SMART CARD
Thanks to a chip positioned on the card, smart cards can store and handle increasing quantities of data, in a safe way. There are two main types: contact and contactless, which differ one from the other according to the transmission mode of data. It is also possible to combine the above two types; the result is a card that has the advantages and flexibility of the two.
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MAGNETIC STRIPE
The magnetic stripe is a band containing data, recordable on a binary system basis. It is machine-readable. It is widely used because all data and codes are not visible, and a huge amount of characters is recordable. It can be both read and re-written at the same time, therefore it holds active information. A magnetic stripe of two different types can be placed on cards
roll-on (hot stamped card by card)
flush-on (“flushed” on overlay)
The magnetic stripe can be defined as a “data container”, its dimension according to ISO rules is 12,5mm, and it is divided into three sections called “tracks”.
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BARCODE
A series of vertical bars of varying widths, in which each of the digits are represented by a different pattern of bars that can be read by a laser scanner. It is a cheap device, but also very poor in terms of security. It does not have any calculation faculty or memory, and it could have very high managing costs.
| Characteristics | BarCode | Magnetic Stripe | Smart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calculation faculty | No | No | Yes |
| Memory | No | Low | High |
| Security | Low | Low | High |
| Reliability | Average | Average | High |
| Upgrade | No | Yes | Yes |
| Cost | Low | Low | Average/High |
| Cost of Operating System | High | High | Average/Low |
| Maintenance Cost | High | High | Low |
We can produce card with ISO Standard dimensions, but also with different dimensions, on the basis of your request or design.
ISO RULES
The international rule ISO/IEC 7810 defines the physical dimensions of cards:
Dimensions: CR80 - 86 x 54 mm (credit card)
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The 7811 rule defines the characteristics of the magnetic stripe, its position on the card, encoding technique and the combination of the encoded characters.
| Track ISO 1 (up) | 79 alphanumeric characters | Encoding density: 210 bpi |
| Track ISO 2 (middle) | 40 numeric characters | Encoding density: 75 bpi |
| Track ISO 3 (bottom) | 107 numeric characters | Encoding density: 210 bpi |
For further information, please contact us at info@dynamicard.it
