Product category:
Embedded Computing and Control
News Release from: Parvus Corp | Subject: Biothenticator
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 March 2003
PC/104 format board embeds fingerprint
sensor
The Biothenticator is a PC/104 biometric fingerprint sensor board for integration into embedded systems applications requiring user authentication.
The Biothenticator is a PC/104 biometric fingerprint sensor board for integration into embedded systems applications requiring user authentication The module is priced at $400 each in orders of 100+ units
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 May 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Based around a solid-state MBF110 fingerprint sensor from Fujitsu Microelectronics, the Biothenticator module produces clear 500dot/in resolution images of scanned fingerprints using a 300 x 300pixel array.
Its rugged 1.5 x 1.5cm sensor is found on a removable mezzanine PCB, which for application flexibility, has two possible connector mounting locations on the PC/104 board and can also be connected via an extension cable.
The Biothenticator features a parallel port interface, alphanumeric LCD port, and Form-C relays, which components are used for collecting and viewing sensor data and then controlling user access to application devices.
Parallel and external power cables, software driver and Windows-based test utility are also provided with the board.
A highly accurate minutia-based fingerprint matching engine is offered separately in a Fujitsu software development kit, which is designed for reliable authentication and low false rejection/acceptance error rates.
Because of the Biothenticator's modular PC/104 format (3.550 x 3.775in), the board is especially useful for fingerprint matching and authentication applications for an independent local device, eliminating the need for a costly network communications infrastructure to match stored fingerprint data.
Complete development and systems integration services are offered by Parvus Corp for those customers seeking a solution with fingerprint sensor, CPU, power supply and hard drive in one self-contained unit.
An integrated heartbeat sensor is planned for a future revision of the Biothenticator to prevent potential unauthorised use by a false finger.
Other technology improvements will be rolled out as market demand dictates.
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