[LINK] Smart card credit cards

[Geoff Ramadan]

The EMV Specifications can be found at:

http://www.emvco.com

You will find that the physical interface for smart cards is fairly common, and 
cheap.

The "protocol" of course (or software drivers) that is the key issue.

Regards

Geoffrey Ramadan B.E.(Elec)
Chairman, Automatic Data Capture Australia (www.adca.com.au)
and
Managing Director, Unique Micro Design (www.umd.com.au)


Howard Lowndes wrote:
> I have just received a credit card from my supplier bank to replace my, 
> now defunct, Bankcard.
> 
> The thing is - it is a smart card.  I can read the mag stripe if I can 
> get access to a stripe reader and know what's on it, but how can I read 
> the smart chip?
>