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NFC Card Builder.
A business card phones can tap.

Type your name and links and get a real circuit board business card with an NFC chip and antenna built in. Preview both sides, download the files the board maker needs (including chip assembly), and when the cards arrive, write your link to the tag right here. A tap with a phone opens your website.

Files stay on your device
  1. 1Fill in
  2. 2Order
  3. 3Write the tag
Name front

The monogram is cut out of a metal tile on both sides. Leave it empty to skip the tile.

Contact lines up to three
Extra lines

Both are printed in small capitals. Use · to separate words.

Back and tag

A phone opens this link when it scans the QR code or taps the card. Short links make a bigger, easier QR code.

Look
Solder mask colour
Metal finish
Front
Back, after turning the card over

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    The ZIP holds the board files and order notes. BOM and CPL are for assembling the NFC chip at JLCPCB. How to order

    FROM FILE TO CARD

    Ready to order.

    The card is 85 × 55 mm, the size of a regular business card, with two layers. The antenna is a round 6-turn coil tuned for the NXP NTAG I2C plus chip, and nothing else made of copper comes near it, so the tag reads well.
    Every download passes a manufacturing check: copper and print at least 0.15 mm wide and apart, mask dams at least 0.1 mm.

    1. Download the files

      The Gerber ZIP for the board, plus BOM and CPL for the chip. Nothing is uploaded while you design.

    2. Order at JLCPCB with assembly

      Upload the ZIP, pick 0.8 mm thickness for a card feel, the same mask colour and HASL for silver or ENIG for gold. Turn on assembly for the top side and upload BOM and CPL. The chip is LCSC part C2654884.

    3. Write your link

      The chip arrives blank. Open this page on an Android phone in Chrome and use Write the tag, or use the free NXP TagWriter app.

    STEP 3

    Write the tag.

    Hold the back of the card against your phone. The link is stored on the chip, so any phone that taps the card opens it, even without an app.

    QUESTIONS

    A few answers.

    Is the NFC Card Builder free?

    Yes. Designing and downloading the files is free and needs no account. You pay the board maker for the boards and the chip assembly.

    Does the card really work with phones?

    Yes. It has a real antenna made of copper and an NXP NTAG I2C plus chip soldered on by the maker. Phones with NFC read it when they touch the back of the card. Keep metal away from the card while testing.

    Which phones can write the tag from this page?

    Writing from a website needs Chrome on an Android phone with NFC turned on. On an iPhone or any other device, use the free NXP TagWriter app. Every phone with NFC can read the card once the link is on it.

    Can I change the link later?

    Yes. The tag stays rewritable, so you can write a new link any time. The QR code is printed, so it keeps the link you chose when ordering.

    What is inside the download?

    Copper, solder mask and silkscreen layers for both sides, solder paste for the chip, the board outline, the drill file and order notes. BOM and CPL are separate files because JLCPCB asks for them in their own upload fields.

    Is my information uploaded?

    No. Everything you type is turned into board files in your browser. Nothing is sent to this website or anyone else until you upload the files to a board maker yourself.

    Can I design something other than this layout?

    The antenna and chip stay where they are, because they are tuned and checked. Your text, icons, monogram, QR code, colours and metal finish are yours to choose. For free-form art, use PCB Art Studio.