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Make Flickr pool member apbeatty is making a magnetic stripe card reader and documenting it as he puts it together. Here's a bit about the project from issue 01. If you have a project you're making from the magazine, or any project join the photo group and post on up!
Making a magnetic stripe card reader
Make Flickr pool member apbeatty is making a magnetic stripe card reader and documenting it as he puts it together. Here's a bit about the project from issue 01. If you have a project you're making from the magazine, or any project join the photo group and post on up!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Apr 18, 2005 03:52 AM
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Hey Phil - with all the coverage on magstripe card readers, in the first issue of Make and the recent articles, I thought I would point out the Flash based application I put together this past July, for parsing AAMVA formatted drivers license info from the back of drivers licenses. Full source and info available HERE - Interfacing Flash with the Real World Part 1: Magnetic Stripes and Barcodes all released under Creative Commons 2.0. There is also some included source for using a laser based bar code scanner with Flash to parse and retrieve information on UPC barcodes from a free UPC code database.
Regards,
Rob
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Hi,
Thanks for the tutorial, I read it in the first issue but am a novice when it comes to circuit board making etc, I wondered if you could put me in the right direction of any books or sites to help me make sense of what you did for the magnetic strip reader circuit board. I couldn
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hi i am searching for the cicuit for magnetic paascard maker, i read ur artical for magnetic paascard reader i found it very interesting.please help me to find the circuit by sugessting some site.
thanks
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Hi
i am a final yr engg student..
our project is to make a card reader...
can any one please guide me
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Hi
i am a final yr engg student..
our project is to make a card reader...
can any one please guide me
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Build you own standalone magnetic card readers, everything you need for just $500.-
Features:
- Based on Microchip 16F628
- Track 1 and Track 2
- Bi-Directional readings
- 256kb eeprom storage, it is also possible to address an additional 256kb ic in order to expand its storage
- Good and Bad swipe bicolor led indicator
- It only stores good swipes
- Battery powered, it may be powered with as low as 3v round lithium battery.
- RS-232 asynchronous serial communication
- No software required, will work with any terminal software like hyperterminal, securecrt, etc.
- Features a sixteen easy to use commmand set
- Standalone
- Standby function, when not in use, unit goes into standby in order to save battery power
- Works with any TTL reader
You will receive:
- Electric schematic
- Command set description
- Binary file to program the microcontroller
eMail: sas@noend.com
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