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  • New firmware for all SpringCard PC/SC couplers based on the H663 core

    SpringCard has just released a new firmware version, tagged 2.00, for its H663 core. The H663 core is a versatile contactless+contact module, which supports virtually all proximity/RFID HF chip cards (ISO 14443 & ISO 15693 standards, including Mifare, Calypso, etc), NFC-enabled mobile phones or other objects (ISO 18092, peer-to-peer in initiator mode, passive communication scheme),…

  • MultiDiag : the all-in-one tool to help SpringCard Support diagnose your configuration

    Presentation SpringCard Support Team is commited into giving the best support service to our customers. In most situations, the first step to solve an issue or only to answer a particular information request is to collect a few technical data regarding the computer – and to clearly identify the SpringCard devices that are involved. MultiDiag…

  • Using Mifare Classic EV1 with SpringCard PC/SC readers

    NXP has recently started shipping a new generation of Mifare Classic chips, called Mifare Classic EV1 (part numbers MF1S50yyX/V1 for Mifare Classic EV1 1K and MF1S70yyX/V1 for Mifare Classic EV1 4K). The chips are 100% compliant with earlier Mifare Classic 1K and 4K, with 2 subtle differences: the kind of protocol-level ID to be used…

  • rfidscan-tool : driving your Prox’N’Roll RFID Scanner’s LEDs and buzzer

    The rfidscan-tool command line The rfidscan-tool command line application is available for any OS that supports libusb, HID-API or hidraw. We’ve tested it on: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 Mac OS X Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, etc) Raspberry Pi (on Raspbian distro) rfidscan-tool has been inspired by blink1-tool, the command-line application that controls…

  • Reading and writing data in a Mifare UltraLight Card, with a Prox’N’Roll

    DOWNLOAD AND READ THE DOCUMENTATIONS First thing to do is to obtain the documentation of the card from the manufacturer (NXP in this case) and the Prox’N’Roll developer’s reference manual. From the card’s functional specifications, we can see that the memory is structured in 16 pages of 4 bytes. The four first pages (0-3) contain…

  • PC/SC Troubleshooting on Windows

    Following our PC/SC installation guide on Windows, you’ve installed the appropriate driver, and made sure the “Smart Card” service is running on your Windows computer. But still, your PC/SC reader doens’t appear on PC/SC Diagnostic. Please first check in your device manager that your SpringCard PC/SC reader is properly installed (it should appear under Smart…