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Here we put last products in the front, highlight our partnerships, give you tips to use our products and any information to help you understand better contactless world.
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An end-to-end secure access control systemFinding the weakest link An access control system is like a chain made up of several links: the access badge, the reader, the access control unit hosting the credentials’ database, the door opener, the encoding terminal, the software managing the users’ access rights, and so on. In this chain the weakest link has long been the access badge. Using the UID of basic cards, or MIFARE Classic® cards that are not well secure, jeopardizes the[…]
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A custom-made device for Socket MobileSocket Mobile supplies innovative and cost effective data capture tools for businesses that use mobile platforms. The company’s latest innovative idea led Springcard to address an interesting challenge: designing a scanner running with RFID/NFC, using BLE to transfer data: the Durascan D600 (see opposite picture). To answer that need, Springcard started from one of its existing module -the K663/RDR- and reworked it to produce a custom[…]
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How to use our USB Coupling devices under Android?The Android tsunami In a few years, Android gained international recognition by becoming the world's most popular operating system with more than a billion devices sold in 2016. Whatever the device is -smartphone, tablet, low-cost personal computer, industrial terminal, connected object-, nothing avoids the Android tsunami! USB connectivity Most tablets and other consumer devices have no USB connectivity and can only be used with[…]
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A handy tool for improving technical supportSpringCard RFID/NFC coupling devices are the gateway between your applications and contactless smart cards or NFC tags. They are both versatile -with one of the largest protocol-list in the 13.56MHz range- and optimized for transaction speed. All SpringCard's coupling devices -USB or IP- are PC/SC compliant. In order to develop your application, you use functions of WindSCard.dll library. Once your program is completed, the application may[…]
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Tip for junior developers: exploring the memory of a cardPassion must be shared. That is why SpringCard is dead set on helping people discover contactless technologies. Are you a junior developer and do you aim at exploring the memory of a card? Let’s discover MemoryCard Tool, a model program that will show you what to do. The memory cards that are compliant with this program are those which are supported by the PC/SC coupler you use. Among them, you will find MIFARE Classic® cards (1K, 4K) and[…]
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A NFC Access Control reader Cloud-connectedThe new FunkyGates-IP NFC are now available for customers to use with the Cloud and open the doors of connected devices. SpringCard updated their firmware (v.1.70) and added a new feature: the readers are now HttpClient. This feature enables the readers to simply and quickly send data to any web service. Wherever the service is installed -on a local server or on the other side of the world- it works like a charm! The previous[…]
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All about the OEM reader hidden in the machine without removingSpringCard is attentive to give the best to its customers. That is why the SpringField Colorado Application is born. If you use SpringCard’s readers of our portfolio (/RDR, RFID Scanner, FunkyGate…) or SpringCard's custom-made readers, you will love this App! Your machines’ upkeep is not as simple as it should do. As you need to check the firmware version or to know if the reader should be updated, the OEM reader is often -too often-[…]
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SpringCard's contactless solutions for Event IndustrySPRINGCARD AND EVENTS For many years, SpringCard has enjoyed a fruitful relationship with ITN International, the frontrunner in event services across the globe. The company provides products for a huge range of prestigious meetings and fairs, such as CTIA (smart and mobile devices) and PITTCON (laboratory science), etc. The company offers overall NFC responses to both organisors’ and attendees’needs. Both SpringCard and ITN International[…]
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Our RFID reader used as a ski pass reader by 5 operatorsRFID AT THE TOP Traceability, store management, stock list... The RFID tag is more and more usefull but still unknown by the general public. Nevertheless, during holiday or leisure activities, everybody can use this technology. It avoids to lose or forge tickets, to last time in never-ending queues at checkout or entry… In ski areas, this technology make skiers’ daily life more simple and reduce queues at ski lifts. The systems which are[…]
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Shifting a bicycle sharing scheme into NFC: the VCUB Mobile projectA LONG-LASTING PARTNERSHIP In 2010 in Bordeaux (France), Effia Transport (Keolis group) launched a bicycle sharing scheme called VCUB. The system relies on SpringCard’s couplers to read Calypso and MIFARE® transit cards. 4 years later, Effia Transport aimed at improving the service: the scheme shall interact with NFC mobile phones for faster and natural gestures. CUSTOMER’S EXPECTATIONS The NFC solution shall be: Simple At[…]