BioEntry W3

Biometric Readers

BioEntry W3

Simple, Durable, Secure — AI-Powered Facial Authentication Device.

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Secure private data — POPIA by design.

PRIVACY

Secure private data — POPIA by design.

Face Template on Mobile stores the user's facial template on their own smartphone instead of on the reader or a central server. Biometric data never touches your infrastructure, simplifying POPIA, GDPR and ISO/IEC 27701 compliance.

SIMPLE DESIGN

Slim, sleek, architectural.

A 50 mm mullion form factor designed to disappear into any door frame or turnstile upright. Available in black and grey, the minimal front and glass-like edge texture read as architecture, not equipment.

Mullion type
Mullion type. 50 mm width fits any door frame or turnstile upright — no custom cut-outs needed.
Chic & sleek style
Chic & sleek style. High-quality edge texture and minimal front. Reads as part of the architecture.
Black & grey colour
Black & grey colour. Two-tone aesthetic blends into modern lobbies and outdoor entrances alike.

DURABLE BUILD

Vandal proof. Ingress proof.

Engineered for perimeter gates, outdoor turnstiles, and unsheltered building entrances. -20 °C to 50 °C operating range covers the South African climate envelope, top to bottom.

Vandal proof (IK08)
Vandal proof (IK08). 5-joule impact resistance — built for high-traffic, real-world doors and entry points.
Ingress proof (IP67)
Ingress proof (IP67). Fully dust-tight and protected against temporary immersion — outdoor-ready, weatherproof.

PERFORMANCE

Unmatched performance. The future of security.

BioEntry W3's deep-learning algorithm runs entirely on-device with a dedicated Neural Processing Unit. Sub-0.2 s match speed, accurate across lighting conditions and appearance variations — no cloud round-trip, no privacy compromise.

AI deep-learning algorithm.

Suprema's deep-learning facial recognition optimised for outdoor and unsheltered installations.

On-device NPU.

Neural Processing Unit on board — face matching runs locally, no cloud, no server dependency.

0.2 s matching speed.

Fastest face match in class — users walk through without breaking stride.

30,000 face templates.

Enterprise-scale local storage — large workforces and multi-site deployments without server latency.

MULTI-CREDENTIAL

Face, RFID, NFC, BLE — all in one.

Beyond facial authentication, BioEntry W3 reads 125 kHz EM, 13.56 MHz MIFARE/DESFire EV1-3/FeliCa, NFC and BLE mobile — so one device covers every credential standard your tenants, contractors and visitors might carry.

Face, RFID, NFC, BLE — all in one.

Specifications

General
CPU 1.5 GHz Quad Core
RAM / Flash 2 GB RAM / 16 GB Flash
Display 1.3" PMOLED
IR Camera 2M pixels
Visual Camera 2M pixels
Dimensions 50 × 160 × 34.15 mm
Weight 283 g (device) + 36 g (bracket)
Operating Temperature -20 °C to 50 °C
Storage Temperature -40 °C to 70 °C
Operating Humidity 0–80% non-condensing
Storage Humidity 0–90% non-condensing
Authentication
Authentication Distance 0.3–1.0 m
Authentication Height 1.4–1.9 m
Face Matching Speed < 0.2 s
Face Capacity (1:N) 30,000
Card Capacity 100,000
Max Users 100,000
Event Log 1,000,000 text / 10,000 image
Live Detection Supported
Card Types 125 kHz EM · 13.56 MHz MIFARE / DESFire EV1-3 / FeliCa · NFC · BLE
IP Rating IP67
Impact Rating IK08
Connectivity
Ethernet 10/100 Mbps (TCP/UDP)
RS-485 1ch Master/Slave — OSDP V2 compliant
Wiegand 1ch in/out
Relay 3 inputs + 1 relay output
USB USB 2.0 Type-C (firmware upgrade only)
Power 12 V DC Max 1.0 A or 24 V DC Max 0.6 A
PoE (BEW3-DB base) Not supported
PoE (BEW3-APB) Supported (IEEE 802.3af compliant)
Weight (BEW3-DB) 283 g device + 36 g bracket
Weight (BEW3-APB) 291 g device + 36 g bracket

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BioEntry W3 datasheet

Full specifications, dimensions, certifications and ordering options — official Suprema datasheet PDF, mirrored locally for Suprema South Africa customers.

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