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    RFID transponders (Tags) are devices carrying digital information that can be read from a distance by a RFID transceiver (Reader) One of the more common data formats for RFID tags is the EM4100 protocol, named so because the microchip at the heart of The Tag is based on the controller chip made by the company EM microelectronic. The data is stored in a format known as the read-only memory (rom) and can only be read by the reader.

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    RFID transponders (Tags) are devices carrying digital information that can be read from a distance by a RFID transceiver (Reader) One of the more common data formats for RFID tags is the EM4100 protocol, named so because the microchip at the heart of The Tag is based on the controller chip made by the company EM microelectronic. The data is stored in a format known as the read-only memory (rom) and can only be read by the reader.

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    EM4100 Protocol Description

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    RFID transponders (Tags) are devices carrying digital information that can be read from a distance by a RFID transceiver (Reader) One of the more common data formats for RFID tags is the EM4100 protocol, named so because the microchip at the heart of The Tag is based on the controller chip made by the company EM microelectronic. The data is stored in a format known as the read-only memory (rom) and can only be read by the reader.

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    EM4100Protocoldescription.
    RFIDtransponders(Tags)aredevicescarryingdigitalinformationthatcanbereadfromadistancebya
    RFIDtransceiver(Reader).InordertobeabletoreadtheinformationstoredontheRFIDtagsthereader
    mustknowhowtheinformationisstoredandtheprotocolforextractingit.Oneofthemorecommondata
    formatsforRFIDtranspondersistheEM4100protocol,namedsobecausethemicrochipattheheartof
    theTagisbasedonthecontrollerchipmadebythecompanyEMMicroelectronic.

    ReadinganEM4100RFIDTransponder.
    EM4100compatibleRFIDtransponderscarry64bitsofReadOnlymemory.Thismeansthatinformation
    canbereadfromtheTagbutnodatacanbechanged,ornewdatawrittentothecardoncethecardhas
    beenprogrammedwiththeinitialdata.Theformatofthedataisasshownhere.
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1 9bitheaderbits,all1's
    8bitversionnumber D00 D01 D02 D03 P0
    orcustomerID.
    D04 D05 D06 D07 P1
    D08
    D12
    D16
    D20

    D09
    D13
    D17
    D21

    D10
    D14
    D18
    D22

    D11
    D15
    D19
    D23

    P2
    P3
    P4
    P5

    D24
    D28
    D32
    D36
    4columnParitybits PC0

    D25
    D29
    D33
    D37
    PC1

    D26
    D30
    D34
    D38
    PC2

    D27
    D31
    D35
    D39
    PC3

    P6
    P7
    P8
    P9
    S0 1stopbit(0)

    32DataBits

    Eachgroupof4bits
    isfollowedbyanEven
    paritybit

    WhentheTagenterstheelectromagneticfieldtransmittedbytheRFIDreaderitdrawspowerfromthefield
    andwillcommencetransmittingitsdataasshownabove.Thefirst9bitsarealogic1.Thesebitsareusedas
    amarkersequencetoindicatethebeginningofthestring.AsEvenparityisusedthroughoutthedatathis9bit
    sequenceof1'swillnotoccuratanyotherlocationinthestring.Thisisfollowedby10groupsof4dataand1
    evenparitybits.Finallythereare4bitsofcolumnparity(Even)andastopbit(0).TheTagthencontinuesto
    repeatthisstringaslongasithaspower.
    Shownhereisanexamplestringforaproximitycardthathasthedata$06(versionnumber),and$001259E3
    asadatastring.
    1111111110000001100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
    0
    6
    0
    0
    1
    2
    5
    9
    E
    3

    Datamodulation.
    AsdiscussedinRFIDbasicstheRFIDtransponderisabletotransmititsdatabymodulatingtheRFfieldof
    theReader.Herewediscuss3popularmodulationschemes.
    ManchesterEncoding.
    BiPhaseEncoding.
    PSKEncoding.
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    TheTransponderandReaderusetheindividualcyclesoftheRFfieldtosyncronizethedatatransmission
    betweenthetwo.ThefrequencyofthesynchronizingclockthensimplybecomesthefrequencyoftheRFfield
    used.
    RFIDsystemclockfrequenciesvaryaccordingtotheapplicationrequired.Inlowfrequency,shortdistance
    sensingofTagsthetypicalbandusedisbetween100150Khz.Forlongerrangesensingasystemfrequency
    of13.56Mhzmightbeused,orotherfrequencyastheapplicationrequires.
    OfcoursethedesignerofanRFIDsystemisrestrictedtousingparticularfrequencybandsasRFIDsystems
    areradioemittingdevicesandthereforeunderthecontrolofthelocalradiofrequencyregulatorbodies.
    Thelengthofeachbitisspecifiedintermsofclockcycles.FortheEM4100protocolbitlengthscanbeeither
    64,32,or16Clockcycles.
    ManchesterEncodingScheme.
    WithManchesterEncodingaTagwillproducealeveltransitioninthemiddleofthebitperiod.Alowtohigh
    transitionrepresentsalogic1state,whileahightolowtransitionrepresentsalogic0state.

    BiPhaseEncodingScheme.
    BiphaseEncodingschemesmodulatetheRFfieldsothatthereisatransitionatthebeginningofeachbit
    boundary.Alogic0statehasatransitioninthemiddleofthebitperiod,whilealogic1statehasnotransition
    duringtheentirebitperiod.

    PSKEncoding.
    WithPSK(PhaseShiftKeying)encodingtheRFfieldismodulatedsothatthereisatransitionwitheachclock
    period.Thismeanstherecanbeupto64,32,or16transitionsperbitdependingonwhatbitlengththeTagis
    using.Whenaphaseshiftoccursitrepresentsalogic0state,whilealogic1stateisinterpretedwhenthereis
    nophasechangeatthebitboundary.

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    Priority1DesigncarriesastockoflowcostEM4100compatibleTransponders.Wealsocarryastockof
    lowcostT5557RFIDReadWritetransponders,YoucanbuyEM4100andT5557transpondersdirectfrom
    ouronlineshopfront.SeeT5557RFIDtranspondertolearnaboutreadingandwritingRFIDtags.

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