The HID iCLASS 2080 is the clamshell version of the iCLASS credential: the same 13.56 MHz contactless smart chip with 2k bits (256 bytes) across two application areas, in a thicker moulded card body. It is the least expensive way into iCLASS, and it reads on the same iCLASS and iCLASS SE readers as every other card in the family.

The trade-off is printing. A clamshell is thicker than a standard card and its back is a moulded HID logo, so it will not go through a card printer and cannot carry a photo ID. Choose it where the credential only has to open doors — contractors, temporary staff, large populations where cost per card matters — and use the printable iCLASS 2000 where the badge has to be seen as well as read.

The card ships with a vertical slot punch, or with printed slot indicators if you prefer to punch it yourself. To order programmed cards, give us your card format, your facility or site code, and the starting card number. They are printed on the box your current cards came in, or on your original HID paperwork.

Specifications

• Technology: 13.56 MHz HID iCLASS contactless smart card
• Memory: 2k bits (256 bytes) with 2 application areas — the only memory option on this form factor
• Construction: clamshell, plain white vinyl or gloss front, moulded HID logo back
• Printing: not printable — no photo ID, no magnetic stripe
• Slot punch: vertical
• Base part number: 2080 (example configured: 2080HPGSMV)