Handheld Portable Smart Card Reader - ACR88

ACR88 is a versatile handheld portable smart card reader, having a built-in keypad, LCD display, bi-color LED and buzzer features. It can also host the feature of non-volatile memory to give better support to your system. In addition, its onboard memory enables future firmware and application enhancements that guarantee against obsolescence.

ACR88 is a line of secured electronic devices of pocket size designed primarily for multi-application. It is capable of performing secure authentication, displaying rich information from the card, conducting online or offline transaction.

Also ACR88 is programmable through ACR88 ScriptBuilder. Users can now quickly build their own standalone applications according to easy-to-use and well defined script commands provided by ACS. There is no more need to program the device in lower level languages, nor to deal with development and other hardware platform dependent issues! With ACR88, you can have full rein of realizing the limitless possibilities, which your application will bring.


Technical Specifications





  Interface     USB

  Power (PC-linked mode) 
Power (Standalone mode)
    automatically switch to USB bus power, always ON 
automatically switch to 3 x AAA-size battery power, soft ON/OFF switch

  Power consumption     Less than 100mA (excluding card power) in standalone mode

  Backup battery     Independent backup battery (1 x CR2032) for RTC

  Operating voltage     3.3V

  Supply Current     < 60mA (without backlight and smart card)

  Operating Temperature     0-50C

  CLK Frequency     3.58 MHz

  Standards / Certifications     EMV Level 1, ISO7816-1/2/3, CE, FCC

  Operating System Support     Windows 98SE, ME, 2K, XP


Standard features:





      Dual operation modes:
  • PC-linked: powered through USB  
  • Standalone: powered through 3x AAA batteries.

  •       Accepts ISO-7816 Class A, B (5V & 3V) cards: two full-size cards and 3 SAM cards

          Ergonomic and highly durable keypad

          Easy-to-read, graphical LCD with backlight

          Monotone buzzer with software controlled ON/OFF

          3 bi-color LED

     
        Real-time clock (RTC) with independent backup battery

          Field upgradeable for firmware (requires a firmware upgrade cable)

          Tamper switch which protect fraudulent intrusion

          Hand-held size and weight

          (Optional) Non-volatile memory for font storage
    Typical Applications :





          Customer Loyalty

          Electronic commerce

          Health care project - medical identification

          Online-payment device

          E-government application


    Software Development Kit (SDK) Available