1.2.3 Host Side Device

The EV74C12A evaluation kit is populated with a TA100 host device. The Microchip Trust Anchor (TA100) is a secure element from our portfolio of CryptoAutomotive™ security ICs for automotive security applications. It provides support for code authentication (secure boot), message authentication via MAC generation, support for trusted firmware updates, Qi 1.3 wireless charging authentication, multiple key management protocols including TLS and other root-of-trust based operations. The TA100 host device supports both an I2C and SPI interface for easy connections for many systems.

Figure 1-5. Host Side Connection