DT100104 Secure Element Add-On Board

Microchip Technology's DT100104 is an add-on board for the CryptoAuth Trust Platform and other Microchip development platforms that contain a mikroBUS™ header. The board supports a MikroElektronika header that connects to any board that has a mikroBUS™ connection. This board provides an alternative to the sample units that require a socket board for doing the initial development and testing. The ATECC608A Trust development board contains the Trust&GO, TrustFLEX, and TrustCUSTOM secure elements. This provides a user with the ability to develop solutions using any of these secure elements based on the requirements of the application. The user guide provides a visual overview of the connections and switch settings implemented on the board.

The ATECC608A is a secure element from the Microchip Crypto Authentication™ portfolio with advanced elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) capabilities. With built-in ECDH and ECDSA, this device is ideal for the rapidly growing IoT market since it easily supplies a full range of security such as confidentiality, data integrity, and authentication to systems with MCU or MPUs running encryption/decryption algorithms. Similar to all Microchip Crypto Authentication products, the ATECC608A employs ultra-secure hardware-based cryptographic key storage and cryptographic countermeasures which eliminate potential backdoors linked to software weaknesses. The device is agnostic of any microprocessor (MPU) or microcontroller (MCU) and compatible with Microchip AVR®/Arm® MCUs or MPUs. As with all Crypto Authentication devices, the ATECC608A delivers extremely low power consumption and requires only a single GPIO over a wide voltage range. The ATECC608A also has a tiny form factor, making it ideal for a variety of applications that require long battery life and flexible form factors.