But for those who fancy experimenting with the format it’s still possible to make a basic card reader using LEDs and light sensors, as [Nino Ivanov] has done using an Arduino Uno as the brains.

SD cards can be accessed with two modes. The first is the SDIO mode, which is what cameras, laptops, and other card readers use. The second mode is SPI mode. SPI is slower, but much, much simpler.

IRVINE, Calif. - HID Corporation, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, today announced the company's newest access control reader ...

HID Corporation, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, has released the industry’s first, self-contained long range contactless smart card ...

IRVINE, Calif–HID Corporation, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, today announced the company’s newest access control reader, named ...

Sony and Global HID are coyly batting their eyelashes at each other over a memorandum of intent to jointly develop an embedded contactless smart card reader platform for laptops. The idea is to ...