MP300 TC2

A totally customisable contact smartcards tester.

  • Supports ISO/IEC 7816, USB 2.0, memory chips.

  • Numerous electrical and protocolary adjustable parameters.

  • Able to perform spy session.

  • Market acclaimed physical measurement features.


The main features of the MP300 TC2 are :

  • Emulation of a contact smartcard reader
  • Compatible with smarcards, micro-modules, M2M components
  • Support of the ISO/IEC 7816-3 and -4, USB 2.0 and various types of memory chips
  • Open for implementation of custom protocols
  • Endless possibilities of protocolary customisation
  • Possibility to adjust all electrical parameters.
  • Spy of ISO/IEC 7816-3 and –4 interface, with comprehensive protocol analysis
  • Advanced physical measurement characteristics (open/short, consumption, leakage current, drivability, ...)
  • Accurate timing measurement features
  • Hardware sequencer, for a perfect test scenario repetition and advanced protocol testing
  • Open platform : integrate the MP300 TC2 inside your own test platform
  • Supplied with the MPManager software suite, enabling the complete control of the tester without any programming knownedge.
  • Integrated in numerous third parties test suites, including test cases for ISO/IEC 7816-3, Visa Level 1, EMVCo Level 1
  • Possibility to have the MP300 TC2 ISO/IEC 17025 certified

 

This tester will typically be used in the following contexts :

  • Debug of a smartcard operating system
  • Quality inspection tasks
  • Compliance checking of a smartcard with defined standards
  • Electrical qualification of a smartcard or a micro-module

 

Supported protocols

Synchronous chips (memory chips)
Available speeds
  • Low speed, full speed
Hardware acceleration
  • Transmission and reception of characters managed by the MicroSmart technology

ISO/IEC 7816-3
T=0 and T=1 protocols
  • 100% implemented, managed by firmware
Classes
  • ISO/IEC 7816-12, mass storage, custom protocols

USB 2.0
Available libraries
  • T2G
  • Eurochip
  • SLE 4442
  • SLE 4407
  • AT24CXX
Custom protocols development
  • Available
Hardware acceleration
  • Available

Raw mode
Gives the possibility to exchange frames without any Protocolary encapsulation

Out of standard chips support
Benefit from Micropross' experience in smart card programming

Programmable parameters

Physical parameters

Voltages
Vcc
  • 0V to 10V
Vol
  • 0V to 5V
  • Each contact can be adjusted independently
Voh
  • 1V to 7V
  • Each contact can be adjusted independently
Vil
  • 0,2V to 5V
Vih
  • 1V to 6,8V

Frequency
ISO 7816 clock frequency
  • 10kHz to 20MHz
ISO 7816 clocy duty cycle
  • 30% to 70%

Rise and fall times
Vcc
  • From 20ns to 1.8V/ms
C2, C3, C4, C6, C7, C8
  • From 10ns to 5µs (500µs on C2)
  • Each contact can be adjusted independently)

Pin states
All pins are independent from each other, and can be separately managed

ISO 7816 communication parameters
ETU width
  • From 1 to 4096 clock cycles (bit sampling adjustable)
BGT, initial ETU width
  • Adjustable in clock cycles
BWT, CWT, EGT, RGT, WWT
  • Adjustable in ETUs
Clock stop at high or low state
  • Adjustable
Clock stop tG and tH timings
  • Adjustable in clock cycles
Parity control
  • Can be forced to 0, 1, odd, even
Input parity error checking
  • Can be disabled
Pull-up resistor
  • 5kΩ or 20kΩ by fixed pull-up resistor
  • Any value between 1kΩ and 100kΩ can be emulated

Spy feature

Accuracy
  • 20ns
Signals displayed
  • Signals C1, C2, C3, C4, C6, C7, C8
  • Trigger in
  • Trigger out
Protocols supported
  • ISO/IEC 7816-3
Type of events displayed
  • Logical state change
  • Characters
  • Modification of baudrate (ETU width)
  • Clock frequency detection
  • Analog representation of the signals (Icc)
  • I/O direction

Available tests

Electrical tests

Open/short test
Available contacts
  • Contact C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8
Forced current
  • Adjustable between –500µA and 500µA

Leakage current measurement
Available contacts
  • Contact C1, C2, C3, C4, C6, C7, C8
Measurement ranges
  • +/- 5mA
  • + - 500µA (accuracy : +/- 1µA)

Voltage measurement
Available contacts
  • Contacts C1, C2, C3, C4, C6, C7, C8
Range available
  • +/- 10V (accuracy : 20mV)
Modes available
  • Dynamic mode : we give you an analog like vision of the voltage on the pin you chose from the moment you chose
  • Static mode : we give you the instant voltage value

Current measurement
Available contacts
  • Contacts C1, C2, C3, C4, C6, C7, C8
Ranges available
  • +/- 100mA
  • +/- 25mA
  • +/- 5mA
  • +/- 500µA
Modes available
  • Dynamic mode : we give you an analog like vision of the current on the pin you chose from the moment you chose
  • Static mode : we give you the instant current value on the selected contact
  • Burst mode : up to 512000 samples done on Icc, with a minimum sample period of 40ns, to give an analog like representation of the smartcard’s consumption

Parametric tests
Available contacts
  • Contacts C1, C2, C3, C4, C6, C7, C8
Modes available
  • Force a current, measure a voltage
  • Force a voltage, measure a current

Logical tests

Anti tearing test
Simulate the chip's immunity against tearing from the reader

Timing measurement
Measure the chip response to a command

Personalisation assisted by hardware
Do not lose a microsecond while sending data to the chip thanks to the hardware assisted data sending mechanism

Sequencer tests
Generation of glitches on Vcc, C3
Modification at a user defined moment of the state of a pin
Sending out of standard frames/provoking collisions
Creation of custom activation/deactivation sequences
Generation of parity errors on transmission, simulation of parity errors on reception
Management of triggers
Sudden modification of an electronic parameter
Definition of the time between two commands

Triggers

The MP300 TC2 offers 5 triggers, to synchronise or to be synchronised by external laboratory devices (oscilloscopes,...)

Physical information

Weight (Desktop package)
  • 3.10 kg
Dimensions (Desktop package)
  • Width : 130mm
  • Height : 240mm
  • Depth : 320mm

Communication links supported

USB 2.0
TCP/IP 10/100 Mbps
RS 232

Software development

Remote development (the code is executed from the PC)
Elements available
  • MPSDK .NET library available on demand
  • Communication Dll supplied
Supported programming languages
  • C, C++, VB, Java, .NET
  • Any language that supports Dll

Embedded development (the code is executed directly by the MP300)
Recommended cross compiler
  • Windriver compiler (prefered version : 4.4b)

User Interface

MPManager

The MP300 TC2 is supplied with the MPManager software, whose aim, is to open all of the tester's functionalities, accessible just with mouse clicks.

First, the MPManager software will make it possible for you to define all electrical settings, including applied voltages, the clock frequency, the rise and fall time of all signals.

 
The electrical parameter definition interface


 

This user interface will allow you to edit your test scripts, starting from the library of commands available. They  cover a full range of functionalities, such as sending APDU commands, or launching electrical measurement.

 
An example of test script, and the result of the execution


 

MPManager also allows you to visualise all exchanges that happened between the MP300 TC2 and the smartcard. Data is displayed both as a tree, where a deep analysis is supplied, and as a chronogram, which gives the possibility to measure all kind of timings (response times, activation time, ...)

 
Data is trapped by the MP300 TC2, and then displayed in a user friendly manner


 

This user interface gives also access to all electrical measurements of the smartcard. For example, the shmoo plot window will make it possible for you to study the influence of the combination of several electrical or protocolary parameters on the execution of a given script.

 
A shmoo plot, that illustrates a Vcc vs Clock frequency test. Here, both parameters do not influence each other


 

This user interface also allows to launch dynamic measurement. This feature allows you to have a clear vision of the current or the voltage on a given contact, as time goes by.


 


Micropross supplies a complete range of accessories for the MP300 TC2, that include :

  • a SIM to ISO converter
  • an external smartcard reader (ideal companion to perform testing in temperature controlled environments)
  • a probe to enable spying sessions between a smartcard and an external reader
  • a probe for oscilloscope connection

We also supply packages to extend the warranty of the tester. Please ask us for the maintenance contracts available