Access Controls International Manufacturer of access control systems for buildings and parking garages. Products include: single and multi door controllers; keypads; proximity, biometric and card readers; electric strikes; motion detectors; panic bars; gates and CCTV surveillance equipment.
HID Corp. Manufactures a wide variety of proximity card readers as well as wiegand-type card readers. Primarily a sales/technical support website with product information.
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Proximity Card Proximity card is a generic name for contactless integrated circuit device used for security access or payment systems. It can refer to the older 125 khz devices or the newer 13.56 MHz contactless RFID cards, most commonly known as contactless smartcards.
Modern proximity cards are covered by the ISO 14443 (Proximity Card) standard. There is also a related ISO 15693 (Vicinity Card) standard.