PC/SC

PC/SC (short for "Personal Computer/Smart Card") is a specification for smart-card integration into computing environments.

Microsoft has implemented PC/SC in Microsoft Windows 200x/XP and makes it available under Microsoft Windows NT/9x. A free implementation of PC/SC, PC/SC Lite, is available for Linux and other Unixes; a forked version comes bundled with Mac OS X.

Work group

Core members

• Gemalto
• Infineon
• Microsoft
• Toshiba

Associate members

Advanced Card Systems - Alcor Micro - Athena Smartcard Solutions - Bloombase Technologies - C3PO S.L. - Cherry Electrical Products - Cross S&T Inc. - Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. - Kobil Systems GmbH - Silitek - NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION - O2Micro, Inc. - Omnikey AG - Precise Biometrics - Realtek Semiconductor Corp. - Research In Motion - Sagem Orga GmbH - SCM Microsystems - Siemens - Teridian Semiconductor Corp.

See also

• CT-API, an alternative API

External links

• PC/SC Workgroup
• Free Implementation (PCSCLite)
• pcsc-tools free commandline tools for PC/SC
• Winscard Smart Card API functions in Microsoft Windows XP/2000
• SMACADU open source smart card analyzing tools