ChipWhisperer-Lite#
The ChipWhisperer-Lite represents NewAE Technology Inc.’s most aggressive pursuit of it’s mission to bring side-channel power analysis and glitching attacks to every engineer and student. The FULLY open-source (hardware, software, firmware, FPGA code) is launching a revolution in hardware security. In particular, the ChipWhisperer-Lite serves as a good middle ground between the full feature-set of the ChipWhisperer-Pro, and the affordability of the ChipWhisperer-Nano.
Hardware#
The ChipWhisperer-Lite, as the name suggests, features the ChipWhisperer-Lite capture hardware. Its datasheet can be found on Mouser: https://www.mouser.ca/datasheet/2/894/NAE-CW1173_datasheet-1859842.pdf
The ChipWhisperer-Lite has a few available hardware options:
ChipWhisperer-Lite Version |
Target |
Single Board |
Also comes with |
Purchase Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ChipWhisperer-Lite 1-Part |
CW303 XMEGA |
Yes |
micro-usb cable |
|
ChipWhisperer-Lite 32-bit 1-Part |
CW303 Arm |
Yes |
micro-usb cable |
|
ChipWhisperer-Lite 2-Part |
CW303 XMEGA |
No |
micro-usb cable, 20-pin cable, SMA cables |
|
ChipWhisperer-Lite Standalone |
None |
No |
micro-usb cable, 20-pin cable, SMA cables |
Turning a 1-Part into a 2-Part#
Want to attack other targets with your 1-part board? Simply break the target portion of the board off as described on the ChipWhisperer-Lite capture page, solder a 20-pin connector on your capture board, and solder SMA connectors onto the capture board’s
Hardware List#
Also links to documentation. See table above for which hardware comes with each hardware kit version
Images#
1-Part#
2-Part#
1-Part 32-bit#
Standalone#
