Introduction

The EV42J24A CEC173x Evaluation Board is intended as a demonstration, development and testing platform for Real-Time Platform Root of Trust applications in data center, telecommunications, networking, industrial and embedded computing markets. This updated board is a replacement for the discontinued EV19K07A development board. The new EV42J24A board has a simplified set of modifiable jumpers, sockets for the SPI Flash memory devices, and an upgrade to the SF600 DediProg programming interface. The board can be used with the 84-pin version of either the CEC1736 or the CEC1734 device. This board features a variety of hardware options (including a power supply, user interface, serial communications and expansion headers) that enable rapid prototyping and development of Real-Time Platform Root of Trust applications. This board can support both 3.3V and 1.8V SPI memory chips via the on-board SPI sockets.

: This version of the user guide covers both the EV42J24A R2 and R3 revisions of the board. Notes throughout the user guide will indicate where there are functional differences. The modifications for R3 were made to improve the usability of the board and do not change its actual operation.

This evaluation board is designed to be used with Microchip’s Trust Platform Design Suite (TPDS), which has multiple use cases to demonstrate the capabilities of the CEC173x-TFLX and CEC173x-TCSM devices.

  • Four sample packs of three units, containing one of the CEC173x TrustFLEX™ or TrustCUSTOM™ devices (CEC1736-TFLX-PROTO, CEC1736-TCSM-PROTO, CEC1734-TFLX-PROTO, CEC1734-TCSM-PROTO)
  • CEC1736 demo sample for initial board bring-up and validation. Not to be used for specific use cases or application development – preprogrammed with the latest Soteria-G3 firmware release
  • MEC1723 (emulated as Application Process) – MEC1723 example firmware is included and upgradeable as part of the TPDS tools
  • CEC173x socket – Users have the ability to use a CEC173x-TFLX or CEC173x-TCSM device to customize configuration for various security features in their specific designs.
Figure . CEC173x EV42J24A R2 Evaluation Board
Figure . CEC173x EV42J24A R3 Evaluation Board