A system and method for simultaneously reading a plurality of readable memory-based digital identification devices, including: a host microcontroller; and a plurality of readable memory-based digital identification devices electrically coupled to the host microcontroller in a parallel configuration; wherein the host microcontroller is configured to assert a read prompt to each of the plurality of the plurality of readable memory-based digital identification devices during a same clock cycle; wherein each of the plurality of readable memory-based digital identification devices is configured to send a response to the host microcontroller in a same clock cycle; and wherein the host microcontroller is configured to capture identification data from each of the plurality of readable memory-based digital identification devices in a same clock cycle.