ACR1255U-J1

ACR1255U-J1 ACS Secure Bluetooth® NFC Reader is designed to facilitate on-the-go smart card and NFC applications. It combines the latest 13.56 MHz contactless technology with Bluetooth® connectivity.

ACR1255U-J1 supports ISO 14443 Type A and B smart cards, MIFARE®, FeliCa®, and most NFC tags and devices compliant with ISO 18092 standard. This makes ACR1255U-J1 ideal for a broad range of solutions, such as hands-free verification for physical and logical access control, and inventory tracking. ACR1255U-J1 has two interfaces: Bluetooth (also known as Bluetooth Low Energy or BLE) for pairing with mobile devices, and USB Full Speed for PC-linked operation. Additionally, it can read/write at a speed of up to 424 Kbps for contactless smart card and NFC device access.

With a compact design and a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery for power, ACR1255U-J1 is extremely portable and convenient for use anytime, anywhere with most Bluetooth-enabled smartphones and tablets.

To save valuable cost and time, the firmware of ACR1255U-J1 could conveniently be upgraded on the field. This enables users to cope with the fast-changing technology for their applications, and suit different scenarios.

With Bluetooth® technology and AES-128 encyrption, ACR1255U-J1 connects securely and wirelessly to any device running on Android™ 4.3 and later, iOS 8.0 and later, Windows® 7 and later, and Mac OS® 10.7 and later.

For PC-linked operation, ACR1255U-J1 could easily be installed for use with any personal computer running on Windows® operating system because it is PC/SC and CCID-compliant. Its drivers are also compatible with Linux® and Mac OS®.

With its numerous features, the ACR1255U-J1 is the perfect reader for your smart card solution.

• Bluetooth® Interface
• USB Full Speed Interface
• Power Source:
  • Battery-Powered (incorporates a Litium-ion battery rechargeable through USB Mini-B port)
  • USB-Powered (through PC-linked mode)
• CCID Compliance
• Smart Card Reader:
  • Contactless Interface:
    • Read/write speed up to 424 kbps
    • Built-in Antenna for contactless tag access, with card reading distance of up to 60 mm (depending on tag type)
    • Supports ISO 14443 Type A and B cards, MIFARE, FeliCa, and all 4 types of NFC (ISO/IEC 18092) tags
    • Built-in anti-collision feature (only 1 tag is accessed at any time)
    • NFC Support
      • Card Reader/Writer Mode
• Built-in Peripherals:
  • Two user-controllable bi-color LEDs
  • User-controllable buzzer
• Application Programming Interface:
  • Supports PC/SC
  • Supports CT-API (through wrapper on top of PC/SC)
• USB Firmware Upgradeability
• Supports Android™ 4.3 and later
• Supports iOS 8.0 and later

The ACR1255U-J1 ACS Secure Bluetooth® NFC Reader supports ISO 14443 Type A and B smart cards, MIFARE®, FeliCa, and most NFC tags and devices compliant with ISO 18092 standard. The ACR1255U-J1 has both Bluetooth 4.0 interface for pairing with mobile devices and USB Full Speed for PC-linked operation. Additionally, it can read/write at speeds of up to 424 Kbps for contactless smart card and NFC device access.

Comprehensive SDK—The ACR1255U-J1 SDK is a collection of PC/SC–compliant sample codes, for device and contactless card programming for Java, MS Visual Basic .NET 2013, MS Visual C# .NET 2013 and MS Visual C++ .NET. The SDK is designed to help software developers create PC-linked applications, like smart posters for advertising and marketing.