Federal Communications Commission
Devices emitting radio frequency signals must be declared at the FCC to be sold in the USA (or something like that). Smart card readers are such devices since they use electricity.I let you read the wikipedia page to know more about the FCC.
Search engine
The Office of Engineering and Technology (part of the FCC) provides a search engine at Equipment Authorization Search.Example: Gemalto MESPROXDUB
I searched for all the Gemalto devices. The list contains 381 results.I found the MESPROXDUB also known as IDBridge CL300 (previously known as Prox-DU) smart card reader. I have it in my own list at Gemalto Prox Dual USB PC Link Reader.
The result of the search is a list:
9 Matches found for FCC ID MESPROXDUB
| View Attachment | Exhibit Type | Date Submitted to FCC | Display Type | Date Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confidentiality Request | Cover Letter(s) | 01/17/2011 | 01/17/2011 | |
| External Photos | External Photos | 01/17/2011 | 01/17/2011 | |
| Label | ID Label/Location Info | 01/17/2011 | 01/17/2011 | |
| Internal Photos | Internal Photos | 01/17/2011 | 01/17/2011 | |
| Operational Description | Operational Description | 01/17/2011 | 01/17/2011 | |
| Test Report | Test Report | 01/17/2011 | 01/17/2011 | |
| Test Setup Photos | Test Setup Photos | 01/17/2011 | 01/17/2011 | |
| User Manual - Prox-DU | Users Manual | 01/17/2011 | 01/17/2011 | |
| User Manual - Prox-SU | Users Manual | 01/17/2011 | 01/17/2011 |
For a strange reason it is not possible to directly access the referenced PDF documents. You will get a "You are not authorized to access this page." if you click on the links in the table above. You need to get them from the real result page itself.
Pictures
What is interesting for a hardware hacker are the "Internal Photos". This is called "hardware p0rn".You can search "hardware p0rn" in Google. Maybe some pictures from Google are NSFW. There is also a tumblr dedicated to hardware porn with nice (and safe) pictures.
Pictures of the Gemalto MESPROXDUB
I will not include all the pictures here, just "best of" a selection.
Conclusion
You can also search for "Apple" in the search engine. You will find photos of the internal of the iPhone. But pictures from iFixit are of a much better quality. I do not know an equivalent of iFixit for smart card readers.
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