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Smart Card Reader

ACR30 SP Smart Card Reader

The ACR30SP is a compact and cost-effective reader with plug-and-play feature convenience. It supports all microcontroller cards with T=0 or T=1 protocols as well as the popular memory cards in the market today. It supports smart cards that conform to ISO 7816-1/2/3 standard. The ACR30SP is also EMV Level 1, Microsoft PC/SC certified, RoHS compliant and supports all major PC platforms.

Being a single chip solution, with EMV level 1 certified, this reader is one of the most cost effective solutions for banking, e-commerce, information security, computer access control, electronic identification, and other smart card applications. The ACR30SP smart card reader/writer can be connected to the computer through a serial asynchronous interface (RS-232). The reader has an optional built-in Security Access Module (SAM) slot that supports various high security applications.

The ACR30SP is available in its default CyberFrog casing. Furthermore, it is also supplied in module form (ACM30). This is an ideal solution for integrating smart card access into applications. The module retains the full functionalities of the reader/writer, and can be easily integrated in payphones, parking meters, vending machines, laundries, gaming machines, ATM's, sophisticated access control systems, etc.

ACR30 reader standard features:

• Support smart cards that conform to ISO 7816-1/2/3
• PC/SC Compliant
• RoHS Compliant
• Certified by CE, FCC, EMV Level 1 and Microsoft WHQL
• Read and write all microcontroller cards with T=0, T=1 protocols
• Read and write most of the popular memory card types in the market:
• '104' type EEPROM non-reloadable token counter cards, including:

    GPM103, ST1305, SLE4406, SLE4436 (on request), SLE5536 (on request)

• Cards following the I2C bus protocol (free memory cards) such as:

Atmel : AT24C01, AT24C02, AT24C04, AT24C08, AT24C16
SGS-Thomson : ST14C02C, ST14C04C
Gemplus : GFM1K, GFM2K, GFM4K, GFM8K

• SLE4432/4442 intelligent 256 bytes EEPROM with write protect function: SLE4432, SLE4442
• SLE4418/4428 intelligent 1K bytes EEPROM with write-protect function: SLE4418, SLE4428
• Secure memory cards such as: AT88SC153, AT88SC1608
• Contains Interface library for efficient PC application software development
• 32-bit DLL files for Windows 98, ME, NT and 2000
• PC/SC compliant IFD handler
• Compatible with most PC platforms: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP, Linux

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ACR38 Contact Reader

This reader series combines a modern design with the latest technology, and makes it a suitable solution for demanding environments. ACR38 has an optional built-in Security Access Module (SAM) slot that supports various high security applications. It is ideal for use in network security, electronic payment systems, electronic identifications as well as other advanced smart card applications. Other casing designs are also available.

• Full speed interface to PC with simple command structure
• Read and write all microprocessor cards with T=0, T=1 protocols
• Support most of the popular memory card types in the market:
  • Cards following the I2C bus protocol (free memory cards) such as:
    Atmel : AT24C01 / 02 / 04 / 08 / 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 / 512 / 1024
    SGS-Thomson : ST14C02C, ST14C04C
    Gemplus : GFM1K, GFM2K, GFM4K, GFM8K
    
  • SLE4432/4442 intelligent 256 bytes EEPROM with write protect function: SLE4432, SLE4442
  • SLE4418/4428 intelligent 1K bytes EEPROM with write-protect function: SLE4418, SLE4428
  • Secure memory cards such as: AT88SC153, AT88SC1608
• Short Circuit Protection
• RoHS Compliant
• Certificate of conformance: EN 60950/IEC 60950, ISO-7816, PC/SC, CE, FCC, Microsoft WHQL, EMV 2000 Level 1certified
• Support ISO-7816 Class A, B and C ( 5V, 3V, 1.8V ) cards

• Home Banking and Home Shopping
• E-commerce
• Checking the balance of electronic purses
• Network access control
• S/W locking
• Digital signature
• Loyalty and promotions
• Stored value
• Identification
• Ticketing
• Parking and toll collection
• Online gaming

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ACR38 U-CCID Smart Card Reader

Due to the rising demand of e-working methods (remote office, intranet, extranet and home office) and the increasing risk of unauthorized access to private network, it is time to properly secure access to PCs, desktops, and the Intranet and Extranet networks. ACR38 offers solutions based on smart card readers (connected to PCs) for access control.

Now, reinforced with CCID compliance, the ACR38U-CCID offers a driverless solution saving you the hassle of driver installation and driver-system compliance checking.

This CCID compliant smart card reader/writer is a USB full speed device which is the interface for the communication between a computer and a smart card. It is designed for the PC environment, and is the ultimate smart card peripheral for a PC.

ACR38U-CCID is a key partner of the PC as smart card is becoming an essential component in network security and electronic payment system. It is a low cost, yet reliable and effective smart card-to-PC interface with design focusing on convenient use and harmony with other PC peripherals in shape and color. It also provides the solution where the security of a smart card is required. It can be used as access control to a computer or network, authentication for e-commerce (B to B, B to C). It is also very simple to use and install. It is ideal for electronic commerce, home banking or e-purse facilities, secure computer access or any of a multitude of other applications.

ACR38U-CCID reader standard features:

• Full speed interface to PC with simple command structure
• Read and write all microprocessor cards with T=0, T=1 protocols
• Supports 1.8V. 3V and 5V MCU cards
• Short Circuit Protection
• RoHS Compliant
• Conforms with: EN 60950/IEC 60950, ISO 7816, PC/SC, CE, FCC, USB Full Speed, Microsoft WHQL, EMV Level 1
• Support ISO-7816 Class A, B and C ( 5V, 3V, 1.8V ) cards
• Supports PPS (Protocol and Parameters Selection) with 1,743,250,000 bps in reading and writing smart cards

Typical applications:

• Home Banking and Home Shopping
• E-commerce
• Checking the balance of electronic purses
• Network access control
• S/W locking
• Digital signature
• Loyalty and promotions
• Stored value
• Identification
• Ticketing
• Parking and toll collection
• Online gaming

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ACR38 DT DualKey

The ACR38DT contactless/contact dual-interface token is an extension of ACR38T Plug-in Card Reader. It has full ACR38T functionalities with contactless value-added feature.

i) Serves as a plug-in (SIM-sized) card reader:
It is an extremely compact USB full speed device fully compatible with the ACR38 smart card reader and is designed to access SIM sized smart cards (Plug-in card). With a size of only 82.5 mm x 21.3 mm x 9.4 mm, the ACR38DT is highly suitable for portable applications, as it plugs into the USB port and requires no additional cable or wiring. It also fulfills the GSM 11.11 specification. It is designed for PC environment, ultimate smart card peripheral for a PC.

ii) Serves as a contactless card:
While the ACR38DT serves as a contactless card, the embedded antenna coil enables the contactless part of the SIM sized combi card to work as a contactless card to communicate to contactless readers.

ACR38DT dual-interface token is a good quality, reliable and effective reader with designs focusing convenient use and harmony with other PC peripherals in shape and color. It is ideal for electronic commerce, physical access control, home banking or e-purse facilities, secure computer access, transportation and GSM application tool.

• Full speed interface to PC with simple command structure
• Support Plug-in SIM-sized card
• Read and write all microprocessor cards with T= or T=1 protocols
• Support most of the popular memory card types in the market:
• Cards following the I2C bus protocol (free memory cards) such as:

Atmel : AT24C01 / 02 / 04 / 08 / 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 / 512 / 1024
SGS-Thomson : ST14C02C, ST14C04C
Gemplus : GFM1K, GFM2K, GFM4K, GFM8K

• SLE4432/4442 intelligent 256 bytes EEPROM with write protect function: SLE4432, SLE4442
• SLE4418/4428 intelligent 1K bytes EEPROM with write-protect function: SLE4418, SLE4428
• Secure memory cards such as: AT88SC153, AT88SC1608
• Support GSM 11.11 specification
• Requires no additional cable
• Short Circuit Protection
• RoHS Compliant
• Support ISO-7816 Class A, B and C ( 5V, 3V, 1.8V ) cards
• Embedded antenna coil
• Full functionality with SIM-sized Comi card in contact and contactless interface
• Support PPS (Protocol and Parameters Selection) with 1,743-250,000 bps in reading and writing smart cards
• A patented technology combines physical and logical access

• Home Banking and Home Shopping
• Checking the balance of electronic purses
• Network access control
• Digital signature
• Identification
• Ticketing
• Parking and toll collection
• Online gaming
• Transportation
• Physical access control

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ACR38 ET DualKey2

To effectively deter hacking or unauthorized access to company assets, a need for an effective device to guard the physical and logical access is imminent. With ACR38ET, you can safeguard the access to PCs, desktops, Intranet & Extranet networks, physical doors, safes, databanks, etc., with supreme confidence. With that power, ACR38ET is astonishingly simple having innate contactless card functionalities and requiring simply a SIM-sized smart card for contact card functionalities.

The ACR38ET DualKey2 is an extension of ACR38T SIMTracker II. It has full ACR38T functionalities with contactless value-added feature.

i) Serves as a plug-in (SIM-sized) card reader:
It is an extremely compact USB full speed device completely compatible with the ACR38 smart card reader and is designed to access SIM-sized smart cards (Plug-in card). With a size of only 78.73 mm x 21.50 mm x 11.00 mm, the ACR38ET is highly suitable for portable applications, as it plugs into the USB port and requires no additional cable or wiring. It also fulfils the GSM 11.11 specification. It is designed for the PC environment, and is an ultimate smart card peripheral for a PC.

ii) Serves as a contactless card:
While the SIM-sized card enables the contact card security benefits, the ACR38ET is virtually a Mifare card token. Make use of this feature, and you may benefit from the speed and convenience contactless technologies can bring.

Since the contact card information is stored in the SIM card, while the contactless card information is stored in the ACR38ET itself, you can have a highly secure system based on data storage segregation.

ACR38ET DualKey2 is a good quality, reliable and effective reader with designs focused on convenient use and harmony with other PC peripherals in terms of shapes and colors. It is ideal for electronic commerce, physical access control, home banking or e-purse facilities, secure computer access, transportation and GSM application tool.

• USB full speed interface to PC with simple command structure
• Supports Plug-in SIM-sized card
• Read and write all microprocessor cards with T=0 or T=1 protocols
• Support SLE 4418/28/32/42 memory cards
• Supports the most common memory-based smart cards, including I2C bus protocol cards (from 1k bits up to 1024k bits) and secure memory cards (Atmel AT88SC153 and AT88SC1608)
• Support ISO-7816 Class A, B and C ( 5V, 3V, 1.8V ) cards
• Support GSM 11.11 specification
• Requires no additional cable
• Short Circuit Protection
• RoHS Compliant
• Supports PPS (Protocol and Parameters Selection) with 1,743,2250,000 bps in reading and writing smart cards

• Home Banking
• E-commerce
• Network access control
• Digital signature
• Identification
• Ticketing
• Parking and toll collection
• Online gaming
• Automatic Fare Collection
• Physical access control

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ACR38 F Smart Floppy

The ACR38F is the ideal solution for easy integration of a smart card reader into the desktop environment. It uses the same electronic circuit as the ACR38, and has the same versatility and cost-effectiveness that have always been associated with ACS smart card readers. Using the USB interface, it uses the PC's internal power supply, and can be configured in several ways to suit the customer's preference.

Similar to ACR38, ACR38F Floppy Bay Smart Card Reader is also very simple to use and to install. It is ideal for electronic commerce, home banking or e-purse facilities, secure computer access or any of a multitude of other applications.

ACR38F reader standard features:

• USB full speed interface to PC with simple command structure
• Read and write all microprocessor cards with T=0 or T=1 protocols
• Read and write popular memory card types
• Support 1.8V. 3V and 5V MCU cards
• Short Circuit Protection
• RoHS Compliant
• ISO7816-1/2/3 compatible smart card interface
• Support PPS (Protocol and Parameters Selection) with 1743 - 250000 bps in reading and writing smart cards

Supported Card Types:

• MCU Cards

The ACR38F can operate MCU card with T=0 and T=1 protocol. The table presented in Appendix A (Reference Manual) explains which card type selection value must be specified for the various card types supported by the reader.

• Memory-based smart cards (synchronous interface)
• Cards following the I2C bus protocol (free memory cards) such as:

Atmel : AT24C01 / 02 / 04 / 08 / 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 / 512 / 1024
SGS-Thomson : ST14C02C, ST14C04C
Gemplus : GFM1K, GFM2K, GFM4K, GFM8K

• SLE4432/4442 intelligent 256 bytes EEPROM with write protect function: SLE4432, SLE4442
• SLE4418/4428 intelligent 1K bytes EEPROM with write-protect function: SLE4418, SLE4428
• Secure memory cards such as: AT88SC153, AT88SC1608
• SLE4406/4436/5536 '104' type EEPROM non-reloadable token counter cards (for firmware version 1.10 onwards): SLE4406, SLE4436, SLE5536

Typical applications:

• Home Banking and Home Shopping
• E-Commerce
• Checking the balance of account of re-loading an electronic purses
• Network access control
• S/W locking
• Digital signature
• Loyalty and promotions
• Stored value
• Identification
• Ticketing
• Parking and toll collection
• Online gaming

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ACR38 K Smart Keyboard

The ACR38K Multimedia Keyboard offers you with specialized keyboard setting, accessing every function in just one key-press, plus a classy multimedia controller. This package also comes with a card reader that enables you to easily implement smart card-based systems. The ACS smart card readers utilize the latest advancement of microchip technology, that brings you high security for your confidential files in a convenient and easy to carry microchip smart card. The software drivers and tools in this package will enable you to write files to your smart card and to read the contents.

You can also write protect the contents of your smart card so that nobody can erase or overwrite the files.

Combined with our versatile smart card reader/writer, using the ACR38 module, the keyboard is transformed into a highly powerful component for security, e-commerce, and other applications.

• USB full speed interface to PC with simple command structure
• Read and write all microprocessor cards with T=0, T=1 protocols
• Support most of the popular memory card types in the market:
• Cards following the I2C bus protocol (free memory cards) such as:

Atmel : AT24C01 / 02 / 04 / 08 / 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 / 512 / 1024
SGS-Thomson : ST14C02C, ST14C04C
Gemplus : GFM1K, GFM2K, GFM4K, GFM8K

• SLE4432/4442 intelligent 256 bytes EEPROM with write protect function: SLE4432, SLE4442
• SLE4418/4428 intelligent 1K bytes EEPROM with write-protect function: SLE4418, SLE4428
• Secure memory cards such as: AT88SC153, AT88SC1608
• Short Circuit Protection
• RoHS Compliant
• Support ISO-7816 Class A, B and C ( 5V, 3V, 1.8V ) cards
• Support PPS (Protocol and Parameters Selection) with 1,743 C 250,000 bps in reading and writing smart cards

• USB interface with 18 multimedia hot keys support (back, forward, stop, refresh, search, favorites, home, mute, volume-, volume+, previous track, stop, play, next track, media, calculator, my computer)
• 4 programmable keys
• ACPI power management key support: power, sleep and wake up
• Fixed wrist rest

• Home Banking and Home Shopping
• E-commerce
• Checking the balance of electronic purses
• Network access control
• S/W locking
• Digital signature
• Loyalty and promotions
• Stored value
• Identification
• Ticketing
• Parking and toll collection
• Online gaming

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