Type 1 Tag Operation Specification
Technical Specification
NFC Forum
TM
T1TOP 1.1
NFCForum-TS-Type-1-Tag_1.1
2011-04-13
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Contents
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Contents
1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Applicable Documents or References ........................................................................... 1
1.3 Administration ............................................................................................................... 2
1.4 Name and Logo Usage .................................................................................................. 2
1.5 Intellectual Property ...................................................................................................... 3
1.6 Special Word Usage ...................................................................................................... 3
1.7 Convention and Notations ............................................................................................. 3
1.7.1 Representation of Numbers ............................................................................ 3
1.8 Abbreviations ................................................................................................................ 3
1.9 Glossary ......................................................................................................................... 5
2 Memory Structure and Management ............................................................ 6
2.1 General .......................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Static Memory Structure ................................................................................................ 6
2.2.1 Memory Map .................................................................................................. 6
2.2.2 Header ROM Format ...................................................................................... 7
2.2.3 UID Format ..................................................................................................... 7
2.2.4 Main Read/Write Memory Format ................................................................. 7
2.2.5 Block Dh ......................................................................................................... 7
2.2.6 Lock Control/Status Bytes .............................................................................. 8
2.2.7 OTP Bytes ....................................................................................................... 8
2.3 Dynamic Memory Structure .......................................................................................... 8
2.3.1 Dynamic Memory Map ................................................................................... 8
2.3.2 Dynamic Memory Reserved Bytes ............................................................... 10
2.3.3 Dynamic Memory Lock Bytes ...................................................................... 10
2.3.4 Dynamic Memory Area ................................................................................ 10
2.4 TLV Blocks ................................................................................................................. 10
2.4.1 Format ........................................................................................................... 10
2.4.2 Location ........................................................................................................ 12
2.4.3 Lock Control TLV ........................................................................................ 12
2.4.4 Reserved Memory Control TLV ................................................................... 13
2.4.5 NDEF Message TLV .................................................................................... 14
2.4.6 Proprietary TLV ............................................................................................ 15
2.4.7 NULL TLV ................................................................................................... 15
2.4.8 Terminator TLV ............................................................................................ 15
3 RF Interface .................................................................................................. 16
4 Framing and Transmission Handling ........................................................ 17
4.1 Frame Formats ............................................................................................................. 17
4.2 Transmission Handling ................................................................................................ 17
5 Command Set .............................................................................................. 18
5.1 State Diagram .............................................................................................................. 18
5.2 Tag Command and Response Set ................................................................................ 18
5.2.1 Static Memory Model ................................................................................... 18
5.2.2 Dynamic Memory Model .............................................................................. 18
5.3 Command Format ........................................................................................................ 19
5.3.1 Command List............................................................................................... 19
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5.3.2 Command-Response Format ......................................................................... 20
5.3.3 Address Operand........................................................................................... 20
5.3.4 CRC .............................................................................................................. 21
5.3.5 UID Echo ...................................................................................................... 21
5.4 Command Details ........................................................................................................ 21
5.4.1 Detailed Timing ............................................................................................ 21
5.4.2 Timing Definitions ........................................................................................ 21
5.5 SENS_REQ and ALL_REQ ........................................................................................ 22
5.6 Read Identification (RID) ............................................................................................ 22
5.7 Read All Blocks 0-Eh (RALL) .................................................................................... 23
5.8 Read Byte (READ) ...................................................................................................... 23
5.9 Write-Erase Byte (WRITE-E) ..................................................................................... 24
5.10 Write-No-Erase Byte (WRITE-NE) ............................................................................ 25
5.11 Locking ........................................................................................................................ 26
5.12 Read Segment (RSEG) ................................................................................................ 26
5.13 Read 8 Bytes (READ8) ............................................................................................... 27
5.14 Write-Erase 8 Bytes (WRITE-E8) ............................................................................... 27
5.15 Write-No-Erase 8 Bytes (WRITE-NE8) ...................................................................... 27
6 NDEF Detection and NDEF Access ............................................................ 29
6.1 NDEF Management ..................................................................................................... 29
6.1.1 Identification as NFC Forum Type 1 Tag ..................................................... 29
6.1.2 Write Permission........................................................................................... 29
6.1.3 Confirmation of Presence of NDEF Message in Type 1 Tag ....................... 29
6.1.4 Capability Container ..................................................................................... 29
6.2 Version Treatment ....................................................................................................... 30
6.3 NDEF Storage ............................................................................................................. 32
6.4 Life Cycle .................................................................................................................... 33
6.4.1 General .......................................................................................................... 33
6.4.2 Overview of Life-Cycle States ..................................................................... 33
6.4.3 INITIALIZED State ...................................................................................... 33
6.4.4 READ/WRITE State ..................................................................................... 33
6.4.5 READ ONLY State ...................................................................................... 34
6.4.6 Determination of Life Cycle State ................................................................ 34
6.5 Rules for Life Cycle Operation ................................................................................... 35
6.5.1 Detect NDEF on tag ...................................................................................... 35
6.5.2 Read NDEF Message .................................................................................... 35
A. Appendix A................................................................................................... 37
A.1 Example NDEF Mapping (Static Memory Model) ..................................................... 37
A.2 Example NDEF Mapping (Dynamic Memory Model) ................................................ 39
B. Revision History .......................................................................................... 42
Figures
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Figures
Figure 1: Static Memory Map of the Base NFC Forum Type 1 Tag ............................................... 7
Figure 2: Lock Control/Status Bytes ............................................................................................... 8
Figure 3: Example Dynamic Memory Map of NFC Forum Type 1 Tag......................................... 9
Figure 4: Length Field Formats ..................................................................................................... 11
Figure 5: RALL Command/Response Diagram ............................................................................ 23
Figure 6: READ Command/Response Diagram ............................................................................ 23
Figure 7: WRITE-E Command/Response Diagram ...................................................................... 24
Figure 8: WRITE-NE Command/Response Diagram ................................................................... 25
Figure 9: Location of NDEF Message ........................................................................................... 32
Figure 10: Memory Map of Example Smartposter NDEF Message ............................................. 38
Figure 11: Example Dynamic Memory Map ................................................................................. 40
Tables
Table 1: Abbreviations .................................................................................................................... 3
Table 2: Defined TLV blocks ........................................................................................................ 12
Table 3: Command-Response Byte Count (Static Memory Model) ............................................. 18
Table 4: Command-Response Summary (Static Memory Model) ................................................ 18
Table 5: Command-Response Byte Count (Dynamic Memory Model) ........................................ 19
Table 6: Command-Response Summary (Dynamic Memory Model) ........................................... 19
Table 7: List of Commands (Static Memory Model) .................................................................... 19
Table 8: List of Additional Commands (Dynamic Memory Model) ............................................. 20
Table 9: Format of Address Operand ADD (Static Memory Structure) ....................................... 20
Table 10: Format of Address Operand ADDS (Dynamic Memory Model) .................................. 20
Table 11: Format of Address Operand ADD8 (Dynamic Memory Model) .................................. 21
Table 12: Timing Definitions ........................................................................................................ 22
Table 13: FDT Timing Calculations .............................................................................................. 22
Table 14: Example Coding of the CC Bytes of Block 1 ............................................................... 30
Table 15: Rules for Handling of the Version Number .................................................................. 31
Table 16: Example Smartposter NDEF Message .......................................................................... 37
Table 17: Revision History ............................................................................................................ 42
