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ACR38K Smart Keyboard
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The ACR38K Smart Card Keyboard combines the ACR38 smart card reader/writer with an ordinary PC keyboard to cater to customers’ needs for convenience, security and confidentiality. A powerful component for security, e-commerce and other smart card applications, it is perfect for implementing smart card-based systems in a pc environment.

  • Full speed interface to PC with simple command structure
  • Floppy Drive Form Factor
  • Read and write all microprocessor cards with T=0, T=1 protocols
  • Support most of the popular memory card types in the market:
    • Cards following the I2C bus protocol (free memory cards) such as:
         Atmel: AT24C01 / 02 / 04 / 08 / 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 / 512 / 1024
         SGS-Thomson: ST14C02C, ST14C04C
         Gemplus: GFM1K, GFM2K, GFM4K, GFM8K
    • Cards with intelligent 256 bytes EEPROM and write protect function: SLE4432, SLE4442, SLE5532, SLE5542
    • Cards with intelligent 1K bytes EEPROM and write-protect function: SLE4418, SLE4428, SLE5518, SLE5528
    • Cards with '104' type of EEPROM (non reloadable token counter cards): SLE4406, SLE4436, SLE5536, SLE6636
    • Secure memory cards such as: AT88SC153, AT88SC1608
  • Short Circuit Protection
  • RoHS Compliant
  • Supports PPS (Protocol and Parameters Selection) with 1,743,250,000 bps in reading and writing smart cards
  • Certificate of conformance: EN 60950/IEC 60950, ISO-7816, PC/SC, CE, FCC, Microsoft WHQL, EMV 2000 Level 1 certified
  • Support ISO-7816 Class A, B and C ( 5V, 3V, 1.8V ) cards 
  • e-Government
  • e-Banking  and e-Payment
  • e-Healthcare
  • Public Key Infrastructure
  • Network Security
  • Access Control
  • Loyalty Program

 

Dimensions 445mm (L) x 160mm (W) x 40mm (H)
Interface USB 2.0 Full Speed
Supply Voltage Regulated 5V DC
Supply Current < 150mA
Operating Temperature 0-40°C
CLK Frequency 4 MHz
Compliance/Certifications
  • ISO-7816 Class A, B and C ( 5V, 3V, 1.8V )
  • EN 60950/IEC 60950, EMV 2000 Level 1, PC/SC, CE, FCC, RoHS Compliant, USB Full Speed, Microsoft WHQL: 2000, 2003, XP, VISTA, 2008, 2008 R2, 7
Operating System Support
  • Win98, Win ME, Win 2000, Win XP, Win Vista, Win 7, Win Server 2003, Win Server 2008
  • Win XP x64, Win Vista x64, Win 7 x64, Win Server 2003 x64, Win Server 2008 x64, Win Server 2008 R2 x64
  • Mac
  • Linux
ACR38K Smart Keyboard
ACR38K Smart Keyboard
Drivers for ACR38K
Release Date Drivers OS Support Version File Size Notes
USB Interface
27/02/2010 MSI Installer for PC/SC Driver Win 98, Win ME 1.1.2.0 5 MB
27/02/2010 MSI Installer for PC/SC Driver Win 2000, Win XP, Win Vista, Win 7, Win Server 2003, Win Server 2008 1.1.2.0 3 MB
27/02/2010 MSI Installer for PC/SC Driver WinWin XP x64, Win Vista x64, Win 7 x64, Win Server 2003 x64, Win Server 2008 x64, Win Server 2008 R2 x64 1.1.2.0 1 MB
27/02/2010 PC/SC Drivers Win98, Win ME, Win 2000, Win XP, Win XP x64, Win Vista, Win Vista x64, Win 7, Win 7 x64, Win Server 2003, Win Server 2003 x64, Win Server 2008, Win Server 2008 x64, Win Server 2008 R2 x64 1.1.2.0 231 KB
13/05/2010 PC/SC Drivers Linux 1.0.0.0 1 MB
13/05/2010 PC/SC Driver Installer Mac 10.5, Mac 10.6 1.0.0.0 392 KB
Manuals / Datasheets for ACR38K
Product Presentation of ACR38 series smart card readers
Technical Specification of ACR38K Smart Keyboard
Reference Manual of ACR38 series smart card readers
PC/SC memory card access reference document of ACR38 smart card readers
Change Log of ACR38 CCID Reader