![]() Let’s connect the reader to my laptop, and insert a Thai ID card (contact smart card). Using the Smart Card Reader in Ubuntu 18.04 The other side of the board just has a smart card slot. We can also see the area that interfaces with the smart card’s chip on the bottom left side of the PCB. The design of the board (RX-N99B-2) is very simple with just the main chip: Alcor AU9560 USB smart card controller. As we’ll see further below, the Linux driver is not needed as it works out of the box. ![]() The USB smart card reader comes with a CD that includes drivers for Windows, Linux, Mac OS, and Android, as well as an SDK with a demo program and sample code in C++, Visual Basic. That’s the product page of the specific model, but a search for EZ100PU only reveals the manufacturer may be InfoThink Technology based on Taiwan. It’s a FAST ID EZ100PU smart card reader compliant with ISO7816 standard. Let’s have a look at the card reader itself first. I was asked help with configuring a smart card reader on a government computer running Windows 7, but this made me wonder what would happen if I connected the card reader to my Ubuntu laptop and whether I’d be able to read content from a Thai ID card.
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