ID Cards and IC Cards have same specifications and have different specifications. In fact, the scope of use of both is similar, but IC access control has encryption function and large storage capacity.IC card is widely used in all-in-one card system and membership card, while ID card is a read-only card which normally for access control system and parking lot system.
The following briefly explains the difference between IC cards and ID cards.
1.Frequency for IC Card and ID Card
The working frequencies of the ID card and the IC card are different. The IC card is a high frequency card with 13.56MHZ, and the ID card is a low frequency card with 125KHZ.
The IC card and the ID card with different frequency chip, which also determines that they cannot be used universally, nor can they be used on the same card reader at the same time, unless The card reader is a composite dual frequency card reader.
2. Appearance for IC card and ID card
Generally speaking, ID card will have 18 digits printed on it. IC cards do not have printed numbers.
3. Different storage functions between IC Card and ID Card
The IC card is readable, writable and encrypted, with 16 sectors. It can be used in 16 scenarios in terms of scalability, and can also store information and perform data interaction, while the ID card has only one card number, no storage function is very limited in use. If you want to use it, you can only use the card number of the ID card. There is nothing else that can be used. It cannot be written, encrypted, and can only be read. So the IC card has a storage function, while the ID card does not.
It is difficult to expand the system by using an ID card as a system, and it is difficult to realize all-in-one card system. The IC card storage area itself is divided into 16 partitions, each partition has a different password, and has independent management functions of multiple subsystems, such as the first partition for access control, the second partition for consumption, and the third partition for employee attendance and so on.
4. The coils are different in IC Card and ID Card
If we don’t know how to distinguish IC card and ID card, we can distinguish them by the shape of the coil, but this is only applicable to standard cards, some non-standard cards, and the difference between the two cannot be clearly seen. How to distinguish an IC card or an ID card ? It’s very simple, just look at the shape of the coil inside the card. We can use the flashlight of the mobile phone to illuminate the card surface on one side, and see the internal structure illuminated by the flashlight on the other side. If it is round, it is an ID card, and if it is square, it is an IC card. This is a simple way to distinguish.
5. Security in IC Card and ID Card
IC access control system uses IC cards, ID access control system uses ID cards, and the security of IC cards is much greater than ID cards. There is no permission to read the card number in the ID card, and it is easy to copy. The reading and writing of the data recorded in the IC card requires corresponding password authentication, and even each area in the card has different password protection to fully protect the data security. Different settings provide a good hierarchical management method to ensure system security.