June 2007 USB - CCID smart card reader/writer now compatible to the newest BasicCard Development Software V5.22.
See Download area for more infos.

June 2006 Elliptic Curve Cryptography
ECC211 released in BasicCard Version ZC5.4H.

April 2005 Newest BasicCard Development Software V5.0 released.
See Download area for more infos.

August 2004
First MultiApplication BasicCard ZC6.5

ZeitControl's MultiApplication BasicCard ZC6.5 will
be available from June 2004. This card supports the
loading of multiple ZC-Basic applications in the field.

MultiApplication features:
- Application loading criteria are configurable. For instance, the card
can be configured to occept only those applications that have been
digitally signed by the Card Provider;
- Configurable security attributes on files, allowing a file to be shared
between a specific group of applications and hidden to other
applications.

Other main features:
- Up to 128 applications in a card;
- 30 kByte EEPROM, 1.75 kByte RAM:
- Compatible with existing BasicCard programs;
- T=0 and T=1 protocols supported.

Cryptographic algorithms:
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography over the field GF(2^167);
- Advance Encryption Standard with 128-, 192-, and 256-bit keys;
- Single and Triple DES;
- SHA-1 Secure Hash Algorithm.

You can read here the first infos about the new MultiApplication BasicCard ZC6.5
Here you can order the MultiApplication BasicCard ZC6.5

March 2004 Circuit Cellar print an article about the BasicCard
Here you can read, how to start to program your first microprocessor card.

Febr. 2004 OpenPGP and BasicCard

The BasicCard has been selected for the first implementation
of the OpenPGP smartcard specification.

You will find more infos under:
www.gnupg.org or
www.g10code.de

June 2003 BasicCard Developer Forum
take a look to the new Developer Forum  

April 2003 The Professional BasicCard ZC5.5:
ready to order
- 30 kByte E²Prom
- 1 kByte RAM
- BasicCard File System
- AES - 128-bit encryption
- DES - 56/112-bit encryption
- ECC - 167-bit encryption
- SHA-1 Secure Hash Algorithm
- T=0 or T=1 protocol support

Feb. 2002 The Professional BasicCard ZC5.4:
ready to order
- 5 times faster then the version 3.x BasicCards
- 16 kByte E²Prom
- 1 kByte RAM
- BasicCard File System
- AES - 128-bit encryption
- DES - 56/112-bit encryption
- ECC - 167-bit encryption
- SHA-1 Secure Hash Algorithm
- T=0 or T=1 protocol support

Sept 2001 Development Software Support:
  New BasicCard Development Software V4.x now available:
- new debugger
- new editor
- debug support for multiple simulated or real BasicCards

May 2001:- The Professional BasicCard ZC4.5:
- 4 times faster then the version 3.x BasicCards
- 29 KByte E²Prom
- 1 kByte RAM
- BasicCard File System
- 1024 bit RSA encryption
- SHA-1 Secure Hash Algorithm
- T=0 or T=1 protocol support

Two different versions of BasicCard ZC4.5 are available:
- ZC4.5 RSA/DES -> with DES and 3DES encryption
- ZC4.5 RSA/AES -> with AES encryption
Sold out till may 2002!

02/2001: Balance reader for the BasicCard
You can use the Balance reader with all BasicCards. You must only include one new iso-command inside your source code, thats all.
Really easy to program.

The following E²Prom libraries are available for the Enhanced BasicCard:

• AES: 128-bit encryption
• ECC161: Elliptic Curve Cryptography see background informations (Acrobat-PDF): now or zip file for download
  
• IDEA: 128-bit encryption
  
• SHA-1 : Secure Hash Algorithm, revision 1 (Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS 180-1)