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Recognized tag types

  • 0 - Classic 1K
  • 1 - Classic 4K
  • 2 - Classic Mini
  • 3 - Ultralight4
  • 4 - Ultralight C (UID only)
  • 5 - Ultralight EV1 (640 bits)
  • 6 - Ultralight EV1 (1312 bits)
  • 7 - Plus S 2K (SL1)1
  • 8 - Plus S 4K (SL1)1
  • 9 - DesFire (UID only)
  • 10 - DesFire2
  • 11 - DesFire2
  • 12 - Classic 2K
  • 13 - Plus X 2K (SL1)1
  • 14 - Plus X 4K (SL1)1
  • 15 - Plus X (SL0)3
  • 16 - Plus X 2K (SL2)3
  • 17 - Plus X 4K (SL2)3
  • 18 - Plus X (SL3)3
  • 19 - Plus S (SL0)3
  • 20 - RFU
  • 21 - RFU
  • 22 - Plus S (SL3)4
  • 23 - NTAG2133
  • 24 - NTAG2153
  • 25 - NTAG2163
  • 26 - Ultralight Nano3
  • 27 - EM41xx compatible 125kHz tag
  • 28 - NTAG413
  • 29 - NTAG424
  • 30 - Plus X (SL3, 4K)5
  • 31 - Plus S (SL3, 4K)5
  • 32 - Generic ISO 14443-4 / ISO 7816-4 compatible
  • 33 - EMV compatible6
  • 34-254 RFU7

  • 255 - Unknown

  1. Prior to v1.5 - any Plus S 2K/4K or Plus X 2K/4K tag respectively ↩↩↩↩

  2. DESFire is not supported (only the UID can be read) - all the DESFire tags will be identified as 9 since v1.5, as 9, 10, or 11 prior to v1.5. ↩↩

  3. from v 1.5 ↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  4. All the Ultralight (i.e. Ultralight, Ultralight EV1) and NTAG tags will be recognized as Ultralight (code 3) prior to v1.5 ↩↩

  5. All Plus X/S 2K/4K with the security level SL3 will be reported as 18 and 22 respectively for compatibility reasons. ↩↩

  6. EMV compatible tags (type 33) are a subset of ISO 14443-4 / ISO 7816-4 compatible tags (type 32) and will be identified as type=32 until the first data read command. ↩

  7. The EM41xx tags do not have a SAK, however the reader returns one for compatibility. A SAK=0xFF is returned. ↩