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Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Accelerated Technology | Subject: Nucleus USB
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 May 2005
Driver helps standardise smart card
interfaces
Accelerated Technology has developed a new class driver for its Nucleus USB software, which provides Universal Serial Bus support for the Nucleus real-time operating system.
Accelerated Technology has developed a new class driver for its Nucleus USB software, which provides Universal Serial Bus (USB) support for the Nucleus real-time operating system (RTOS) The Nucleus USB Chip/Smart Card Interface Device (CCID) class driver allows developers to quickly and easily build a standard USB interface without writing device-specific drivers to connect an embedded host to a variety of smart card readers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 3 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Smart card technology is widely used as a popular way to store personal data and pay for goods.
Over a third of a billion smart cards have been deployed in a variety of applications such as electronic purses, bank cards, online payment systems, retail, mobile phones, transportation and insurance cards.
Because of this successful market penetration, a large number of smart card variants have evolved.
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This in turn has driven the need for smart card readers to support a growing list of smart card types.
However, if no uniform interface is available among the different smart card readers, an embedded system requires the development of a device-specific driver to access that particular smart card variant.
As the Nucleus USB CCID class driver incorporates the USB CCID standard, it enables the embedded host to interface with CCID-compliant smart card readers via a USB link, eliminating the need to develop a device-specific driver.
Developers benefit from reduced driver development costs and time to market.
It also allows them to provide their customers with devices compliant with the USB CCID specification, which is important to maintain compatibility among devices from different manufacturers.
"The Nucleus USB CCID class driver support makes the integration in an existing system the easiest ever by connecting the embedded host and smart card reader without the need for an additional driver".
"It also helps businesses evolve and expand their products and services in a changing global marketplace by offering customers to easily and securely access the smart card based transactions and applications", said Robert Day, Director of Marketing, Embedded Systems Division, Mentor Graphics.
The Nucleus embedded software is licensed with source code and without royalty fees.
Available now, licences for the Nucleus USB software start at US $14,995 and licences for the class drivers begin at US $2995.
The new Nucleus USB CCID class driver has been released for use with the Nucleus USB host stack software, which is USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 compliant.
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