Cypress mass-produces the low-cost, low-risk PSoC 64 AWS MCU

     Cypress Semiconductor, a division of Infineon Technologies, announced that its PSoC 64 Standard Secure Amazon Web Services (AWS) MCU is now in volume production. The new MCU includes pre-proven security firmware that significantly reduces design risk and development costs, accelerating time-to-market.

     The MCU builds on the released PSoC 64 Secure Boot MCU family, integrates the Trusted Firmware-M embedded security mechanism, is certified to ARM Platform Security Architecture (PSA) Level 1, and is FreeRTOS compliant. Support for secure device management with AWS IoT Core. Arrow Electronics provides ISO-certified Secure networking configuration services for PSoC 64 Standard Secure AWS MCUS, enabling Oems to securely deploy iot applications at scale.

     Vikram Gupta, senior vice president, iot Computing and Wireless at Cypress, said: "To protect the privacy of end users, iot devices must be managed securely. As the newest component of Cypress's IoT-AdvantEdge solution, the PSoC 64 Standard Secure AWS MCU reduces design risk and enables development teams to provide secure device management services at a lower cost of ownership."

     Richard Barry, founder of FreeRTOS and senior principal software development Engineer for iot Device Services at Amazon Web Services, said: "iot devices must be secure and reliable for all connection sizes. Cypress's PSoC 64 Standard Secure AWS MCU integrates Trusted Firmware-M and the FreeRTOS library for security and connectivity, combined with AWS IoT Core, to enable large-scale secure connectivity of iot devices and cloud-based application interactions. "

     Andy Rose, Principal Systems Architect and Researcher at Arm, a founding member of the PSA Certification program, said: "The PSA Certification program was created to enhance the security and trust of iot devices and related data. Cypress's PSoC 64 Secure MCU is PSA certified and provides customers with the basic security support they need, and is a strong example of its deep commitment to iot security."

     Aiden Mitchell, vice president of Global Supply Chain and Engineering Services at Ari Electronics, said: "We have worked closely with Cypress to provide certified Secure programming and networking configuration services for the PSoC 64 Secure MCU so that customers can fully benefit from secure IP protection. In response to Cypress's need to Secure PSoC 64 Secure MCUS from stock and reduce inventory costs, we built our secure networking provisioning services around our standard MCU development process, making us a cost-effective supply chain partner."

     Cypress's PSoC 64 Standard Secure AWS MCU is part of its IoT-AdvantEdge solution. Iot-advantedge includes a series of building blocks that enable IoT products to get to market faster and at a more competitive cost. The solution integrates reliable connectivity, security, and on-premise processing to greatly simplify the design process and help designers reduce design risk, resulting in faster, more cost-effective rollout of secure, connected products with fewer problems.