The RF IDeas pcSwipe intelligent magnetic stripe card reader is a solution for end-users wanting to leverage their existing base of magnetic stripe card-carrying personnel. The ...

Reading magnetic stripe cards requires significant analog circuitry besides digital logic to decode data. ... Generally, a magnetic card reader is required to function properly in the swipe speed ...

The EMV cards are the same size as the magnetic stripe credit cards, but the technology is very different. According to Wired , the chip-based cards have a mini-computer that is "more tamper-proof ...

Chip cards are more secure. Magnetic stripe credit cards carry a high risk of fraud through skimmers that criminals add to card readers at ATMs, retail stores and gas stations.These devices ...

[Mike] added a magnetic card reader on the side of a minifridge that allows any card with a magnetic stripe – a library card, credit card, or school ID – to serve as a unique identifier for ...

The magnetic stripe, developed by IBM, was introduced to credit cards in the early 1960s. Before that, clerks had to write out the customer’s information by hand. The phase-out of the magnetic ...

With a chip card, you insert your card into the card reader without swiping. And while chip cards are safer than magnetic stripe cards, they are still at risk for fraud through a technique called ...