2011/6/1 Brent Oster <[email protected]>: > Hi there, I'm trying to get a project going on the BeagleBoard, which > is basically a mini computer based on an ARM chip and running Angstrom > Linux. I have an openembedded cross compilation environment set up, > and have compiled a few things with it already, so that shouldn't be a > major issue. I am however a complete newbie when it comes to > smartcards. > > What I was looking for was some advice on a USB smartcard readers and > pinpads. Basically I need to be able to read a smartcard and a pin, > and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on a reasonably > costed piece of equipment that I could pick up. I see a few listed > at: > http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ccid/supported.html > But I'd prefer to get a recommendation from someone with some > experience, rather than just pick one from the list and try my luck.
Since you do not list what you expect from a pinpad reader or simple reader I can't give you recommendation. > I was also wondering if someone could point me at a good "beginner's > guide" to getting this sort of thing working. I assume I'll have to > compile some sort of OpenSC or CCID package, and then... read the > guide? :D Something like that, yes. You should start using a "normal" computer using a "normal" distribution. I would recommend Debian (or Ubuntu) since many packages are already available and easy to install. You will then use your hardware in an "easy" environment. > I don't think Angstrom Linux has a precompiled package (though I could > be wrong... I don't really like their package search page). I *do* > however see a 'ccid' recipe in openembedded which looks like it's > actually pcsc-lite. Assuming that compiles and works, is that all I > need? I don't know what you want to do so I can't tell what you need. > Well, that's probably enough densely packed newbness for one post. > Thanks for any help anyone has to offer! Bye -- Dr. Ludovic Rousseau _______________________________________________ Muscle mailing list [email protected] http://lists.drizzle.com/mailman/listinfo/muscle
