SpringSmart Smart Card reader for Handspring, announced in CTST 2001.
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Smartcard Reader for Handspring™ Visor™ Handheld Computers
The SpringSmart™ is a Springboard™
module integrating a universal smartcard reader, designed to operate with
the Handspring™ Visor™ series handheld computers. The SpringSmart™
module slides easily into the Springboard™ slot on the back of a Visor™
to provide the handheld with read/write capability of ISO7816 standard memory
and microcontroller smartcards.The SpringSmart™ Visor™ smartcard
reader is dedicated for uses in the loyalty, payment, medical, identification,
security, and any other smartcard application you can imagine.
Features
Compatible
with the Handspring™ Springboard™ module
Support ISO7816 security memory
and micro-controller cards
Electrical interface protects both
the card and the reader
Compatible with PalmŪ OS tools
Internal flash memory for application
programs and data torage
Availability of software tools,
development samples and libraries
Low power consumption drawn from
the Visor
No battery required
SAM module for security and data
backup
Benefits
of SpringSmart Smartcard Reader
Compared
with propriety hand-held smartcard readers, 
SpringSmart™
reader offers logical advantages.
A smartcard reader as well as a
PalmŪ based PDA
Large graphic display with hand-writing
input capability
High reliability thanks to Handspring™
An open platform
Easy application development tools
Multiple applications
Key Technical Data
Smartcard
Protocol supported:
Asynchronous
cards:T=0,T=1
Synchronous:
2 wire, 3 wire and others
Standby current: < 300 ¦ÌA
Working current: < 50 mA
Internal EEPROM: 128kB to 512kB
Application
Development Kit
SpringSmartt™
Smartcard reader module for Visor
10 smartcards
Smartcard editor demo application
with source codes
Libraries for application development
in GNU
Libraries for application development
in CodeWarroirŪ
Libraries for application development
in Satellite Forms™
Specifications are subject
to change without notice.
All product and company names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Handspring, Visor and Springboard are trademarks of Handspring™ Inc. Palm is
trademark of Palm Inc.