The Mini magnetic swipe reader is one of Magtek’s most successful products with millions deployed into various applications worldwide.

 

Available with USB Keyboard Emulation, USB HID or Port Powered RS232interface making it ideal for payment, membership, loyalty, identification, gaming or any other application.

 

The Mini offers the highest possible read reliability and the highest specification MTBF in the industry. It also has bi-directional read capability and is ISO, ANSI and AAMVA compatible.

 

A compact design, the Mini magnetic swipe reader can be mounted either with self-mounting adhesive strips or by using the embedded threaded mounting points.

USB Keyboard Emulation

  • Ideal for existing keyboard wedge applications
  • No software interface required to view card data
  • ASCII data transferred to PC & output as if manually typed
  • Built-in 6-foot cable with standard USB connector

USB (HID)

  • Ideal for new card reading applications
  • Application software required (demo software available)
  • Uses standard Windows HID driver for communications
  • No third party device drivers required
  • Compliant with Human Interface Device (HID) standards
  • Built-in 6-foot cable with standard USB connector

RS-232 (Serial Interface)

  • Ideal for applications needing full device communication
  • Software interface required to view card data
  • Interfaces with existing serial applications
  • Standard ASCII message format offers maximum flexibility for application integration
  • 9-pin D-sub serial connector

Features

  • Low-cost, high-quality design
  • Customization available
  • Bi-directional read capability
  • ISO, ANSI and AAMVA compatible
  • Up to 1,000,000 passes with ISO-conforming cards

Technical Specifications

Dimensions (LxWxH) 
  • USB & RS-232: 3.94” (100.0mm) x 1.28” (32.5mm) x 1.23” (31.3mm)
  • TTL 100 mm: 3.94″ (100 mm) x 1.28″ (32.5mm) x 1.23″ (31.3mm)
  • TTL 101 mm: 4.0″ (101.6 mm) x 1.62″ (41.1 mm) x 1.08″ (27.4 mm) 
Weight USB & RS-232: 4.5 oz. (127.57 g)
Current
  • USB: normal 30 mA; Suspend mode 300 uA
  • RS-232: Quiescent 1-2 mA typical (continuous), transmitting 8-9 typical (5ms duration), peak at power on 12 mA
Operating Temperature -30 °C to 70 °C (-22 °F to 158 °F)
Storage Temperature -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)
Operating Humidity
 10% to 90% noncondensing
Storage Humidity 10% to 90% noncondensing
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