Secura Key Picks Luminary Micro’s Stellaris MCUs for RFID Reader and Building Access Control Products

AUSTIN, TX, USA – September 9, 2008 – Luminary Micro and Secura Key announced today that Secura Key has chosen Luminary Micro’s award-winning Stellaris microcontrollers for its new RFID reader and building access control products.

“Secura Key has emerged as a leading manufacturer of RFID products for security, asset management, and automatic data collection applications. We are proud that Secura Key chose our Stellaris microcontrollers for their new RFID reader and access control products,” said Jean Anne Booth, Chief Marketing Officer of Luminary Micro.

Luminary Micro’s Stellaris microcontrollers are a key component of Secura Key’s new mid-range RFID reader, which creates a whole new product category in the RFID reader market. Traditional low-wattage RFID readers provide a 3”-5” read range in the $100-$300 price range, while high-wattage readers provide up to 36” read range for $1000-$3000. Secura Key’s newest e-Tag® product provides a 10”-12” extended read range for contactless smart card readers at the price of traditional low-wattage readers, creating a whole new category of cost-effective extended read range products. Secura Key’s new e-Tag® product will be introduced at ASIS next week in Atlanta Georgia.

Secura Key has also used Stellaris MCUs in new access control products, enabling the deployment of a system of secured elevator controls that manage up to 130 floors with badge readers. The new product will be available early next year.

“We chose to use Luminary Micro’s Stellaris microcontrollers because they allow us to reuse common software as we cost-effectively improve features across our entire range of reader and access control products,” said Randy Watkins, Vice President of Engineering at Secura Key. “We were looking for a broad range of cost-effective software-compatible high-performance 32-bit microcontrollers with many options for communication and control, and only Luminary Micro had a portfolio that matched our needs for today and tomorrow. Our firmware engineers loved the Stellaris Driver Library software and Luminary Micro’s engineering support.”

About Luminary Micro and Stellaris
Luminary Micro, Inc. designs, markets and sells ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers (MCUs). Austin, Texas-based Luminary Micro is the lead partner for the Cortex-M3 processor, delivering the world’s first silicon implementation of the Cortex-M3 processor. Luminary Micro’s award-winning Stellaris® mixed-signal microcontrollers contain specialized capabilities for applications in energy, security, and connectivity markets. With the world’s largest selection of ARM-based microcontrollers, Luminary Micro’s Stellaris family allows for standardization that eliminates future architectural upgrades or software tools changes.

Stellaris and the Luminary Micro logo are registered trademarks of Luminary Micro, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders.

Luminary Micro Company Contact
Jean Anne Booth, CMO
+1-512-917-3088 mobile
+1-512-279-8801 office
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About Secura Key
For over 35 years, Secura Key has manufactured access control and RFID products, pioneering the use of new card technologies in the security industry. Reader technologies include contactless smart cards, proximity, and other leading technologies. Secura Key’s modern card/tag production plant is expert at packaging a wide variety of Access Control and RFID transponders in durable plastic packages, featuring 4-color graphics, custom form factors and encrypted data. Secura Key’s manufacturing plant and general offices are located in Chatsworth, California. Further information on Secura Key is available at http://www.securakey.com.

Secura Key Company Contact:
Bob Holland
+1.818.882.0020
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