Specifications
Product and Service Guide version 3.9 June 2005
2.5 Smart Card Readers with PIN-pad
2.5.1 ACR88 Handheld Portable Smart Card Reader
With the increasingly wide acceptance of smart card in the market in
the recent years, smart card applications have gained maturity in terms
of its level of sophistication and coverage in the market. With this, a
versatile smart card reader becomes an emergent need.
ACR88 is a versatile handheld portable smart card reader, having a
built-in keypad, LCD display and buzzer features. It can also host
additional features like fingerprint scanner, contactless card reader or
non-volatile memory to enhance the security and give better support to
your system.
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.
With ACR88, and its robust development platform, Astro Builder, users can now easily build their own applications
loadable to the Astro platform, complementary to the many common functional features already available in the platform.
No more programming in lower level languages, or dealing with kernel development and other hardware platform
dependent issues! Application developers can now use the set of well-defined easy-to-use commands provided, and
have full rein of realizing the limitless possibilities which your application will bring.
Features
Built-in 20-Key Keypad with extremely high durability
132 x 64 dot-matrix LCD
Monotone buzzer with software controlled ON/OFF
Accepts 3 V and 5V cards: two full-size cards and 3 SAM cards
Real-time clock (RTC)
Requires no additional power supply in PC-Linked mode
Automatically switch to 3 x AAA battery power in standalone mode
Low-battery detection
Independent backup battery (1 x CR2032) for RAM and RTC
Support up to 115kbps card communication speed
EMV2000 v.4.0 Level 1
CCID compatible
On-board firmware upgradeable, on-board script loading
Tamper switch
Hand-held size and weight
(Optional) Fingerprint scanner
(Optional) Contactless card reader
(Optional) Non-volatile memory
Technical specification
Interface
USB 1.1 Full Speed
Operating Voltage 3.3V
Backup Battery Independent backup battery (1 x CR2032) for RAM and RTC
Card/Reader Communication Speed Up to 115,200 bps
Operating Temperature
0 - 50° C
Language Programmable in C Language
Keypad 20 keys
LCD Display 132 x 64 dot-matrix LCD with backlight
Buzzer Monotone buzzer with software controlled ON/OFF
Advanced Card Systems Ltd.
Unit 2910-2913, 29/F, The Center
99 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2796 7873 Fax: +852 2796 1286
Website: www.acs.com.hk Email: info@acs.com.hk
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