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Overview & Comparison

ChipWhisperer's various targets take the difficulty out of setting up hardware for side channel attacks! In addition to interfacing with ChipWhisperer's 20-pin connector and SMA-connectors, these target boards already have necessary side channel modifications (shunt resistor, capacitor removal, etc.) integrated into the board, so there's no need to reach for your soldering iron or utiltiy knife!

Integrated Targets

The following targets typically come attached to a capture board:

Target Device Architecture Hardware Crypto Programmer Status Notes
CW303 XMEGA ATXmega128D4-AU 8-bit Harvard No CW-integrated Released
CW303 Arm STM32F303RCT6 Arm Cortex-M4 No CW-integrated Released
CW1101 Target Board STM32F030F4P6 Arm Cortex-M0 No CW-integrated Released

These boards are integrated into a capture board and therefore can be found with the associated capture design files: https://github.com/newaetech/chipwhisperer/tree/develop/hardware/capture

Standalone Targets

The following targets don't come attached to a target and must be connected to a capture board with a 20-pin cable and SMA cables

Target Device Architecture Hardware Crypto Programmer Status Notes
CW304 Notduino ATMega328P 8-bit Harvard No CW-integrated Released Only available as PCB + components (unsoldered)
CW305 Artix FPGA Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA Yes CW-integrated , external Released
CW310 Kintex FPGA Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA Yes CW-integrated, external Released

Hardware design files can be found at https://github.com/newaetech/chipwhisperer/tree/develop/hardware/victims

CW308 Targets

The CW308 UFO board is a convenient main board for attacking a wide variety of targets. It includes many nicities for running target boards off of, including various voltage regulators, a crystal drive circuit, clock selection, and programming headers for standards like JTAG.

Hardware design files for targets can be found on our Github at: https://github.com/newaetech/chipwhisperer-target-cw308t

Many targets are available for the CW308:

32-bit Targets

Target Device Architecture Hardware Crypto Programmer Status Notes
CW308T-ATSAM4L ATSAM4L Arm Cortex-M4 Yes External Released Side channel countermeasures
CW308T-ATSAML11 ATSAML11E16A Arm Cortex-M23 Yes External Released
CW308T-AURIX TC233LP TriCore No External Released Lockstep Core
CW308T-CEC1702 CEC1702 Arm Cortex-M4F Yes External Released Lots of hardware crypto modules
CW308T-D2000 Quark D2000 x86 No External Released Intel x86 microcontroller
CW308T-EFR32MG21A EFR32MG21A Arm Cortex-M33 Yes External Released 'Secure Element' Core
CW308T-EFR32MG21-SOCKET QFN Socket (EFR32MG21x) Arm Cortex-M33 Yes External Released Fits EFR32MG21A/B
CW308T-ESP32 ESP32 LX6 Yes External Released Low-cost IoT chip
CW308T-FE310 FE310-G002 RISC-V No External Released Si-Five RISC-V
CW308T-K82 MK82FN256VLL15 Arm Cortex-M4 Yes External Released Multiple AES cores
CW308T-MPC5748G MPC5748G PowerPC Yes (API under NDA) External Released Triple-Core, CAN interface
CW308T-MPC5676R MPC5676R PowerPC No External Released
CW308T-MPC5777C MPC5777C PowerPC Yes External Released CSE/SHE Core
CW308T-STM32F0 STM32F071RBT6 Arm Cortex-M0 No CW-integrated , external Released
CW308T-STM32F1 STM32F100RBT6B Arm Cortex-M3 No CW-integrated , external Released Same PCB as F0
CW308T-STM32F2 STM32F215RET6 Arm Cortex-M3 Yes CW-integrated , external Released Same PCB as F0
CW308T-STM32F3 STM32F303RCT6 Arm Cortex-M4 No CW-integrated , external Released Same PCB as F0
CW308T-STM32F4 STM32F405RGT6 Arm Cortex-M4 No CW-integrated , external Released Same PCB as F0
CW308T-STM32F4HWC STM32F415RGT6 Arm Cortex-M4 Yes CW-integrated , external Released Same PCB as F0
CW308T-STM32L4 STM32L443RCT6 Arm Cortex-M4 Yes CW-integrated , external Released Same PCB as F0
CW308T-STM32L5HWC STM32L562RET6 Arm Cortex-M33 Yes CW-integrated , external Released Same PCB as F0

8/16-bit Targets

Target Device Architecture Hardware Crypto Programmer Status Notes
CW308T-XMEGA ATXmega128D4-AU 8-bit Harvard No CW-integrated Released
CW308T-87C51 8xC51 8-bit 8051 No One time program Released
CW308T-AVR ATMega328P 8-bit Harvard No CW-integrated Released No longer sold

Other Targets

Target Device Architecture Hardware Crypto Programmer Status Notes
CW308T-S6LX9 Spartan 6 LX9 FPGA Yes External Released Can hold hardware AES core
CW308T-GENERIC None N/A N/A N/A Released Prototyping Board

Beta Targets

Additional targets are also in development. They typically have Gerber files and Altium source files, but are not guaranteed to be in a working state. Many of them have a working HAL, but we did not have sufficient interest to perform the production run.

Target Device Architecture Hardware Crypto Programmer Status Notes
CW308T-ADUCM3029 ADuCM3029 Arm Cortex-M3 Yes External In development
CW308T-ATSAMR21 ATSAMR21 Arm Cortex-M0+ No External In development Also contains radio chip
CW308T-CC2538 CC2538 Arm Cortex-M3 Yes External In development 802.15.4 SOC
CW308T-EFM32GG11 EFM32GG11 Arm Cortex-M4 Yes External In development
CW308T-EFM32TG11 EFM32TG11 Arm Cortex-M0+ Yes External In development
CW308T-K24F MK24FN1M0VLL12 Arm Cortex-M4 Yes External In development
CW308T-LPC1343 LPC1343 Arm Cortex-M3 No External In development Glitch attack possible on code read protect
CW308T-MEGARF ATMega256RFR2 8-bit Harvard Yes CW-integrated, external In development 802.15.4 SOC
CW308T-MSP430FR5 MSP430FR5(8/9)69 16-bit Harvard Possible External In development