Off-the-Shelf Microcontroller for POS Devices

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Off-the-Shelf Microcontroller for POS Devices

Secure microcontrollers embedded in POS terminals are black box hardware that hold a library of cryptographic keys used for PIN entry and adjusting security parameters of the terminals as well as implementing the functionality for PCI and EMV compliance. Because they are specialty pieces of hardware, as compared to the low battery consumption microprocessors commonly found in consumer appliances, they add cost and complexity to POS terminals. POS terminal manufacturer YouTransactor has placed cryptographic keys and PCI/EMV compliance functionality in software on an off-the-shelf (STM32 micr...

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