# Circuitry inside the card

**URL:** <https://community.monzo.com/t/circuitry-inside-the-card/47538>\
**Category:** General Chat\
**Created:** [16 September 2018 20:01 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/circuitry-inside-the-card/47538 "2018-09-16T20:01:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [16 September 2018 22:59 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/circuitry-inside-the-card/47538/10 "2018-09-16T22:59:05Z")

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There’s some details about the new chip on this thread

> [@Big Chip, Little Chip, Monzo Card! hot\_coral\_heart](https://community.monzo.com/t/big-chip-little-chip-monzo-card/46086):
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> So then… The time has come, Monzo are tweaking their card slightly! scream Not the colour (woohoo hot_coral_heart) but the size & style of the chip on the front. (That old school thing for chip&pin stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye) Over in [Slack](https://monzodevelopers.slack.com/archives/C29GZR82U/p1535538378000100) today, it was announced that the onboard chip / storage / logic-bits were being updated tada Spec: [https://www.st.com/resource/en/data\_brief/st31g480.pdf](https://www.st.com/resource/en/data_brief/st31g480.pdf) And… yep new cards will be gradually switching over to the new smaller contact plates W…

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