- simplicity - smart PC peripheral
- easy to install & deploy
- optimum performance/cost ratio
- flexibility - token and card format

Versatility with built-in USB interface

e-gate incorporates the USB interface electronics normally found in a smart card reader on the card itself, enabling it to plug directly into the USB port on a computer via a simple connector. It reduces the time and investment cost of buying, deploying and installing smart card readers.

Incorporating the conventional ISO 7816-3 smart card interface, means that e-gate can be used across the global infrastructure of public terminals (eg ATMs, POS, parking meters, payphones) giving individuals a truly universal smart card at home in both the ISO and USB worlds.

e-gate features and benefits

- automatically recognised by the PC as USB peripheral and dynamically installed
- exploits the communications speed of USB (up to 1.5 Mb/s)
- ISO compatibility enables e-gate cards to be used in whole range of conventional smart card terminals - the card recognises automatically which protocol to use

2 ways to connect to the PC USB port

To meet the requirements of different PC applications, e-gate cards come in two different form factors. In both cases the USB connector creates an electrical contact between the card and the USB port of the PC.