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Cards
Codiran supplies different kinds of Cards to different Banks, Organizations, etc. during the last years. Cards are of different types. The two types we have been dealt with mostly are Magnetic Stripe Cards and Smart Cards.
Magnetic Stripe Cards Magnetic Stripe technology is one of the most universal methods in Automatic Identification industry. This technology is very much established and has been developed for quite a long time. Magnetic stripe technology is used everywhere. People use cards with this technology on them without even aware of it. The technology is embedded in credit cards, ID cards, ATM cards, security control of selected rooms or buildings, time and attendance cards, factory floor data collection cards, driver's licenses, mass transits tickets, airline tickets and many more. Magnetic Stripe Technology is known as a handy and cost-effective way of carrying a practical amount of rewritable and machine-readable data using magnetic storage technology. Even though the technology has been used for many years, there are still many new things going on in the industry, in terms of its innovations and developments. Magnetic Stripe uses magnetic material to store data. Magnetic stripe is printed on paper or plastic, and stores data. Smart Card A smart card is a plastic card that contains an embedded integrated circuit (IC). It is embedded with either a microprocessor and a memory chip or only a memory chip with non-programmable logic. The microprocessor card can add, delete, and otherwise anipulate information on the card, while a memory-chip card (for example, pre-paid phone cards) can only undertake a pre-defined operation. More advanced smart cards have both microprocessors and memory, for secure processing and storage, and can be used for security applications that use public-key or shared-key algorithms. The non-volatile memory in a smart card is its most precious resource and can be used to store secret keys and digital certificates. Smart cards, unlike magnetic stripe cards, can carry all necessary functions and information on the card. So they do not require access to remote databases at the time of the transaction.
Two types of the Smart Cards we deal with more are: 1- Contact Smart Cards: Contact smart cards work by communicating via physical contact between a card reader and the smart card's 8-pin contact. 2- Contact-less Smart Cards: Contact-less smart cards communicate by means of a radio frequency signal, with a typical range of less than 2 feet.
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