On Thursday 07 August 2003 08:31, Jim Rees wrote: > The "funcard" is not a smartcard, in spite of what the web site says. > > As far as I know, your best option is to get an Atmel chip in a > smartcard package. These used to be hard to buy in small quantities. > There was a project a couple years ago to write an open source OS > for one of these, but I don't think they got very far. I don't > remember the name of the project. > > The good news is that the development tools are available and work > well: > > http://www.openavr.org/
NetBSD even has a pile of AVR development tools in pkgsrc, and I'm just in the midst of getting simulavr running in there also. tavrasm seems to work just fine, although I have nowhere to test the little asm programs I'm starting out with. So SOSSE looks like a terrific project. It mentions that a "programmer" is required for using SOSSE with the supported smartcards. Here's my understanding: a programmer of an atmel card can be as simple as a tiny little circuit attached to a regular serial port, but is capable of different things entirely than a normal smartcard reader like that available from Towitoko. Here's that OS you mentioned, Jim: http://www.mbsks.franken.de/sosse/html/index.html The above page says that programmers are available from the same place that the "real" Funcards are.. and gives some links at the bottom. My next question (assuming you've read this far heh heh) is whether an external, serial-based ChipDrive is capable of acting as a programmer for the atmel-based smartcards like the Funcard? My first instinct is to say "no". So, then, where to find a programmer? Here are some devices for programming the Funcards: http://www.rtv-w.de/shop/catalog/default.php?cPath=25_27 More programmers: https://secure.olbort.com/bdm.htm Here's one in English: http://www.sathelp2000.com/elvisprogrammer.htm My problem is that after reading this Slashdot article here: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/190232&mode=flat&tid=126 ... I'm quite reluctant to order programmers from the U.S. or abroad, especially from a domain-name called "sathelp2000," because I'd hate to have to deal with some weird satellite company's litigiousness just for ordering simple equipment to begin a hobby smartcard lab. :) So I guess I'll end this tome, and see what folks have to say about the matter. Thanks for all your responses so far. They've been educational beyond my expectations! _______________________________________________ Muscle mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.musclecard.com/mailman/listinfo/muscle
