Fidelica Microsystems Announces Availability of New FIS-60A2 Fingerprint Authentication Engine Evaluation Kit

Fidelica releases a new fingerprint authentication engine evaluation kit for product developers wishing to add reliable, economic fingerprint features to their wares.

(PRWEB) February 27, 2004 -- The Fidelica FIS-60A2 Evaluation Kit provides authentication application developers a complete package of software, hardware and development tools to support the integration of Fidelicas popular fingerprint sensor. This comprehensive kit prepares developers with performance analysis, detailed specifications, application APIs, sample source code, libraries and other design instruments. Fidelica Microsystems, a developer of fingerprint authentication technology for electronic security and physical access control, announced today the release of their latest evaluation and development tool package. The demand for fingerprint biometric authentication and pace of product development dictates that solution developers deliver complete, well-organized tools to enable fast and efficient component qualification and integration. Fidelicas highly reliable, compact and cost-effective fingerprint imaging sensor is designed to dramatically reduce manufacturing costs and enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), original design manufacturers (ODMs) and value-added resellers (VARs) to mass-produce fingerprint authentication solutions unparalleled in accuracy and durability.

Fidelicas FIS-60A2 Evaluation Kit contains the firms unrivaled, proprietary FIS-3002 fingerprint sensors, FMU-0005 USB interface adapter hardware and software development kit (SDK). Application programming interfaces (APIs) for sensor imaging and matching software, documentation, source code and a demonstration application as well as Fidelicas FBA-4001 matching algorithm complete the SDK content.

Customers wishing to use Fidelicas FMU-0005 USB interface adapter in their product may obtain the appropriate reference design upon request. Distribution licenses for use of Fidelicas award-winning matching algorithm may be obtained from the firm for a nominal fee. All products are available for delivery immediately (effective the date of this release).

About Fidelica Microsystems
Fidelica Microsystems is a developer of a MEMS-based product development platform linking an array of proprietary materials and processes. Fulfilling a growing demand for accurate, low cost authentication solutions, Fidelica has created an extremely robust, reliable and economic fingerprint-imaging sensor employing MEMS-enabled pressure-sensing technology. For more information about Fidelica and its products, visit www.fidelica.com.