Hi,

from your problem I would say: double and triple check the card activation
sequence. If your software has a slight problem with that, you won't get
anything. Sequencing as well as delays are important.

The DS8007 chip may help you, at least for understanding, see
http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/DS8007.pdf page 28.

Regards
Sebastien

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Luisa <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks, I see more or less what's going on.
>
> Besides of nobody's answers...how stupid is to have free software for
> which no free hardware can be found?
>
> On 6/30/10, Luisa <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > In my spare time, I'm trying to make a smart card reader, for which
> > I'm using an 8 bits microcontroller.
> >
> > I've written a state machine within a timer interrupt which strictly
> > implements the iso7816 as I could read of it here:
> >
> > http://www.cardwerk.com/smartcards/smartcard_standard_ISO7816.aspx
> >
> > However, I'm not even getting an ATR out of the card.
> >
> > Although I don't have oscilliscope or logic analizer, I've revised my
> > code and my hardware setup as many times as I can remember. Also,
> > since I begun with hardware testing, use to check the card I'm using
> > for it frequently at a friend's home, where her reader says my card is
> > ok.
> >
> > I'm begining to suspect that I'm either missing something completely
> > obvious for the score, or that nowaday's cards don't make use of the
> > standard above mentioned (at least not how it's explained on the link
> > above).
> >
> > So I was just wondering if anyone could provide some hints or
> > insigths? Also, is there any known open reader with firmware available
> > somewhere? (doesn't matter processor, protocol or whatsoever, just
> > tryng to catch what I'm doing wrong here)
> >
> > I've seen some on the net, but all of them offering support for memory
> > cards (of the sort of Siemens SLE chips), rather than proper iso7816
> > ones, and so the reset sequence is not the same as described in the
> > above standard.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Luisa
> >
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