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Physical ID Card layouts and technology

This article describes the available card types, card layouts, and RFID technologies for Smart ID Physical ID

Card types

The following card types are included in the Physical ID module:

Card typeDescriptionLayout
Employee cardFor employeesEmployee card
External card

For persons that are not employed, for example consultants and contractors.

Differences from Employee card:

  • Different layout for instant visual information
  • Shorter validity
External card
Employee temp card

Personal replacement card for a limited period of time.

A temporary card does not have a photo on it, but can have a certificate.

Temporary card
External temp card

Personal replacement card for a limited period of time.

A temporary card does not have a photo on it, but can have a certificate.

Temporary card

Card layouts

Nexus provides standard templates for the three standard card types. As part of the implementation project for the Physical ID module, Nexus consultants or partners do the following customizations of the layouts:

  • insert customer's logotype
  • change colors
  • change text fields
  • select orientation (landscape or portrait)

The following standard card layout templates are used.

In English:

Your Company 170914 A175254 Standard Template Employee-2_EN_WithoutChip.pdf Your Company 170914 A175255 Standard Template External-1_EN_WithoutChip.pdf Your Company 170914 A175256 Standard Template Temporary-2_EN_WithoutChip.pdf

In Swedish:

Your Company 170914 A175254 Standard Template Employee-2_SE_UtanChip.pdf Your Company 170914 A175255 Standard Template External-1_SE_UtanChip.pdf Your Company 170914 A175256 Standard Template Temporary-2_SE_UtanChip.pdf


RFID technology

Most common RFID technologies are supported in the Physical ID module, both low frequency (125 kHz) and high frequency (13.56 MHz) technologies, for example:

  • Electro-marine (EM) - 125 kHz
  • MIFARE DESFire - 13,56 MHz
  • Legic - 13,56 MHz

Two RFID technologies can be combined on the same card. For a complete list of supported RFID technologies, see Card SDK requirements and interoperability

It is assumed that the customer provides the encoding details. As an additional service, Nexus can help out to find out the required encoding details.


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