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An Electronicstalk guide

Start with the news release Microcontroller targets smart card readers from Atmel, which we summarised at the time by saying "Atmel Corporation has announced the Atmel AVR microcontroller designed for the smart card reader market. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release ZF keyboard has integrated smartcard reader from ZF Electronics: "ZF Electronics has announced a special edition of its G83-6744 keyboard with integrated smartcard reader to partner its Smartterminal ST-1044U chipcard reader for use in high-throughput environments. ".

In December 2007, we covered the news from Renesas Technology Europe - take a look at Microprocessor integrates floating point and more which says: "Highly integrated microprocessor targets sophisticated consumer applications such as high-end audio/video equipment, media servers and set-top-boxes.".

Take a look also at the news release from STMicroelectronics, Flash-based microcontroller uses 90nm technology, as well as Smartcard microcontroller boasts a big Flash from Silicon Storage Technology, and Secure MCU offers flexible Flash alternative from Atmel Corporation.

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Power supply chip is smart SIM option (June 2007)

Power supply IC with level translator provides both 1.8 and 3V SIM power and digital signal level shifting in a tiny QFN package.

Smart card reader chip embeds PINPad security (January 2007)

The Teridian 73S1217F is a single-chip PINPad smart card reader with power management features and dedicated USB and serial interfaces.

MCU secures a slot in the smartcard market (November 2006)

Dual-interface secure microcontroller is tailored to efficiently serve the high-end electronic identity markets.

SoC secures chip and PIN card readers (July 2006)

The Teridian 73S1215F allows manufacturers of smart card readers to build low-cost USB-connected PIN pads, and is targeted at EMV 1 and 2 applications, as well as digital signature and e-banking.

16bit microcontroller integrates more than ever (February 2006)

The H8S/2378BF is the first 16bit microcontroller from Renesas Technology Europe to combine high CPU performance of 35MHz with 512Kbyte Flash in a compact 9 x 9mm CSP package.