JavaCard

Java Cards play a more and more important role in the smart card business. Some people think that JavaCard is a remedy for all problems and questions (like ePassport applications, loyalty cards, ...) - which is simply not true.

The biggest advantage of the JavaCard concept is the easy way to implement own functionality. With a traditional OS you have to be the owner of the platform and most likely start implementing assembler code and submit a ROM mask. With a JavaCard platform and a development environment (like Eclipse) it is quite easy to start developing a simple applet with own functionality.

JCOP

United Access offers the JCOP platform from NXP (formerly owned by IBM / Philips). The products JCOP10 (symmetric cryptography), JCOP21 (asymmetric cryptography), JCOP31 (dual interface with asymmetric cryptography) and JCOP41 (triple interface, 72 kb EEPROM) cover the whole range. The Eclipse platform together with JCOP development plugin offers a comfortable, state of the art development and debugging environment.

jTOP

United Access offers jTOP - a JavaCard platform developed by Trusted Logic and offered by Infineon Technologies as a bundle product. jTOP is focussed on large scale projects in the banking and e-ID business. jTOP is avaiable in several configurations and module types (also dual interface with ISO 14443 Type A and B supported).