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How could we use the principle of electromagnetic induction in case of using ATM card when its magnetic strip is swiped through a scanner?

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If the card is moved through a card reader then a change in magnetic flux is produced in one direction, which induced potential or EMF. The current received by the pickup coil goes through signal amplification and translated into binary code so that it can be read by the computer.

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