The A5000 Plug&Trust Click Board™ is a compact add-on board representing a ready-to-use secure IoT authenticator. This board features the A5000, an Edge Lock® Secure Authenticator from NXP Semiconductors. The A5000 provides a root of trust at the IC level, giving an IoT authentication system state-of-the-art security capability. It allows for securely storing and provisioning credentials and performing cryptographic operations for security-critical communication and authentication functions. It has an independent Common Criteria EAL 6+ security certification up to OS level and supports ECC asymmetric cryptographic and AES/3DES symmetric algorithms. This Click board™ is suitable in IoT security use cases such as secure connection to public/private clouds, device-to-device authentication, or counterfeit protection.
The A5000 Plug&Trust Click Board™ is supported by a mikroSDK-compliant library, which includes functions that simplify software development. This Click board™ is supplied as a thoroughly tested product, ready to be used on a system equipped with the mikroBUS™ socket.