New Smart Card Products

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Arcontia has announced a range of new products for use in various ticketing and payment devices.
 
The company, which is based in Sweden and produces contactless smart card readers and terminals, has launched its latest smart card reader, the ARC2330, designed for e-ticketing and e-payment markets.
 
The ARC2330 reader is a rugged and versatile ISO/IEC 14443 reader designed for smart card validation, travel card reload and contactless payments in retail. The reader is aimed for integration into system integrators’ and solution providers’ overall fare collection systems and payment solutions. It has four coloured LED lights, an audio buzzer and a graphical LCD display, intended to present an easy user interface. For POS usage, the reader comes with a desktop mounting kit, and for use on board vehicles, the reader includes a pole mounting kit.
 
The reader operates as a slave device and comes with either USB or RS232 communication for integration into a variety of smart card applications. The company states that it is optimised for maximum data throughput rates on both the air and serial interface, and houses four ISO/IEC 7816 SAM slots operating in parallel for enhanced speed and improved smart card security.
 
The reader is fully compatible with the Mifare range of products, and also supports Smart MX and several other smart cards used in cashless ticketing and payment applications. The reader software supports the latest Mifare AV1 and Mifare AV2 SAMs from NXP.

 
The company has also announced the launch of its next generation embedded processor board for e-ticketing and e-payment, the ARC1800.
 
Developers state that the product is a high performance processor board that supports contactless ISO 14443 A/B RFID readers, 5.7’’ or 8’’ touch display, as well as several peripheral devices such as magnetic card readers and 2D camera using USB, SPI or I2C. It can also operate with a contactless smart card reader so it can be integrated into different smart card devices, including contactless smart card validators, driver consoles, turnstiles, and ticket vending machines. The company believes that the new product offers a flexible platform for operating different smart card applications at once, forming the core of a ticketing or payment system.
 
The board runs on Linux embedded operating system and is designed with an ARM9 – 400MHz processor, 128MB RAM and 256 MB Flash. It features a series of communication interfaces including Ethernet, USB, RS232 and RS485. Additional isolated inputs and outputs are also built in for generic use. The board contains a socket for GPRS, UMTS or CDMA modem with onboard antenna. A microSD slot is available for additional storage.
 
Both the new smart card reader and the embedded processor board will be on display at KIOSK EUROPE EXPO 2011, along with other items in the company’s line-up of contactless smart card products.