NXP AN12753, MIFARE DESFire EV3 Quick Start Guide
AN12753
MIFARE DESFire EV3 Quick start guide
Rev. 1.2 — 30 September 2020 Application note
575512 COMPANY PUBLIC
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Keywords MIFARE, MIFARE DESFire EV3, ISO/IEC 14443, ISO/IEC 7816, NFC, NDEF,
NFC Tag Type 4, SDM, Secure Messaging, Contactless
Abstract This document gives a quick introduction to MIFARE DESFire EV3 and lists
all supporting documents, software tools and further material that is available
and offered from NXP for an easy product design-in. It summarizes all
information required for somebody who wants to start solution development
including MIFARE DESFire EV3.
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MIFARE DESFire EV3 Quick start guide
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Rev Date Description
1.2 20200930 DocStore number of MIFARE DESFire EV3 data sheet corrected in Section 3
1.1 20200527 Updated title of the document and removed specific sections. Security status changed
to Company Public.
1.0 20200309 Initial version of this document
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1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of this document
This document introduces the MIFARE DESFire EV3 technical support items and
documentation, and explains which deliverables can be retrieved from NXP to have
a quick and smooth start with developing new MIFARE DESFire EV3 applications,
solutions and infrastructures.
In this document, all the information that is necessary for somebody who is interested in
MIFARE DESFire EV3 is gathered. This bundle of information and support items which is
provided is called “Product Support Package” for the MIFARE DESFire EV3.
The Product Support Package is a full set of documentation and software deliverables,
enabling system integrators, software engineers, card manufacturers, etc. to implement
their new solution based on MIFARE DESFire EV3 very easy and convenient.
1.2 Document audience
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MIFARE DESFire EV3 Quick start guide
This document is targeting technical as well as marketing and business-oriented people
who want to gather first knowledge concerning MIFARE DESFire EV3. Everybody who is
interested on a more detailed and more technical level will be redirected to the full set of
material complementing the IC.
It also addresses developers, project leaders and system integrators who have a
general technical understanding and overview of a specific smartcard technology or
infrastructure. More in-depth details can be found in the complimentary application notes
which are mentioned within this introductory document.
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2 MIFARE DESFire EV3 Overview
2.1 Characteristics of MIFARE DESFire EV3
MIFARE DESFire EV3 is the latest addition to the MIFARE DESFire family, released in
April 2020.
The MIFARE DESFire family is an evolving smartcard family, offering products which are
based on a flexible, secure and scalable platform, serving continuous innovation and the
important aspects security as well as privacy.
The new MIFARE DESFire EV3 is covering all well-known commands and features from
MIFARE DESFire EV2, plus adding some new features like the Transaction Timer and
Secure Dynamic Messaging on top [1].
MIFARE DESFire EV3 is a Common Criteria EAL5+ security certified IC, which fully
complies with the requirements for fast and highly secure data transmission and flexible
application management. It introduces a set of new features and brings along enhanced
performance for best user experience.
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2.2 MIFARE DESFire EV3 key pillars
MIFARE DESFire EV3 is the fastest MIFARE DESFire product ever built, being the go-to
product for multi-application systems.
It provides superior end-user experience and enables fast and easy solution
development.
The three key pillars of MIFARE DESFire EV3 are:
1. Multi-Application
• Seamless drop-in replacement for existing MIFARE DESFire infrastructures (due to
full backwards compatibility)
• Adding new applications Over-the-Air with the AppXplorer cloud service
• Secure and efficient inter-application transaction and data management
2. Security
• Secure and reliable key update in the field
• Offline and online transaction verification using the card generated TMAC
• Transaction Timer to mitigate Man-in-the-Middle attacks and interference by
transaction "delaying"
3. Performance
• The fastest MIFARE DESFire that was ever built (1.6x faster than MIFARE DESFire
EV1)
• More operating distance and range offered for better user experience (~15%)
• Faster and more reliable tearing handling (3x faster than on MIFARE DESFire EV1)
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