Category: Technical articles

  • How to configure a Puck as a reader to read a SpringPass virtual card using keyboard emulation?

    SpringCard Puck family products can be used to read contactless passes carried by NFC smartphones. In the SmartReader operating mode, the reader is standalone to run and the computer receives RFID/NFC pass data as if someone would type it on the keyboard. SpringPass by SpringCard is a service for generating NFC passes in order to…

  • How to read RFID/NFC passes with SpringCard PC/SC couplers

    SpringCard contactless PC/SC couplers (NFC/RFID HF) can be used to read contactless passes carried by NFC smartphones. In particular, the Prox’N’Roll HSP PC/SC and the PUCK configured as PC/SC have been certified :

  • Using SpringCard PC/SC Couplers with a Raspberry Pi 4

    SpringCard PC/SC Couplers like the H663 family (CrazyWriter HSP, Prox’N’Roll HSP, TwistyWriter HSP…) and the new SpringCore family (PUCK…) are well supported by Linux systems thanks the open-source PCSC-Lite stack and its CCID driver. All these devices are easy to operate on early Raspberry Pi with little to no specificities. This has changed on Raspberry…

  • Using NXP RFIDDiscover with SpringCard PC/SC Couplers

    RFIDDiscover (formerly MifareDiscover) is a GUI software provided by NXP to help the developers explore the features of their contactless cards (Mifare, Desfire, NTAG and ICode) and learn how-to use them from a real application. This software is available to customers under NDA with NXP, through the DocStore document delivery platform (ref. SW1866). This article…

  • Using NXP Card Test Framework with SpringCard PC/SC Couplers

    Card Test Framework is a GUI software provided by NXP to help the developers explore the features of their contactless cards (Mifare, Desfire, NTAG and ICode) and learn how-to use them from a real application. This software is available to customers under NDA (non-disclosure agreement) with NXP, through the DocStore document delivery platform (ref. SW5434).…

  • Using NXP TapLinx SDK with SpringCard PC/SC couplers

    NXP TapLinx SDK (formerly Mifare SDK) is an high-level sofware library provided by NXP to work with their Mifare, Desfire, NTAG and ICode products. Written in Java, the TapLinx library has been initially developed for Android, running over Android’s NfcAdapter object to communicate with the contactless cards or NFC tags through the tablet’s or smartphone’s…