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Andrew Worthington
Andrew Worthington

Reputation: 23

Looking for a way to interface a mag-stripe reader Android

I'm relatively new to android development, but not to programming. I'd like to be able to use an Android Tablet with a mag-stripe reader, either via bluetooth or USB interface. Is Android capable of reading the serial input from the gun? If so, can anyone point me to the libraries I would need to write classes for this input?

Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2683

Answers (2)

Xantus
Xantus

Reputation: 11

Square uses an audio jack mag-stripe reader. You could use a similar device like this: http://www.idtechproducts.com/products/mobile-readers/112.html

Upvotes: 1

foozbar
foozbar

Reputation: 138

I think the easiest way to build your skimming gear would be to use a standard serial usb dongle/chip (such as one from ftdi) that already has a serial driver for linux. There are a lot of good magnet card readers that talk RS-232, and programming against a serial device is a piece of cake compared to writing a usb-driver without documentation.

Upvotes: 0

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