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Industrial data sheet. Full text.

Name: cardgate® RFID Access and Control System
Brand: cardgate

Everything a planner, electrician or integrator needs to know — on one page. Reader, wireless bridge, controller, interfaces, environmental specs and the full standards list.

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Standards supported

512bit

Encryption

9–24vdc

Power supply

−30 / +75°c

Operating temperature

Reader IC

NXP PN532 · 13.56 MHz multi-format RFID/NFC

Standards

ISO/IEC 14443 Type A/B · MIFARE® Classic, Ultralight, DESFire®, Plus · NFC Forum Tag Type 1–4 · FeliCa™ JIS X 6319-4

Payment

EMV Contactless · Visa payWave · Mastercard PayPass · AmEx ExpressPay · Apple Pay · Google Pay

Loyalty cards

SwissPass · established member and loyalty cards

Wireless bridge

keynexis Hybrid-Sphere · proprietary · no cellular/SIM

Range

Up to 10 km communication distance reader ↔ controller

Encryption

512-bit end-to-end · replay-attack protection with nonce

Cloud

Fully offline-capable · optional Wi-Fi connection to management portal

Interfaces

4× analog dry-contact · 8× digital · SPI · I²C · UART · pulse

API

REST · OAuth 2.0 · Webhooks · SSO/SAML (Enterprise)

Operating voltage

9 – 24 VDC

Peak current

112 mA

Idle

32 mA

RGB status indicator

8 LEDs · 140 mA (Pro/Industrial)

Ingress protection

Splash-proof · outdoor-rated IP65 (from Pro)

Operating temperature

−30 °C to +75 °C

Warranty

2 years (Basic / Pro) · 5 years (Industrial)

Manufacturing

Designed and manufactured in Switzerland

ISO/IEC 14443 Type A ISO/IEC 14443 Type B MIFARE® Classic MIFARE® Ultralight MIFARE® DESFire® MIFARE® Plus NFC Forum Tag Type 1 NFC Forum Tag Type 2 NFC Forum Tag Type 3 NFC Forum Tag Type 4 FeliCa™ JIS X 6319-4 NFC Peer-to-Peer NFC Card Emulation Visa payWave Mastercard PayPass AmEx ExpressPay Apple Pay Google Pay SwissPass ISO/IEC 14443 Type A ISO/IEC 14443 Type B MIFARE® Classic MIFARE® Ultralight MIFARE® DESFire® MIFARE® Plus NFC Forum Tag Type 1 NFC Forum Tag Type 2 NFC Forum Tag Type 3 NFC Forum Tag Type 4 FeliCa™ JIS X 6319-4 NFC Peer-to-Peer NFC Card Emulation Visa payWave Mastercard PayPass AmEx ExpressPay Apple Pay Google Pay SwissPass

Downloads

Data sheet, CAD, API docs.

All documents you need for tendering, planning or integration — in one place.

Product data sheet PDF · EN/DE · 2.4 MB

CAD models & STEP files ZIP · 18 MB

REST API documentation HTML · v3.2

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