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Chipcard Readers
A suitable card reader is required whenever you want to develop
or analyse circuits whose operation depends on chip cards. Some
applications require a blank chip card, others, a card with an operating
system on the chip. In this article we present two chip card
readers capable of reading the vast majority of today’s ‘flexible
friends’. The first design reads FUN and Jupiter cards, the other,
Phoenix, SmartMouse and JDM. In good Elektor tradition we not
only discuss the DIY aspects of these readers but also the principles
of operation of various types of chip card.
Theme Plan for 2006
January . . . . . . .Recycling / Reverse Engineering
February . . . . . .Motors / Propulsion
March . . . . . . . .Development / Microcontrollers
April . . . . . . . . .Power Supplies / Safety
May . . . . . . . . .Soldering / Etching
June . . . . . . . . .Test & Measurement
July/August . . . .Summer Circuits
September . . . . .RFID / Satellites
October . . . . . . .E-Simulation
November . . .Chipcards / Security
December . . . . .Electromechanical / Enclosures
Market Overview: Solder Stations
If you’re an Elektor reader (and you are), you’ll need one: a solder station, preferably one suitable for
soldering tiny parts like SMDs which find ever wider use in electronics.For our market overview we asked
relevant suppliers to send us solder stations in the 25 to 300 pound price range. Some 15 stations eventually
arrived and were subjected to a couple of basic tests. You can read the results in the November issue.
USB Stick with ARM and RS232
This may well be the ‘missing link’ between your PC and a microcontroller circuit. Thanks
to an ARM controller and smart software, this little card is RS232 compatible at the ‘micro’
side, and USB compatible at the PC side. The board has a slot for MMC and SD memory
cards, allowing you to determine the best memory capacity for a given application.
R8C
competition
results
Also…
Zigbee with Xbee*; RTOS for the R8C, Marten Deterrent,
FPGA Course (6); Hexadoku.
* due to lack of space these articles could not be accommodated
in the current issue.
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The November 2006 issue goes on sale on Thursday 19 October 2006 (UK distribution only).
UK mainland subscribers will receive the magazine between 13 and 16 October 2006. Article titles and magazine contents subject to change, please check our website.
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