PC/SC
PC/SC (short for "Personal Computer/Smart Card") is a specification for smart-card integration into computing environments.
Microsoft has implemented PC/SC in Microsoft Windows 200x/XP and makes it available under Microsoft Windows NT/9x. A free implementation of PC/SC, PC/SC Lite, is available for Linux and other Unixes; a forked version comes bundled with Mac OS X.
Work group
Core members
Associate members
Advanced Card Systems - Alcor Micro - Athena Smartcard Solutions - Bloombase Technologies - C3PO S.L. - Cherry Electrical Products - Cross S&T Inc. - Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. - Kobil Systems GmbH - Silitek - NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION - O2Micro, Inc. - OMNIKEY (HID Global) - Precise Biometrics - Realtek Semiconductor Corp. - Research In Motion - Sagem Orga GmbH - SCM Microsystems - Siemens - Teridian Semiconductor Corp.
See also
- CT-API, an alternative API
External links
- PC/SC Workgroup
- Free Implementation (PCSCLite)
- pcsc-tools free commandline tools for PC/SC
- Winscard Smart Card API functions in Microsoft Windows XP/2000
- SMACADU open source smart card analyzing tools