NXP Semiconductors has announced that its contactless microcontroller IC technology has been selected to power the automatic fare collection scheme on Madrid's public transportation system in Spain.
The public transportation system is operated by the Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid and covers the city's urban metro and suburban rail network, which is run by more than 50 different private operators.
Based on MIFARE DESFire EV1, NXP's contactless IC technology is one of the most secure applications for smartcards, offers fast read rates and is suited for transport ticket schemes, access management and identity applications, according to the company.
The product can combine multiple applications in one contactless smartcard.
In addition to offering data transfer rates of up to 848kbit/s, MIFARE DESFire utilises a Triple DES, 3K DES, and AES hardware cryptographic engine for securing the data on the smartcards and data during transmission.
