@mchp-mcc/crypto-authentication-library

CryptoAuthentication Library (CAL)

Overview

The MPLAB® Code Configurator CryptoAuth Library allows quick and easy configuration and code generation for security, cryptography, authentication, and encryption applications on PIC and AVR devices.

Features

• For a comprehensive list of features, refer to the CryptoAuthLib Github Page

Generated Files

This driver generates the following files:

• CAL Initialization Files - Functions and prototypes used to initialize the CryptoAuth chips
  • ./mcc_generated_files/CryptoAuthenticationLibrary/CryptoAuth_init.h
  • ./mcc_generated_files/CryptoAuthenticationLibrary/CryptoAuth_init.c
  • ./mcc_generated_files/CryptoAuthenticationLibrary/cryptoauthlib_config.h
• CAL Framework (atca) - Functions and Prototypes that form the basic operating models of CAL
• CAL Certification (atcacert) - Functions and prototypes used to perform certification I/O with CryptoAuth chips and perform certificate manipulation in memory
• CAL Basic Files (atca_basic)- Functions and Prototypes that provide a simple API to use CryptoAuth chips
• CAL Software Crypto (atca_crypto_sw) - Functions and Prototypes taht provide a software implementation of various crypto algorithms
• CAL Host (atca_host) - Functions and Prototypes to provide host-side cryptographic functionality for an ATECC client device
• CAL JWT (atca_jwt) - Functions and Prototypes to provide methods for signing and verifying JSON Web Token (JWT) tokens
• CAL HAL - Functions and Prototypes to define the hardware abstraction layer (HAL) for communicating with a CryptoAuth device

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[5.10.0] - 2025-03-04

Bug Fixes

• CC8SCRIP-20767 :- Using the wrong configuration reference for SPI

New Features

• CC8SCRIP-20687 :- Update CAL to firmware version 3.7.6
• CC8SCRIP-17709 :- Support TA101 (Firmware 3.7.6)

[5.9.0] - 2024-12-12

New Features

• CC8SCRIP-19077 :- Export device supported curves

[5.8.0] - 2024-04-01

New Features

• CC8SCRIP-19883 :- Support Secure Element Provision Prototyping in CAL MCC Melody Module
• CC8SCRIP-18790 :- Support both Vectored and non-Vectored Interrupt Modes for MCU8 Products
• CC8SCRIP-17922 :- Add support for PIC18FxxQ84 and PIC18FxxQ83 family devices
• CC8SCRIP-17692 :- Support dsPIC33CKxxxMPT608 device family