Ieper, Belgium — Melexis Microelectronic Integrated Systems and Atmel Corporation have released Yuma+ — an innovative development kit for contactless, highly secure RFID transactions that eliminates the need for both an in-depth understanding of cryptography and the ISO14443B RFID standard. This development kit is based on Atmel's secure
CryptoRF chips®,
with 64-bit embedded cryptographic engines, Atmel's AVR® microcontroller and the
Melexis MLX90121 reader IC.
With the Yuma+ kit, developers of secure RFID systems no longer need an in-depth understanding of the complex details of cryptography in order to deploy secure host-client RFID systems that depend on mutual authentication and data encryption. The kit also eliminates the need to dive deeply into the details of the ISO14443B RFID standard, providing a fully turnkey reader and tag solution. Developers of secure RFID systems can now spend less time worrying about the intricacies of security and RFID and focus instead on fast deployment of their secure contactless applications.
Yuma+ includes a module board and an interface board. The module board which contains an AVR ATMega168 microcontroller, an MLX90121 transceiver chip, and simple SPI connectivity is internally matched to connect to any 50 Ohm antenna for seamless incorporation into any system. The interface board connects to a PC through USB to provide an evaluation platform for the module. Yuma+ also comes with an assortment of CryptoRF tags and software CD with schematics, board layout files and a binary image of the firmware for quick, easy integration.
According to Gilles Cérède, product marketing manager for Melexis, "CryptoRF, now available in a variety of shapes and sizes of robust tags, is the best solution for high security at a low cost compared to contactless microcontrollers."
"Yuma+ offers customers an attractive alternative to current market solutions," stated Jean-Pierre Benhammou, business development manager for Atmel."
"Thanks to their extensive RF experience and their proven design capability in the contactless reader area, Melexis has been able to design the best reader solution for our CryptoRF chip.
