A beginner guide to Smart Cards
Smart Cards Since this has been my current subject of interest I'll post a bit here. I'll be focusing on a subset of RFID called smart chips, smart cards, SIM cards, etc. A lot of what I say here is taken from what I've been reading, and my next step is to start interacting with them. This is a really quick introduction. Does this pin out look familiar? Beyond just your phones SIM these are integrated into your credit cards now as well in the US. How weird is that? While the pin out looks the same, they actually very quite heavily with internal technology, looks, etc, but they still use often use T=0 and T=1 protocols to communicate, which if that sounds familiar, are protocols used by GSM. These only store a small amount of information. It's really important to remember that is their primary function as these chips CAN contain an OS, a CPU, RAM, and applications. The pin-outs are as follows. It is important to know that of the 8 contacts only