Preface - Gemplus GPR400 Reference Manual

PREFACE

© GEMPLUS
The GPR400 (GEMPLUS Pocket Reader 400) is a Smartcard reader/writer
that has approximately the same dimensions as a Smartcard, and that fits
into a standard PCMCIA slot. When fitted into the PCMCIA slot, the
GPR400 leaves enough space for a Smartcard also to be inserted into the
PCMCIA slot beneath it, with its edges touching the Smartcard's module
as shown in Figure 1 below. It therefore is an electrical adapter that is
compliant with the ISO 7816-3 Smartcard standard for PCMCIA products.
Smartcard
Smartcard
Smart Card Smartcard
Compact Smartcard Reader Writer
Fig 1: GPR400, PCMCIA Slot, and Smartcard Configuration
When the reader is connected to the PCMCIA interface, it is seen as an
I/O PC Card (type II) as defined by PCMCIA standard releases 2.0 and
above.
The GPR400 has 128 Kbytes of optional flash memory and 2 Kbytes of
RAM. The flash memory (if present) is used by the embedded
microcontroller with a 16 Kbyte partition and cannot be accessed directly
by the PCMCIA interface. It can be used for:
• Smartcard application executable files,
• data files, such as Smartcard blacklists or information files,
• other executable files, such as the extended memory for a
microcontroller.
PCMCIA slot
1