Has anyone ever used a magnetic swipe card reader?

[jsimpson001]

Hi

Does anyone know how to use a magnetic swipe card (like credit card) reader/writer with PICAXE and what type of reader/writer do I need?

 

[Technical]

Look for a serial (RS232) based device, many of these can be used with the PICAXE serin/serout commands.

 

[hippy]

Even those giving just Data and Clock outputs shouldn't be too hard to interface with if the clocking rate is slow enough ...

http://camelspit.org/handyswipe

A front-end PICAXE could convert the binary data into 'RS232' serial data for another PICAXE to more easily use.

Finding a writer will probably be harder than finding a reader.

Edited by - hippy on 21/02/2007 16:00:22

 

[demonicpicaxeguy]

i got one of these at my local trash and treasure markets for $5 and it plugs in to a ps/2 keyboard socket