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MF1S50yyX
MIFARE Classic 1K - Mainstream contactless smart card IC
8.7 Memory access
Before any memory operation can be done, the card has to be selected and authenticated 
as described in Section 8.2
. The possible memory operations for an addressed block 
depend on the key used during authentication and the access conditions stored in the 
associated sector trailer.
Table 5. Memory operations
Operation Description Valid for Block Type
Read reads one memory block read/write, value and sector trailer
Write writes one memory block read/write, value and sector trailer
Increment increments the contents of a block and 
stores the result in the internal data 
register
value
Decrement decrements the contents of a block and 
stores the result in the internal data 
register
value
Transfer writes the contents of the internal data 
register to a block
value
Restore reads the contents of a block into the 
internal data register
value










