Ω, 100pF, JESD22-A114-B: 2000V, MM; 0.75 μH, 200pF;JESD22-A114-A: 200V.

Features

MF RC522 features: (1) Highly integrated analog circuitry to demodulate and decode responses; (2) Buffered output drivers for connecting an antenna with the minimum number of external components; (3) Supports ISO/IEC 14443 A/MIFARE; (4) Typical operating distance in Read/Write mode up to 50 mm depending on the antenna size and tuning; (5) Supports MF1xxS20, MF1xxS70 and MF1xxS50 encryption in Read/Write mode; (6) Supports ISO/IEC 14443 A higher transfer speed communication up to 848 kBd; (7) Supports MFIN/MFOUT; (8) Additional internal power supply to the smart card IC connected via MFIN/MFOUT; (9) Supported host interface: (a) SPI up to 10 Mbit/s; (b) I2C-bus interface up to 400 kBd in Fast mode, up to 3400 kBd in High-speed mode; (c) RS232 Serial UART up to 1228.8 kBd, with voltage levels dependant on pin voltage supply; (10) FIFO buffer handles 64 byte send and receive; (11) Flexible interrupt modes; (12) Hard reset with low power function; (13) Power-down by software mode; (14) Programmable timer; (15) Internal oscillator for connection to 27.12 MHz quartz crystal; (16) 2.5 V to 3.3 V power supply; (17) CRC coprocessor; (18) Programmable I/O pins; (19) Internal self-test.

Diagrams

MF RC522 Block Diagram