Fingerprint Cards AB (Gothenburg) announced that it will now provide its low-cost swipe-sensor technology and algorithms for inclusion on the Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) digital signal processing (DSP)-based fingerprint authentication development tool (FADT). The new TI tool features fingerprint sensor technologies with a small footprint and a low component cost.
The new swipe sensor development tool (TMDSFDCFPC31) supports the TI TMS320C55x™ DSP generation, featuring dedicated signal processing instructions and computational units specialized for the processing needs of biometric applications. These are well suited for low-power, portable devices used for personal biometrics such as in automobiles, gun safes, law enforcement or immigration hand-held scanners, PDAs, and mobile computers.
The FADT kits are priced by TI at $245 each, and are available through TI distributors.
