Contactles card reader is fit for US duties

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Oct 10, 2006

The SmartTrans multitechnology reader has been approved by the US General Services Administration (GSA) for the FIP201 programme.

The SmartTrans multitechnology reader has been approved by the US General Services Administration (GSA) for the FIP201 programme.

The SmartTrans reader is the first contactless smart card multitechnology reader that is included on the GSA Approved Products list.

"As one of the leading RFID the companies in the world and as technology partner of our customers, we recognised the need for an dual technology reader that will add value to an existing infrastructure instead of replacing it".

"We are very pleased that our work has been awarded GSA Approved Products list for contactless physical and logical smart card readers", says JP Hulsker, CEO of Integrated Engineering.

"The approved products list from GSA is a great resource, which offers the US Government possibility to benefit from our knowledge and experience with the various technologies and our experience within the market".

The SmartTrans provides a transition path from existing proprietary legacy 125kHz Prox technologies to an open standard ISO14443 technology.

The reader combines ISO14443 technologies, such as Mifare, DESFire and PIV, and 125kHz prox technologies in one reader.

The reader provides configurable output formats and output protocols.

The SmartTrans accepts a wide range power supply voltage from 5 to 16V DC.