Vendor: SmartDV Technologies Category: Smartcard

SmartCard (IEC7816) Synthesizable Transactor

SmartCard (IEC7816) Synthesizable Transactor provides a smart way to verify the SmartCard (IEC7816) component of a SOC or a ASIC …

Overview

SmartCard (IEC7816) Synthesizable Transactor provides a smart way to verify the SmartCard (IEC7816) component of a SOC or a ASIC in Emulator or FPGA platform. The SmartDV's SmartCard (IEC7816) Synthesizable Transactor is fully compliant with standard SmartCard (IEC7816) Specification and provides the following features.

Key features

  • Adherent to ISO/IEC 7816-3 Specification
  • Supports complete IEC7816-3 Tx/Rx functionality
  • Supports complete SmartCard and SIM Card commands supported
  • Supports all functions for complete smart card sessions, including
    • Card activation and deactivation
    • Cold/warm reset
    • Answer to Reset (ATR) response reception
    • Data transfers to and from the card
  • Supports adjustable clock rate and bit (baud) rate
  • Supports configurable automatic byte repetition
  • Supports commonly used communication protocols
    • T=0 for asynchronous half-duplex character transmission, and
    • T=1 for asynchronous half-duplex block transmission
  • Supports Sleep mode and Clock stop mode
  • Supports automatic convention detection
  • Supports automatic voltage class selection
  • Supports configurable timing functions
    • Smart card activation time
    • Guard time
    • Timeout timers
  • Supports all three resynchronization levels for the Interface device of the transmission protocol
    • Retransmission of blocks
    • Use of S(RESYNCH request)
    • Warm reset or deactivation
  • Supports all three resynchronization levels for the Card of the transmission protocol
    • Retransmission of blocks
    • Use of S(RESYNCH response)
    • Without action by the interface device, the card becomes unresponsive
  • Supports all types of error insertion and detection
    • Character parity error(s)
    • Redundancy code error
    • Invalid PCB
    • Invalid LEN
    • Loss of synchronization
    • Failure to receive the relevant S(response) after having transmitted S(request)
  • Supports some common SmartCard device model
  • Supports both synchronous and asynchronous mode of communication
  • Supports both type of CRC poly
    • ISO/IEC 13239, or ISO/IEC 14443-3 type B, or ITU-T Rec. V.42
    • CRC-T1 as used by many ISO/IEC 7816-3 readers
  • Slave/Card BFM supports some standard SmartCard and SIM Card chips

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Benefits

  • Compatible with testbench writing using SmartDV'S VIP
  • All UVM sequences/testcases written with VIP can be reused
  • Runs in every major emulators environment
  • Runs in custom FPGA platforms

What’s Included?

  • Synthesizable transactors
  • Complete regression suite containing all the SmartCard (IEC7816) testcases
  • Examples showing how to connect and usage of Synthesizable Transactor
  • Detailed documentation of all DPI, class, task and functions used in verification env
  • Documentation also contains User's Guide and Release notes

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
SmartCard (IEC7816) Transactor
Vendor
SmartDV Technologies
Type
Silicon IP

Files

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Provider

SmartDV Technologies
HQ: India
At SmartDV Technologies™, we believe there’s a better way to approach semiconductor intellectual property (IP) for integrated circuits. We’ve been focused exclusively on IP since 2007—so whether you’re sourcing standards-based design IP for your next SoC, ASIC, or FPGA, or seeking verification solutions (VIP) to put your chip design through its paces, you’ll find SmartDV’s IP straightforward to integrate. By combining proprietary SmartCompiler™ technology with the knowledge of hundreds of expert engineers, SmartDV can customize IP to meet your unique design objectives: quickly, economically, and reliably. Don’t allow other suppliers to force onesize-fits-all cores into your chip design. Get the IP you need, tailored to your specifications, with SmartDV: IP Your Way.

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