Flasher Secure

Flasher Secure — The flash programmer for authenticated off-site production

Flasher Secure allows full control over the programming process. That makes it the ideal solution for protecting a vendor’s intellectual property (IP) in any production site.

Overview

The Flasher Secure is a mass production tool, intended to be used at an external manufacturing company. The goal is to protect the intellectual property against unauthorized copying. Owners enjoy full control over the programming process — even when their production is outsourced to contract manufacturers (CM).

It is fast, robust, reliable, and engineered to handle almost all flash programming requirements in the industry. The Flasher Secure can be used in stand-alone or PC-based mode. The configuration is done in MSD mode. It connects via USB, Ethernet or an RS232 interface allowing control of the Flasher Secure. Every device to be programmed must be authorized by the Flasher Secure Control Server. Devices can be tracked by their unique ID.

Powered via USB, the Flasher Secure has 128 MB of internal memory to store firmware images and programming configurations. The 20-pin target connector adapts to multiple standard and proprietary connectors through a wide variety of adapters from SEGGER. The Flasher Secure supports a large number of CPU cores and an even greater number of different devices from various vendors.

As a multi-platform solution, Flasher Secure comes with the setup and control software for Linux and Windows.

Key features

• Authenticated production with full visibility
• Production volume control
• Flasher Secure Control Server for CM administration and setup
• Ultra fast programming
• Reliability
• Supports MCUs with unique IDs
• Supports Arm, Cortex, PowerPC and Renesas RX cores
• Target interface: JTAG / SWD
• Prevents production of counterfeit units
• No overhead in programming time
• Secures production at contract manufacturers
• 128 MB internal memory for configuration and data file storage
• Multi-platform: Includes setup and control software for Linux and Windows
• Security: Flasher Secure and Flasher Portable PLUS support authorized flashing.

How it works

When you need to go for mass production, it is common to employ a contract manufacturer (CM) to mass-produce products. CMs have access to the customer's IP and large quantities of the components they are contracted to produce. Because of this, it is essential that customers control both their IP and limit CM production to prevent theft and secure revenue. To combat these threats, Flasher Secure uses mutual authentication, authorization, and confidentiality to secure your IP and production run. As an IP owner, you have full end-to-end control of your production chain.

End-to-end security

Flasher Secure supports vendor-specific trusted firmware features to ensure end-to-end encryption, authentication, and confidentiality covering the whole process including the 'last mile'.

Secured firmware

Modern products carry a huge amount of intellectual property (IP). From the IP owners point of view most of the IP is located inside the firmware. IP owners want to protect their IP. The Flasher Secure system uses authentication algorithms to make sure, that only authorized boot loaders and firmware are used in the system. If one component is not genuine, the device will stop working. Simply copying the firmware and/or bootloader from one device to another is not possible any more.

Package content

Flasher Secure	Ethernet cable	20-pin, 0.1" target ribbon cable	RS232 cable 1:1 female / male	USB cable

How to buy:

For any enquiries regarding the SEGGER Flasher Secure, please contact Gerard Fianen at Indes - IDS B.V.