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RFID Tag IC Command and Response
A9212-A
13.56MHz RFID TAG IC
All commands listed above are described in details in ISO/IEC15693-3 documents. Some of the
frequent used commands are discussed here for quick reference.
Protocol concept
A9212-A RFID tag IC follows ISO-15693 standard’s simplex communication protocol scheme.
Reader needs to issue appropriate command before A9212-A RFID tag IC will respond with the
corresponding data packet. A9212-A RFID tag IC is designed base upon the one command one
action structure.
RFID Reader
Reader Command
Reader
Processing
Reader
Command
Reader
Processing
A9210
RFID
Tag
Command cycle 1
Command
Tag
Execution Response
Command cycle 2
Command Tag
Execution Response
Figure3: A9212-A Command Cycle Diagram
Time
Each reader command and each tag reponse packet are contained in a frame. The frame is
delimited by frame delimiters SOF (Start of Frame) and EOF (End of Frame). Each reader
command consists of the following fields:
․ Flags
․ Command code
․ Memdatory and optonal parameter fields (command dependent)
․ Application data filed
․ CRC
Reader command as seen by A9212-A RFID tag IC should have the following format
SOF Flags
Command Code Parameters
Data
CRC
EOF
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