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Smart-card utility

ATR Parser

Decode ISO/IEC 7816-3 Answer-To-Reset bytes — convention, format byte, interface bytes (TA/TB/TC/TD), historical bytes, and check byte (TCK). Pasteable from PC/SC, OpenSC, GP shell, or your reader logs.

Client-sideNo loginISO/IEC 7816-3Updated 2026-05

Input

Decoded

Paste an ATR to see it parsed.
All parsing happens in your browser. No bytes are sent to a server.

What is an ATR?

The Answer-To-Reset is a sequence of bytes a smart card emits in response to a cold or warm reset. It tells the reader what protocol to use, the clock-rate / bit-rate adjustment, the supply voltage, and (optionally) some historical bytes that hint at the card’s identity. ATRs follow ISO/IEC 7816-3. The structure is: TS · T0 · (TA1 TB1 TC1 TD1) · (TA2 TB2 TC2 TD2) … · HistoricalBytes · TCK?

Spec

ISO/IEC 7816-3 — the canonical reference for ATR structure and protocol negotiation.

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