>
> Does anyone have a PIC-oriented project (going or finished) that I could
> use to get me on-the-road ?
>
> Regards,
>   Rudy Wieser
>
> By the way:
> I've found several sites that describe (simple) interfaces to the serial
> port, but they are none-to-clear about which software works for their
> designs.
>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caisson [SMTP:spam_OUTcaissonTakeThisOuTTELEBYTE.NL]
> Sent: Wednesday, 7 June 2000 17:38
> To:   .....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Reading/writing Smart-cards
>
> Hello all,
>
>   I'm trying to access a Smart-card.  You know those plastic cards :-)
> I've got specs that tell me how determine what type of card I've got (T0
> or
> T1), and it seems to work on a SLE4428 -card.  But my Bank-card (Rabobank,
> the Netherlands) does not respond to it.
>
> I've got the specs for a SLE4418 / SLE4428 card that tells me "Reset and
> Answer-to-reset", but not what the 32-bit result means (IF it means
> anything at all ..).
>
> Does anyone know more about this subject ?  Does anyone have sample-data
> (what goes in, what *should* come out  ..)
>
> Does anyone have a PIC-oriented project (going or finished) that I could
> use to get me on-the-road ?
>
> Regards,
>   Rudy Wieser
>
>
>
>
> By the way:
> I've found several sites that describe (simple) interfaces to the serial
> port, but they are none-to-clear about which software works for their
> designs.

> Hi Rudy,
>
> <snipped>
> > I've got the specs for a SLE4418 / SLE4428 card that tells me "Reset and
> > Answer-to-reset", but not what the 32-bit result means (IF it means
> > anything at all ..).
>
>     The 32-bit result does not mean anything at all,
>     it just IDs the type of IC that is on the smartcard.
> >
> > Does anyone know more about this subject ?  Does anyone have sample-data
> > (what goes in, what *should* come out  ..)
>
>     After the 32-bit ATR, anything goes.
>     The protocol can be totally proprietary or even I2C
>     like those Xicor devices (X76Fxxx).
> >
> > Does anyone have a PIC-oriented project (going or finished) that I could
> > use to get me on-the-road ?
> >
> > Regards,
> >   Rudy Wieser
> >
> > By the way:
> > I've found several sites that describe (simple) interfaces to the serial
> > port, but they are none-to-clear about which software works for their
> > designs.
> >
>     I've designed a simple self-powered serial to smartcard
>     interface. All you need is a MAX2323, a 74HC05, a couple
>     transistors and passive components.
>
>     It works well for smartcard that does not consume
>     more than 5mA (most of them don't, anyway).
>
>     The software are simple bit-banging on the
>     RS-232 signals.
>
> Regards,
> Peter Tiang
>
>