NewAE Technology ChipWhisperer-Lite

NewAE Technology ChipWhisperer-Lite (CW1173) is a low-cost device designed to allow design engineers and students to conduct Differential Power Analysis (DPA) and explore glitch vulnerabilities in their hardware projects. The ChipWhisperer-Lite is part of an open-source toolchain for embedded hardware security research.

Differential Power Analysis is a side-channel attack based on information gained from the physical design of an embedded system, rather than code weaknesses or software bugs. Power consumption, timing, electromagnetic field, and other sources can be exploited to break into an embedded system, even one based on the AES-128 or AES-256 Advanced Encryption Standards. The ChipWhisperer-Lite integrates hardware for performing power analysis measurement, device programming, glitching, serial communications, and an example target that can be loaded with cryptographic algorithms all into a single board. The ChipWhisperer-Lite can also act as a programmer for XMEGA (PDI) and STM32Fx (serial bootloader) devices.

The single-board ChipWhisperer-Lite version is available with either an Atmel XMEGA target or a STM32F3 Arm target. The target section of the board can be broken off, to allow the capture portion of the board to connect to other Targets. The ChipWhisperer-Lite is also available in a 2-part variant, which features gold plated connectors and includes cables and adapters, making it easier to connect to other target boards. Finally, a capture-only version simply comes with the capture portion of the board, and does not include a target MCU. Both the hardware and software of the ChipWhisperer-Lite is open-source, allowing developers to modify them for their specific needs.

NAE-CW1173

NAE-CW1173-2PART

NAE-CWLITE-CAPTURE

NAE-CWLITE-ARM