Infineon is giving powerful momentum to the open standard developed by the OSPT Alliance (Open Standard for Public Transit), with specific CIPURSE™ chips for smart cards, single-use paper tickets and NFC readers, said a statement.
Infineon has added the CIPURSE™ 4move for smart cards, the CIPURSE™ moves for single-use tickets and the CIPURSE™SAM for NFC (Near Field Communication) readers to its CIPURSE IC portfolio.
Together with its flagship 16-bit microcontroller CIPURSE SLS32TLC100M, these new additions to the family mean that Infineon now offers a full line-up of chips for electronic ticketing systems. Infineon completes its portfolio with all needed components to drive multi-application cards as well as ticketing on smart phones as CIPURSE functionality can be provided as option on all contactless controller platforms and secure elements for smart phones.
There is strong traction in the market and rising demand for solutions based on the open standards such as CIPURSE. Tenders requesting proprietary technologies for new systems are hardly to be found and migration towards open standard solutions are on the raise. CIPURSE products from Infineon are used in a wide variety of applications.
In the Russian cities of Izhevsk and Angarsk and in seven other metropolitan regions, around two million commuters benefit from easy-to-use and secured ticketing solutions built on CIPURSE chips from Infineon. In Europe, CIPURSE is being selected for the "T-Mobilitat" project in Barcelona. This smart city solution will connect the public transit system with privately run services and integrates amenities like bike sharing and multi-storey car-parks.
In Latin America especially in Brazil, CIPURSE-based cards are used to pay for electronic toll, taxi fares or bus rides, and in Equador, one can also "catch a bus ride" with CIPURSE. In the US too, an increasing number of CIPURSE-based projects are being rolled out
There are other applications for CIPURSE, such as, security-critical access control systems for office buildings. The Korean airport operator enabled its staff with ID cards using CIPURSE. CIPURSE technology is also used in ID and access cards at Infineon. CIPURSE enables solutions that transform everything from pieces of paper to cards, smartphones, wristbands and tags into electronic tickets.
Infineon offers the widest range of CIPURSE products; chips for paper or plastic tickets, for smart cards and ticket validators, and also for smartphones and wearables such as wristbands or fitness trackers, but the number one is unquestionably public transit. CIPURSE is also popular for access control systems in airports, companies and hotels, and in event ticketing.
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