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With NU! eat healthy and reduce waste !NU! offers an healthy and zero waste food service alternative to company’s restaurants: a connected fridge available 24/7 allowing you to buy fresh meals in reusable jars. NU! wish is to change consumptions habits in companies by offering an easy and ergonomic purchasing experience as well as a convivial, and federative solution. For this project NU! used a TwistyWriter- IP PC/SC reader with a symetric remote antenna and a braided cord[…] -
MTBF: What is it ?MTBF is an information that you always find on the technical datasheet of SpringCard’s products. We are going to explain to you what is the MTBF and more especially what is it for. MTBF : What is it ? MTBF stands for Mean time between Failures. It is an indicator of the reliability of a repairable product or system. It is calculated using the probability of a technical fault for all the components of a system, assuming that a[…] -
The TwistyScan: the best of RFID and 2D readers !The TwistyScan is the new smart reader of SpringCard. It is composed of the TwistyWriter TTL, 232, 485 and of a 2D reader for barcodes. It is able to read barcodes, NFC tags and RFID labels. What is it ? The TwistyWriter TTL, 232, 485 is a smart reader that can operate in two modes. In the first mode the TwistyWriter communicates with the card and transfer the cards informations, if it has some, to the host system. In the second mode[…] -
Access museums and amusement parks easily with VIVATICKET !Leader recognised in the area of ticketing, flow management and access control, VIVATICKET is an editor and integrator of solutions for the people management in museums and amusement parks. Willing to strengthen its international positioning, VIVATICKET bonded in 2014 of the BEST UNION group, well-known player of the market for large sites equipment. The VIVATICKET’s project is to replace all of its desktop readers and all the embedded[…] -
What is the difference between RFID and NFC ?Behind these two words RFID and NFC there are two technologies at the same time really similar but also complementary. There are also two uses families that have not so much in common. Let’s try to understand more all of this ! RFID We are first going to take a look at RFID definition, english acronym for Radio Frequency IDentification. It is any system in which a device has an electronic mechanism. Thanks to radio communication,[…] -
Everything you need to know about Bluetooth Smart or Bluetooth Low EnergyWhat is the Bluetooth Low Energy ? The Bluetooth Low Energy or BLE is an alternative to classic Bluetooth that appeared in 2010 with the 4th version of the standard. It’s official name is Bluetooth Smart. It is very different from classic Bluetooth because it was designed to satisfy two specific objectives. The first objective is a low cost and a high simplicity of use. With a simple protocol and a low flow, the Bluetooth Smart[…] -
What can IoT do for you?What is IoT ? IoT is an evolving topic so there is no fixed definition. To simplify we can say that IoT is all of the technologies allowing the association of a physical item to data only reachable from Internet, or to perform actions on this item, remotely, through Internet. With the IoT, each item around us is associated to a digital twin, that allow us to manipulate it and know its condition through an application and a cloud[…] -
What is the difference between a reader and a coupler ?What is a "smart reader" ? At SpringCard, ‘smart' readers are devices that combine a coupling device with embedded application software, instead of the host system necessary for other devices. These 'smart' readers are capable of completing alone a simple transaction with a card, and finding a ID compliant with what the treatment system is waiting for.We know that a smartcard is basically a microcontroller communicating with the external[…] -
Everything there is to know about NFC, RFID and BluetoothNFC: What is it ? NFC is the label under which three uses assemble. These uses are based on the magnetic field at 13.56MHz. These three uses are: the reader + card “classic” but also reader + card emulation RFID use peer-to-peer use Integrator is most of the time focused on one implementation type but we can sometimes use several uses. What’s the point ? NFC will allow you to communicate in peer-to-peer as well as[…] -
Create your avatar with silkke !silkke was launched in 2011 to allow to all companies to benefit from the 3rd digital revolution after the web and mobile: the immersive web revolution. silkke it is 5 years of confidential R & D, around strong founding concepts: Offer new growth drivers for brands, A return to responsibility and more purchasing power for users, more respect for their privacy, A new social portal The opening the digital horizon to developers for[…] -
Prox'n Roll RFID Scanner vs Prox'n Roll PC/SC : which one will you choose ?First of all, what is the Prox’N’Roll ? It’s a desktop or POS (point of sale) reader able to read all non proprietary card protocols. It’s a user-friendly device able to read badges, NFC cards, tags and RFID labels. Let’s begin with the Prox’n Roll RFID Scanner. You can configure it with our Software Development Kit to reach every information you want to read in the card. It doesn't matter if it is a protocol serial number (UID), field[…] -
With Designa and SpringCard park your car easily !Designa is one of the leader company in the area of software implementations for parkings access control. Our partnership We work with Designa for a long time and we have achieved several projects together especially regarding one project for the implementation of readers and the management of data collected on parkings. Designa project The readers certification can be a complex process, Designa naturally asked SpringCard[…] -
Which type of NFC tag is the most interesting for you ?The NFC Forum organized tags in five types, each of them corresponding to different uses. We are going to show you the different characteristics of each type and the associated uses. NFC Tags Type 1 This type of tags can read and write. It operates under the norm ISO/IEC 14443-3A (NFC-A). The protocol simplicity allow us to reduce the number of electronic components, and thus to reduce the cost of the tag. In return the[…] -
Exercise with our FunkyGate !The Stadline Group is a company operating in software publishing in the sport area. Resamania is a management software for fitness clubs located in the Cloud. Resamania project This software allows fitness club managers to deal with subscriptions, receipts, crossings, as well as CRM and customer files. Data regarding crossings managed by Resamania are linked to our products FunkyGate DW RDR. They ensure controlled access to[…] -
Everything there is to know about PC/SC !What is it ? The PC/SC is an interoperability standard ensuring the dialogue between computers and smartcards. This standard is available in most of the operating system, including Windows and Linux. Personal computer/Smart card (or PC/SC) is at the same time a specification and a software library for the access to smartcards under Microsoft Windows. A free implementation of the PC/SC, called PC/SC Lite, is available under GNU/Linux and[…] -
How to upgrade your device's firmware with Firmware Upgrade Utility ?Where can you find the firmware file for your device ? First of all you will need to download in our website the firmware file. To do so, click on technical blog and find firmware upgrade list. You will be able to choose your firmware familly device. You will find the Firmware Upgrade Utility software by clicking here. There is also a procedure for non windows users. Then you will find the firmware file in the instructions[…] -
Can your company become a member of the Bluetooth SIG ?Bluetooth Brand Guide & Logos The Bluetooth® brand is globally recognizable with up to 92% consumer awareness. This is why so many companies use the Bluetooth word mark and logo on their packaging and advertising, and throughout their marketing. When consumers see the Bluetooth brand they know the product is trusted and will work with any other Bluetooth products they already own. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) owns and[…] -
Everything there is to know about the UHF & the Crazy UHF !WHAT IS THE UHF ? The radio UHF tape (Ultra High Frequency) groups all of the electromagnetic waves whose frequency is included between 300 MHz and 3000 MHz. In this tape, passive RFID applications are authorised on the range going from 860 MHz to 960 MHz (exact limits vary from one country to another). Depending on the reader’s power, the gain and directivity of it’s antenna and the characteristics of the tag to read, the practical reach[…] -
We helped creating the fastest beer dispenser in the world !QuickTap is a beer dispenser device offering you the possibility to allow your customer to serve beer by themselves in 5 seconds. How does QuickTap works ? SpringCard helped infoEL to elaborate the fastest self service beer dispenser in the world. This product is based on our TwistyWriter IP PC/SC with an external antenna and a Prox’n Roll reader to create the cards allowing customers to use the beer dispenser. The beer dispenser is[…] -
How to set up your D600 ?Bluetooth Pairing First of all, power ON your D600 reader. There are two LEDs blinking in blue on your reader : the Bluetooth LED means that Bluetooth is activated. The read indicator LED is blinking in blue too. It means that your D600 is in keyboard emulation mode. Now you want to connect your smartphone running with your D600 by Bluetooth. So you will activate the Bluetooth function on your smartphone. And you will find the D600[…]