SMART

CARD READERS

MICROCONTROLLERS

ADVANCED

SYSTEM

SOLUTIONS

A R K E T

E N V I R O N M E N T

With the fast development of e-com-

Mobile phones, PDAs, set top boxes, web

merce, access control, and secure trans-

TV, POS terminals, PCs and all internet appli-

actions, the integration of smart card

ances will be, in the near future, the most

readers is a must in many electronic appli-

active domains using smart card reader

cations.

technology.

Smart card based applications allow unrivalled

security in electronic transactions. Hence they

300
250

are perfect for e-commerce, Internet shop200

ping, mobile commerce or TV access control.

150
100
50
0

2000

PC USB

O M PA N Y

2001

PC serial

2002

Mobile/PDAs

2003

Set Top Box

POS

E X P E R I E N C E

For many years, Atmel Wireless and

General purpose MCUs

Microcontrollers has been working in close

T8xC5101

partnership with the major smart card reader

T8xC251G2D 32 KB ROM/OTP 1 KB RAM

44 pins

T89C51RB2

16 KB Flash

512 bytes RAM

44 pins

T89C51RC2

32 KB Flash

512 bytes RAM

44 pins

T89C51RD2

64 KB Flash

1280 bytes RAM 44 pins

manufacturers and POS terminal market

leaders.

Learning from experience gained based on

its Flash and ROM leading edge technologies, Atmel has developed highly integrated

16 KB ROM/OTP 512 bytes RAM

Card reader optimized MCUs

T83C5121 with smart cad reader interface
T89SC256C with large Flash and cryptoprocessor

and flexible microcontrollers for smart card

systems. This long-term strategy will result in
further developments to serve emerging
market needs.

EMV compliant
Ready-to-use solutions
Already certified by major industry standards (PC/SC, WHQL, EMV2000), Atmel
and its partners have developed readyto-use solutions based on its secure
microcontrollers, to offer a significant
advantage to shorten time-to-market.

24 pins

E R V I N G

Y O U R

A P P L I C AT I O N S

In the near future, all set top boxes,

EMV2000
compliant

TV and game console will

include smart card readers to
support internet, e-business,
pay TV, conditionnal access and
personal settings.
Atmel and its partners provide
T83C5121-based ready-to-

Integrated ISO7816 interf

use solutions.

Clocked up to 8 MHz

Easy and fast data transfe

S e t To p b o x - T V - G a m e c o n s o l e

Integrated DC/DC
l

High efficiency: 80 to 98%

Drives 5 V, 3 V, 1.8 V cards

Card power supervisor

Smart
card readers
directly linked to a
PC provides logical

Packaging
and physical security.
This allows users to

SSOP24 < 1.

PLCC52 / VQ

securely log-in and make

e-business transactions.

PC link smart card reader

Computerbased secure systems and banking

applications require smart card keyboards

Featur
l

and mouse.

and

In association with Flash Insystem

Programming

USB

high-end devices.

Emb

for fa

devices, the T83C5121 device

provides the best flexibility for

256-

Secu

SPI

Single chip USB solutions are in

development for cost-effective
systems.

Smart card keyboard & mouse

 Dual slot mobile phone & PDA

Currently,
customers are offered
the possibility to have their
own

payment

integrated

in

terminal

their

mobile

phone or PDA.

T83C5121

The

key benefits

T83C5121

has

been

optimised for all these nomad

ace

applications.
Dual slot capability

er

Manage one user smart card

plus one SIM/SAM card

ip
One-ch
n
s o lu t io
Optimized consumption
l

Power down: 20 A

Power on reset

Power fail detect

Secured smart card terminal

The

association

of

the

T89SC256C and the T83C5121 offers

the highest security and flexibility level for the

.8 mm thickness

management of the most demanding smart card

QFP44 extended I/Os versions

schemes.

Thanks to its extended I/Os, DC/DC converter and ISO7816

smart card interface, the T83C5121 is ideal for pin pad

T89SC256C

applications.

key benefits
The T89SC256C offers the highest

res

-Kbyte on-chip Flash memory for easy

flexible development

bedded fast Arithmetic Crypto Processor

ast and secure computation

urity features
interface

level of security using a fast

cryptographic co-processor

and

large

embedded Flash
memory (256
Kbytes).

U P P O R T

General features

T83C5121 Microcontroller
Core

80C52X2, 8 bit CPU (up to 16 MHz)

Memory

Code: 16 Kbyte ROM or Flash RAM, and RAM

Data: 512-byte RAM

I/Os

14 I/Os including smart card interface

UART

Up to 230 Kbps at 3.68 MHz

Automatic level settings for connection to any host processor

Smart card interface

ISO7816-3/EMV2000/GSM compliant
Dual slot capability for one user card and one SIM/SAM card
l
Interrupt and SFR based for easy and fast data transfer
l
Card clock up to 8 MHz
l
l

DC/DC converter
Specific features

& S

Step-up converter with very high efficency from 80 to 98%

Supports 5 V (60 mA), 3 V (60 mA) and 1.8 V (20 mA)
l
Output ripple < 200 mV
l
l

Card power supervisor

l
l

Power supply / management

Automatic power-up and shut down sequences

Overcurrent detection

Supply voltage from 2.8 V to 5.5 V

Power down consumption: 20 A
l
Power on reset and Power fail detector
l
Power down exit by character reception on UART, card insertion removal, or external interrupt
l
l

Packages

SSOP24, VQFP44*, PLCC52*

(* under study)

T89SC256C Microcontroller
General features

R O D U C T S

Specific features

Core

Enhanced C251 8/16 bits CPU driven by high frequency internal clock
(up to 24 MHz)
l Software compatibility with 80C51 microcontrollers

Program and data memory

256 k bytes on-chip Flash memory

RAM memory

4.5 Kbyte RAM

Cryptoprocessor

Arithmetic crypto processor

(1024 bits RSA computation with CRT: 90 ms)

Security features

True random number generator, Secure Memory Management Unit

Physical security sensors

Interfaces

ISO7816-3 compliant serial interface, SPI (master/slave)

Power management

Low power consumption and wide range of power supply (3 to 5 volts)

Packages

Standard plastic package (SO24), micromodule, die, wafer

Development tools
Compiler: Keil, Raisonance
Emulators: Hitex, Signum

T83C5121 Starter kit

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SCR / 10.2001
Atmel Nantes S.A., 2001
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