MCUXpresso SDK Documentation

casper#

Overview#

The CASPER Example project is a demonstration program that uses the KSDK software implement modular exponentiation algorithm using the CASPER software driver.

Running the demo#

The log below shows the output of the Casper example in the terminal window:

ModExp Test pass.
Casper ECC Demo P256

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.

Casper ECC Demo P384

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.
Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.

Casper ECC Demo P521

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.
Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.

Supported Boards#

EVK9-MIMX8ULP
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • MIMX8ULP-EVK/EVK9 board

  • J-Link Debug Probe

  • 5V power supply

  • Personal Computer

Board settings

Please note this application can’t support running with Linux BSP!

Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect 5V power supply and J-Link Debug Probe to the board, switch SW10 to power on the board.

  2. Connect a micro USB cable between the host PC and the J17 USB port on the target board.

  3. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  4. Download the program to the target board.

  5. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the example.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, following information can be seen on the terminal:

ModExp Test pass.
Casper ECC Demo P256

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were successful.

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were successful.

Casper ECC Demo P384

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were successful.
Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were successful.

Casper ECC Demo P521

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were successful.
Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were successful.
EVK-MIMX8ULP
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • MIMX8ULP-EVK/EVK9 board

  • J-Link Debug Probe

  • 5V power supply

  • Personal Computer

Board settings

Please note this application can’t support running with Linux BSP!

Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect 5V power supply and J-Link Debug Probe to the board, switch SW10 to power on the board.

  2. Connect a micro USB cable between the host PC and the J17 USB port on the target board.

  3. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  4. Download the program to the target board.

  5. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the example.

Running the demo

When the demo runs successfully, following information can be seen on the terminal:

ModExp Test pass.
Casper ECC Demo P256

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were successful.

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were successful.

Casper ECC Demo P384

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were successful.
Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were successful.

Casper ECC Demo P521

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were successful.
Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were successful.
EVK-MIMXRT595
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • EVK-MIMXRT595 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the PC host and the CMSIS DAP USB port (J40) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

EVK-MIMXRT685
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • EVK-MIMXRT685 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings

No special settings are required.

Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the PC host and the CMSIS DAP USB port (J5) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

FRDM-MCXW23
Hardware requirements
  • Type-C USB cable

  • FRDM-MCXW23 Board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings

Use the default jumper settings.

Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB cable between the host PC and the FRDM board J10.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Build and download the application

  4. Start a debug session or press the reset button

Running the demo

The log below shows the output of the Casper example in the terminal window:

ModExp Test pass.
Casper ECC Demo P256

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.

Casper ECC Demo P384

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.
Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.

Casper ECC Demo P521

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.
Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.
LPCXpresso55S06
Hardware requirements
  • Mini/micro USB cable

  • LPCXpresso55S06 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings
Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the PC host and the CMSIS DAP USB port (J1) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings (See Appendix A in Getting started guide for description how to determine serial port number):

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

Running the demo

The log below shows the output of the Casper example in the terminal window:

ModExp Test pass.
Casper ECC Demo P256

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.
Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.
LPCXpresso55S16
Hardware requirements
  • Mini/micro USB cable

  • LPCXpresso55S16 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings

The jumper setting: Default jumpers configuration does not work, you will need to add JP20 and JP21 (JP22 optional for ADC use)

Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the PC host and the CMSIS DAP USB port (J1) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings (See Appendix A in Getting started guide for description how to determine serial port number):

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

LPCXpresso55S28
Hardware requirements
  • Mini/micro USB cable

  • LPCXpresso55S28 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings

No special settings are required.

Prepare the Demo

Note: MCUXpresso IDE project default debug console is semihost

  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the PC host and the CMSIS DAP USB port (P6) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings (See Appendix A in Getting started guide for description how to determine serial port number):

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

LPCXpresso55S69
Hardware requirements
  • Mini/micro USB cable

  • LPCXpresso55S69 board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings

No special settings are required.

Prepare the Demo

Note: MCUXpresso IDE project default debug console is semihost

  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the PC host and the CMSIS DAP USB port (P6) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings (See Appendix A in Getting started guide for description how to determine serial port number):

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

MIMXRT685-AUD-EVK
Hardware requirements
  • Micro USB cable

  • MIMXRT685-AUD-EVK board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings

No special settings are required.

Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a micro USB cable between the PC host and the CMSIS DAP USB port (J5) on the board

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Download the program to the target board.

  4. Launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the demo.

MCXW23-EVK
Hardware requirements
  • Mini/micro USB cable

  • MCXW23-EVK Board

  • Personal Computer

Board settings

Use the default jumper settings.

Prepare the Demo
  1. Connect a USB cable between the host PC and the EVK board J33.

  2. Open a serial terminal with the following settings

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  3. Build and download the application

  4. Start a debug session or press the reset button

Running the demo

The log below shows the output of the Casper example in the terminal window:

ModExp Test pass.
Casper ECC Demo P256

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.

Casper ECC Demo P384

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.
Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.

Casper ECC Demo P521

Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.
Round: 0
Round: 1
Round: 2
Round: 3
Round: 4
Round: 5
Round: 6
Round: 7
All EC double scalar multiplication tests were succesfull.