Generally, a magnetic card reader is required to function properly in the swipe speed range of 5 IPS to 50 IPS. The amplitude of the sensor signal varies with the swipe speed: an increase in swipe ...

[ned]’s HandySwipe is a portable magnetic card reader. It runs on 4 AA batteries and collects data from track 2 cards. It uses a PIC 16F688 and displays the card’s data on a small LCD.

the reader decodes the embedded data and either approves or rejects the card. The magnetic stripe on a credit card (sometimes called a mag stripe) contains three horizontally stacked tracks ...

With a chip card, you insert your card into the card reader without swiping. And while chip cards are safer than magnetic ...

Anker’s next puck-shaped accessory is an SD and microSD card reader called the MagGo USB-C Adapter that can be used with laptops, tablets, and smartphones. When connected to an iPhone 15 or 16 ...

which makes equipment for magnetic stripe testing. “If you took your card today and used it in a magstripe reader from 1970, it would still be able to read it,” he says. His firm has worked on ...