Contactless smart card
A contactless smart card is a kind of smart card with integrated circuits that can process and save data. Most cards are as big as a credit card. They can receive information which is processed and delivered through radio. There are two main kinds of contactless smart cards.
Many people believe contactless smart cards have a read-only RFID inside it. This is not true, but they do have a re-writable smart card microchip inside them. Contactless smart cards can be used for identification, authentication, and saving data.[1]
Contactless Smart Card Media
Generic RF-Smartcard.
The plastic inlay (right) that contains IC and antenna inside paper contactless smart card used in public transportation in Singapore (left)
Smart card being used to pay for public transportation in the Helsinki area
An electronic ticket machine used to read prepaid cards and issue tickets in Mumbai
Myki reader installed at Bendigo railway station
References
- ↑ Multi-application Smart Cards. Cambridge University Press. 2007.
- Rankl, W.; W. Effing (1997). Smart Card Handbook. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-96720-3.
- Guthery, Scott B.; Timothy M. Jurgensen (1998). SmartCard Developer's Kit. Macmillan Technical Publishing. ISBN 1-57870-027-2.
Other websites
- "Open Directory - Computers: Hardware: Systems: Smartcards". dmoz.org. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
