Connection from husky plus to ZCU106 reference board

Embedded Security ChipWhisperer Hardware
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We want to perform SCA on cryptographic module on ZCU106 target board and capture board as husky plus using chipwhisperer tool. How can we perform this. How to connect the 20 pin cable and how should send data and control signal on ZCU106 board and take power.

Thanks in advance.

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ChipWhisperer can definitely be used with non-NewAE targets, but in most cases it’s not going to be plug-and-play. I don’t know anything about the ZCU106 but I bet that it doesn’t have a ChipWhisperer 20-pin cable interface!

To use ChipWhisperer with non-NewAE targets, you need to sort out:

  1. clocking
  2. communication
  3. triggering
  4. power measurement

By going through our Jupyter notebooks with this in mind, and consulting our target schematics, you will learn how all the pieces fit together.

If you have specific questions about any of this we’re happy to help, but the question you started with is much too broad.

Hopefully this sets you in the right direction; what you want to do is doable, but it will require work on your part.

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Hii,

Thanks for the reply.
As part of SCA on our encryption module, kindly clarify on the following.
Is it mandatory to send the plain text, key etc to encryption module  from HuskyPlus baord on SPI/UART interface of 20-pin connector?
Or 
Can we use Ethernet interface between Target board and Host PC to send the plain text, key etc to encryption module?

Thanks in advance.

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You can use whatever means you wish to communicate between your PC and target.