The ACM1252U-Z2 OEM module is a mini USB contactless reader/writer that conforms to all of the important NFC standards and protocols and is widely supported by existing applications and operating systems thanks to its CCID compliant interface. Supplied in a…
Usernames and passwords for online services, such as Google and Facebook, are routinely being stolen by malware that is finding its way on to phones, tablets and laptops. Alternatively, people are being tricked into revealing their sign-in details through increasingly…
Introduction This is the third article on using the PC/SC Smart Card API in Windows with PC/SC card readers. The code in these articles will be in C++11 using the Unicode character set and has been tested with Microsoft Visual…
The ACR39 range of contact smart card readers from ACS incorporate a new intelligent chipset that builds upon this manufacturer’s impressive 20-year history of designing and developing smart card technology products. Like the ACR30 and ACR38 chipset readers before them,…
The latest products to be listed in the Smartcard Focus online store are super-strong and 100% waterproof RFID keyfobs with integrated MIFARE technology chips. As stock items, we have a MIFARE Classic 1K version, in black, and a MIFARE DESFire…
Smart cards started out purely as plastic cards with chip modules embedded into them, with the usual pattern of gold or silver contacts in a standard position. These contacts provide a relatively simple two-way serial comms interface, over which a…
Readers for both contact and contactless smart cards have typically been USB devices, designed to connect to PCs and laptops running Windows, OS X and Linux. These are used for a wide variety of applications, ranging from high-end PKI-based secure…
Introduction This is the second article on using the PC/SC Smart Card API in Windows with PC/SC card readers. The code in these articles will be in C++11 using the Unicode character set and has been tested with Microsoft Visual…
Introduction This is the first of several articles on using the PC/SC smart card API in Windows with PC/SC card readers. Future articles may cover topics such as reading and writing data to MIFARE Ultralight cards, NFC Tags, using OpenPCSC….
Introduction Writing data to NFC tags is often a misunderstood process, and so it can appear more difficult than it actually is. Android, Windows 8, and Windows Phone 8 have made the process easier than ever, having abstracted many of…