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Hardware requirements

  • Micro USB cable

  • MIMX8ULP-EVK/EVK9 board

  • J-Link Debug Probe

  • 5V power supply

  • Personal Computer

Board settings

No special settings are required.

Please note this application can’t support running with Linux BSP!

Prepare the Demo

  1. Connect 5V power supply and J-Link Debug Probe to the board, switch SW1 to power on the board.

  2. Connect a micro USB cable between the host PC and the J6 USB port on the target board.

  3. Open a serial terminal with the following settings:

    • 115200 baud rate

    • 8 data bits

    • No parity

    • One stop bit

    • No flow control

  4. Download the program to the target board.

  5. Either press the reset button on your board or launch the debugger in your IDE to begin running the example.

Running the demo

The log below shows the output of the mbedtls_selftest example in the terminal window:

mbedTLS version 2.28.1
fsys=160000000
Using following implementations:
SHA: Software implementation
AES: Software implementation
AES GCM: Software implementation
DES: Software implementation
Asymmetric cryptography: CASPER HW accelerated ECC256/384/521 and RSA verify
MD5 test #1: passed
MD5 test #2: passed
MD5 test #3: passed
MD5 test #4: passed
MD5 test #5: passed
MD5 test #6: passed
MD5 test #7: passed

SHA-1 test #1: passed
SHA-1 test #2: passed
SHA-1 test #3: passed
SHA-224 test #1: passed
SHA-224 test #2: passed
SHA-224 test #3: passed
SHA-256 test #1: passed
SHA-256 test #2: passed
SHA-256 test #3: passed
SHA-384 test #1: passed
SHA-384 test #2: passed
SHA-384 test #3: passed
SHA-512 test #1: passed
SHA-512 test #2: passed
SHA-512 test #3: passed

DES -ECB- 56 (dec): passed
DES -ECB- 56 (enc): passed
DES3-ECB-112 (dec): passed
DES3-ECB-112 (enc): passed
DES3-ECB-168 (dec): passed
DES3-ECB-168 (enc): passed
DES -CBC- 56 (dec): passed
DES -CBC- 56 (enc): passed
DES3-CBC-112 (dec): passed
DES3-CBC-112 (enc): passed
DES3-CBC-168 (dec): passed
DES3-CBC-168 (enc): passed

AES-ECB-128 (dec): passed
AES-ECB-128 (enc): passed
AES-ECB-192 (dec): passed
AES-ECB-192 (enc): passed
AES-ECB-256 (dec): passed
AES-ECB-256 (enc): passed

AES-CBC-128 (dec): passed
AES-CBC-128 (enc): passed
AES-CBC-192 (dec): passed
AES-CBC-192 (enc): passed
AES-CBC-256 (dec): passed
AES-CBC-256 (enc): passed

AES-CFB128-128 (dec): passed
AES-CFB128-128 (enc): passed
AES-CFB128-192 (dec): passed
AES-CFB128-192 (enc): passed
AES-CFB128-256 (dec): passed
AES-CFB128-256 (enc): passed

AES-OFB-128 (dec): passed
AES-OFB-128 (enc): passed
AES-OFB-192 (dec): passed
AES-OFB-192 (enc): passed
AES-OFB-256 (dec): passed
AES-OFB-256 (enc): passed

AES-CTR-128 (dec): passed
AES-CTR-128 (enc): passed
AES-CTR-128 (dec): passed
AES-CTR-128 (enc): passed
AES-CTR-128 (dec): passed
AES-CTR-128 (enc): passed

AES-GCM-128 #0 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-128 #0 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-128 #0 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-128 #0 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-128 #1 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-128 #1 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-128 #1 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-128 #1 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-128 #2 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-128 #2 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-128 #2 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-128 #2 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-128 #3 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-128 #3 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-128 #3 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-128 #3 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-128 #4 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-128 #4 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-128 #4 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-128 #4 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-128 #5 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-128 #5 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-128 #5 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-128 #5 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-192 #0 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-192 #0 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-192 #0 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-192 #0 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-192 #1 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-192 #1 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-192 #1 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-192 #1 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-192 #2 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-192 #2 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-192 #2 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-192 #2 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-192 #3 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-192 #3 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-192 #3 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-192 #4 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-192 #4 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-192 #4 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-192 #4 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-192 #5 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-192 #5 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-192 #5 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-192 #5 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-256 #0 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-256 #0 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-256 #0 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-256 #0 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-256 #1 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-256 #1 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-256 #1 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-256 #1 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-256 #2 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-256 #2 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-256 #2 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-256 #2 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-256 #3 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-256 #3 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-256 #3 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-256 #3 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-256 #4 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-256 #4 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-256 #4 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-256 #4 split (dec): passed
AES-GCM-256 #5 (enc): passed
AES-GCM-256 #5 (dec): passed
AES-GCM-256 #5 split (enc): passed
AES-GCM-256 #5 split (dec): passed

CCM-AES #1: passed
CCM-AES #2: passed
CCM-AES #3: passed

Poly1305 test 0 passed
Poly1305 test 1 passed

Base64 encoding test: passed
Base64 decoding test: passed

MPI test #1 (mul_mpi): passed
MPI test #2 (div_mpi): passed
MPI test #3 (exp_mod): passed
MPI test #4 (inv_mod): passed
MPI test #5 (simple gcd): passed

RSA key validation: passed
PKCS#1 encryption : passed
PKCS#1 decryption : passed
PKCS#1 data sign  : passed
PKCS#1 sig. verify: passed

X.509 certificate load: passed
X.509 signature verify: passed

CTR_DRBG (PR = TRUE) : passed
CTR_DRBG (PR = FALSE): passed

HMAC_DRBG (PR = True) : passed
HMAC_DRBG (PR = False) : passed

ECP SW test #1 (constant op_count, base point G): passed
ECP SW test #2 (constant op_count, other point): passed

DHM parameter load: passed

ENTROPY test: passed
PBKDF2 (SHA1) #0: passed
PBKDF2 (SHA1) #1: passed
PBKDF2 (SHA1) #2: passed
PBKDF2 (SHA1) #4: passed
PBKDF2 (SHA1) #5: passed

Executed 19 test suites
[ All tests PASS ]