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My friend has a Reflex 72 v2 (Schlumberger) smart card 
reader. It has an RS-232 connection to the PC. I have no 
experience using it, but i wonder if i can use this smart 
card reader directly from a microcontroller based system.

The smart card i am using is an EMV card.

Anyone has any experince developing smart cards 
appliances?? I want to make a gate control. Whoever wants 
to pass through the gate must insert their smart card.

Any suggestions? I am also confused from where should i 
start learning. Should i read the smart card standards 
spec 1st? Or is there any simpler way, like just using 
what the smart card reader can do??

Thanks
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