Hardware crypto-enabled MCU

17 May 2017 DSP, Micros & Memory

Microchip released the CEC1702 hardware cryptography-enabled microcontroller which addresses the increasing need for security measures, such as secure boot, driven by the continual growth of Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

The low-power, ARM Cortex-M4-based 32-bit microcontroller offers easy-to-use encryption, authentication, private and public key capabilities, and allows customer programming flexibility to minimise risk.

The device also provides significant performance improvements when compared to firmware-based solutions. Its hardware cryptographic cipher suite reduces compute time by orders of magnitude over software solutions by providing, for example, a 20 to 50 times performance improvement for PKE acceleration as well as 100 times improvement for encryption/decryption. This robust hardware-based feature set results in applications that can run security measures quickly, effectively and with lower cost and power consumption.

Whether it is being used as a security coprocessor or a standalone microcontroller, the CEC1702 delivers a multi-dimensional defence against attacks, including pre-boot authentication of system firmware, firmware update authentication, authentication of system-critical commands, and safeguarding of code and data to prevent theft or malicious activities.

Microchip simplifies the addition of authentication and encryption to connected designs by offering a full development suite including hardware and software tools as well as peripheral libraries and crypto application program interfaces (APIs) to accelerate design cycles.

For more information contact Shane Padayachee, Avnet South Africa, +27 (0)11 319 8600, [email protected], www.avnet.co.za

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