Prox Development Kit   In Production
 
The ISO 14443 and Mifare technology made it easy  
 


A complete range of products and services

The Gemalto Prox technology includes a range of ISO 14443 contactless products particularly suited for the Proximity Payments, Identity, Access Control and Mass Transit markets. 
It consists in a complete technological offer including Prox readers, Prox OEM couplers, Chipsets and technical support (.pdf, 280 KB).
Consulting services
(.pdf, 340 KB) can also be offered on request.

For ISO 14443 A & B (+ Mifare) applications, Gemplus offers the Prox Development Kit presented below.

For Mifare only applications, Gemalto offers the Mifare Development CD ROM. For more information about this CD, please click here.

Mifare Development 
CD ROM

Easy to use
The Prox Development Kit is a set of hardware tools, software modules and documentation that fulfills several needs:
It allows new comers to get familiar with the contactless technology and to make simple PC-based demonstrations.
Then the Gemalto Prox technology performance will be evaluated and interoperability with the target card will be demonstrated.
Finally the Kit will make the application software easy to develop and test using the powerful Prox tools, such as the Prox Manager software and the USB drivers for Windows 2000 and XP.

The Prox Development Kit is friendly to use and does not require any particular experience in Radio Frequency.

Market standards
The Gemalto Prox technology is fully compliant with the ISO 14443 A and B standard. T=CL protocol is handled directly by the reader. As a result, the application software is dramatically simplified by the high level command set A C language source code API and a PC/SC Windows driver are provided in the Development Kit.

The Prox readers also read and write the cards based on the Mifare® cards family such as the Mifare Ultra Light, Classic 1 K / 4 K, Pro X, DESFire and Smart MX.

It is also compliant with the latest MasterCard, Visa and American Express specifications.

The Mifare Application Directory (MAD) provides a simple and fast way to access the data related to different applications.


Kit composition

Kit content

List of software tools

Please note that the Windows drivers for the Prox-PU/-CU USB readers can be downloaded from their respective web pages.

Prox-P2 reader specifications

Contactless card interface Operating frequency 13.56 MHz
  Compliance Full ISO 14443 -1 to -4 compliant, embedded T=CL protocol
Read/write the following Smart Cards:
  -  ISO 14443 A, B, T=CL cards
  -  Mifare cards (including DESFire)
  -  SR176, SRIX512 and SRIX4K chip based cards
  -  Other cards on request.
  Baud rate 106 Kbps to 424 Kbps (848 Kbps on request)
  Reading distance Up to 5 cm
Host interface

Type of interface

Serial RS232 and USB 
  Protocol GBP or TLP224
  Baud rate 1.2 Kbps to 115 Kbps
Main functions   High level command set
Firmware download in Flash memory
Mifare Application Directory (MAD)
Card insertion/removal detection
E-purse command set
Compliant with PC/SC specifications
Self test
 PC/SC driver for Prox-P2/-C2   Compliant with Windows 2000 and XP
To download this driver, click here
Inputs / outputs   2 LED indicators
Buzzer

Other Gemalto contactless readers / couplers

Contactless product links: Click here.
 

Contacts

Email and telephone numbers of your OEM Sales contacts: Click here.

 

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