Microchip Technology Trust Platform Design Suite (TPDS) version 2

In 2019, Microchip Technology released its Trust Platform for its CryptoAuthentication family, bringing pre-provisioned solutions for hardware-based secure elements to companies of all sizes that want an easy way to implement secure authentication. The company is now further enhancing this service with the latest enhancements to its Trust Platform Design Suite (TPDS) — its dedicated software platform for device configuration and onboarding to Microchip secure provisioning services for embedded security.

TPDS version 2 (v2) software enables Microchip partners to add use cases to its rich security solutions onboarding ecosystem, further expanding developers’ options for implementing best-in-class security. It also now includes support for additional security solutions such as the TA100, the first cryptographic companion device for the automotive market.

With the Trust&GO program, devices are predefined and pre-provisioned, off the shelf, for secure cloud authentication in both TLS-based and LoRaWAN-based networks, with a minimum orderable quantity (MOQ) of just 10 units.

With the TrustFLEX program, users can use the program’s preconfigured devices either with default generic certificates or their own credentials (Custom PKI), while benefiting from an even broader range of predefined uses cases than are available with the Trust&GO program.

To address the most demanding use cases, Microchip’s TrustCUSTOM family gives users the freedom to fully define the secure authentication configuration and fully customise secure key storage.

With its fully integrated onboarding flow, the software allows a user to select a security solution, validate its use case, prototype it and then start the process of secure provisioning, all in a few simple steps.

Microchip’s open-source Trust Platform Design Suite is available for download on Microchip’s website at no cost for Trust&GO and TrustFLEX flows.