As part of an ongoing initiative to provide innovative systems for industrial and smart home energy management, NXP Semiconductors recently announced the EdgeLock A30 secure authenticator, part of its family of EdgeLock discrete solutions.
The EdgeLock A30 is designed to allow manufacturers to quickly and easily deliver a secure authentication solution for devices and accessories across a number of different markets, including gaming, computing, smart home, energy management, industrial and healthcare
New and upcoming regulations, such as the EU’s Batteries Regulation 2023/1542 that introduces new sustainability and safety requirements for batteries, require the use of a Digital Product Passport (DPP) by 2027, which includes a digital record of important information about a product’s composition, origin and lifecycle. The EdgeLock A30 secure authenticator offers a quickly scalable solution that makes it easier to meet these new requirements.
“Secure authentication helps to ensure brand protection, consumer safety, and product traceability, fostering trust and shielding devices from physical damage,” explained Alasdair Ross, Senior Director, NFC IoT Security, NXP. “Smaller than a grain of rice, the EdgeLock A30 is designed to fit into even the smallest of devices. It supports multiple authentication use cases, making it easier for developers to support a variety of devices and accessories with a single solution, including device to device, Cloud to device, counterfeit protection, and storage or protection of device identity.”
Additionally, the EdgeLock A30 secure authenticator is compatible with standard MCUs and MPUs, including NXP’s MCX portfolio of MCUs and i.MX portfolio of MPUs. It includes up to 16kB memory for secure storage of credentials, making it easier to store additional credentials.
It is Common Criteria EAL 6+ AVA_VAN.5 certified, with symmetric and asymmetric cryptography. It also enables simple key management and key provisioning via public key infrastructure (PKI) for easy deployment. Designed to scale quickly to high volumes, the EdgeLock A30 is supported by EdgeLock 2GO services for certificates delivery and additional certificates generation.
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