At the HiPEAC conference in May 2015, I talked about the design challenges of embedded systems in the era of IoT

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Designing IoT
HiPEAC CSW
Jo Uthus - Sr Director, Applications
Atmel Corporation
May 2015
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1,000,000,000+
per year
30per second

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Our customers build this…

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Electrification of The World Around Us, Accelerating IoT
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of World Wide Households
will have Wi-Fi by 2016
- Strategy Analytics
42%
# of smart phone
Subscriptions by 2018
- Ericsson Mobility Report, 6/2015
4.5B
Connected devices by 2020
- ABI Research, 6/2015
>30B
of IoT Solutions will be
provided by startups which
are less than 3 years old
by 2019 - Gartner
50%
Expected # of connected
devices per household
- Atmel Estimate
~100
HiPEAC

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Acceleration Of IoT, Impacting Many End Segments
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Internet Of Things Topology
or
MCUs
MPUs
Energy
Sensing Connectivity
Security
BAN/ PAN/
LAN /HAN
Short Range
Connectivity
Edge
Sensing
Nodes
Hierarchical
IoT Gateways
WAN
Long Range
Connectivity
Cloud
Data
Analytics
Application
/ Action

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Internet of Things
Let’s take a look at the real
world...
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Philips Hue, RGBW Color Mix
ATmega2564RFR2 + BitCloud 3.0
Lighting and home automation
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Lighting and home automation
AT86RF233 + ZigBee Green Power
Batteryless/Energy Harvester
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Lighting and home automation
Lutron Wireless Remote
ATmega2564RFR2
Coincell powered
HiPEAC

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Consumer, Wearables
Agent Smartwatch
Atmel low-power SAM4L + BLE

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Wearables, Health Monitoring
Amulyte Pendant
Low-power SAM4L, GPS, WiFi
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Agriculture
Libelium Sensors
Atmel MCU + RF
6LowPan (IPv6 over 802.15.4)
Precision Agriculture
Leaf wetness, fruit diameter
Irrigation Systems
Soil moisture, leaf wetness
Greenhouses
Weather Stations
Anemometer, wind vane, pluviometer
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Edge Node Challenge: Technology Integration
Fitness Band Smart Watch ThermostatSmart Detector
eMPU
Charging IC
ZigBee SoC
Nand Flash
Wi-Fi Module
DRAM
BT Module
MCU
BT Transceiver
Chip Antenna
3-Axis Accelerator
MCU
MCU
BLE SoC
Accelerometer
Charger IC
MCU
ZigBee SoC
Sensor Hub MCU
Wi-Fi Module

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Key Embedded Design
Challenges in all edge
node designs..
MCUs
MPUs
Energy
Sensing Connectivity
Security

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Broad Portfolio MCUs & MPUs Needed
Scalable Family of Atmel | SMART and AVR
180 DMIPS
512KB to 2MB Flash
SAM 4
C/D/E/G/L
Cortex-M4
+ FPU
850 DMIPS
SAMA5
Cortex-A5
NEON
20 MIPS
512B to 384KB Flash
tinyAVR
megaAVR
600 DMIPS
512KB to 2MB Flash
SAM
E7/S7
Cortex-M7
+FPU
45 DMIPS
8KB to 256KB Flash
SAM
D/L/C/V
Cortex-M0+
One Size Does Not Fit All: MCUs
MPUs
Energy
Sensing Connectivity
Security
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Broad Portfolio Of Wireless Connectivity
Scalable Family of Atmel | SmartConnect
SAM W
Wi-Fi MCU
Solutions
SAM B
BLE MCU
Solutions
SAM R
Wireless MCU
Solutions
Bluetooth
Low Energy
1Mb/s
Up to 10m range
Bluetooth
Dual Mode
3Mb/s
Up to 30m range
Narrowband
FSK
2.4GHz
& Sub GHz
~ 2-5Kb/s
Up to 2Km range
802.15.4
ZigBee
6LoWPAN
250kb/s
Up to 300m range
Wi-Fi
802.11a/b/g/n
72Mb/s
Up to 200m range
One Size Does Not Fit All: MCUs
MPUs
Energy
Sensing Connectivity
Security

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Offering best in Class Security for IoT Edge Nodes
SmartConnect IoT Layered Security Solutions
Layer 1: Physical
Layer 2: Link
Layer 3: Network
Layer 4: Transport
Layer 5: Session
Layer 6: Presentation
Layer 7: Application
802.11b/g/n
TLS/SSL
TCP/UDP
IP, ARP, DHCP
APPLICATION
HOMEKIT, OIC, HTTP,
FTP, SMTP, SNMP,
Wi-Fi Security Level
CryptoAuthentication
-> Storage of Keys /
Certificates
On-Chip (WINC1500)
TLS 1.0 (SSL)
-> Ensures Data Encryption
“Coming out” of the LAN, also
Known as Internet Security
On-Chip (WINC1500)
WEP, WPS,
WPA2 Personal
WPA2 Enterprise
-> Ensures Data Encryption
within the LAN to avoid
intrusion
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Offering best in Class Security for IoT Edge Nodes
SmartConnect IoT Layered Security Solutions
Layer 1: Physical
Layer 2: Data Link
Layer 3: Network
Layer 4: Transport
Layer 5: Session
Layer 6: Presentation
Layer 7: Application
802.14.5 (Thread)
ContikiMAC
IP
6LoWPAN
APPLICATION
CoAP, MQTT, Etc,..
6LoWPAN / Thread Security Level
UDP + DTLS
TCP + TLS (not in Thread)
On-Chip, HW, mandatory
AES-128
-> Basic Frame encryption
On-Chip, HW/SW,
mandatory (in Thread)
DTLS 1.2 (EC-JPAKE)
-> Authentication and key
provisioning,
Security outside of WPAN
CryptoAuthentication
-> Authentication used for
Anti-cloning, Ecosystem
Management, Storage of
Keys/Certificates
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Offering best in Class Security for IoT Edge Nodes
SmartConnect IoT Layered Security Solutions
Layer 1: Physical
Layer 2: Data Link
Layer 3: Network
Layer 4: Transport
Layer 5: Session
Layer 6: Presentation
Layer 7: Application
802.14.5
ZigBee PRO
APPLICATION
ZCL
ZigBee Security Level
On-Chip, HW, optional
AES-128
On-Chip, HW, mandatory
AES-128
CryptoAuthentication
ATECC508A bundled
-> Authentication Key Storage
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Offering best in Class Security for IoT Edge Nodes
SmartConnect IoT Layered Security Solutions
Layer 1: Physical
Layer 2: Data Link
Layer 3: Network
Layer 4: Transport
Layer 5: Session
Layer 6: Presentation
Layer 7: Application
Bluetooth SMART Security Level
Baseband + Radio
L2CAP
Link Layer
GATT
HCI
ATT
GAP
SMP
Application
Link Layer security
BLE 4.X
-> Ensures Data Encryption
within the Link to avoid intrusion
-> Association mode: Just works,
Passkey entry, Out of Band
Advanced Comm. Security
BLE4.2
-> Enables Secure Connections
-> Authentication with Key exchange.
-> Association mode: Numeric
Comparison
CryptoAuthentication
ATECC508A bundled
-> Authentication Key Storage
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Solving today’s IoT System Integration Challenge
Silicon Integration is solved…
MCU /
eMPU
No Supplier has a System level solution
- Decentralized Development environment
- Increases risks of system security holes.
- Multiple SW stack suppliers & Silicon Vendors
- RF antenna and coexistence issues
- Low BOM efficiency: Cost, Space
- Power Consumption
SMARTCONNECT System Solution
- MCU / Wireless SoC Chipsets
- Ready to MP Certified Modules
- Layered Security
- MP ready integrated SW stacks
- System-In-Package Integration
- Lowest Power Consumption
- Shortest Time to Market
FCC, ETSI, IC Certified
Wireless
Transceiver
Customer SW
WiFi API
ZigBee MW
BLE Profiles
MCU /
eMPU Wireless SoC,
SIP, Module
Customer SW
WiFi API
ZigBee MW
BLE Profiles
Customer has to develop both
To make the solution work
Customer only needs
to focus on the MCU
Black Box
Layered
Security

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Embedded Designer Value Creation Pyramid
Security
Application
IoT Comm. Stacks +
3rd Party Cloud APIs
Ultra Low Power
Hardware Integration
Atmel
SmartConnect
Customer
Application
Atmel
Software
Solutions
Creating a System Solution for Easy Adoption
Wireless
(Comms)
MCU
(Application)
Security
(Crypto
Authentication)
Atmel Security
Solutions
15mm
33mm
HiPEAC

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Key Challenge in the next
phase of edge-node design
is not Silicon….
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UBM 2014 Tech Embedded Market Study
The importance of the eco-system is growing
43% 46%
61%
48%
65%
45%
43%
30%
40%
27%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
What is most important when
choosing an MPU/MCU?
Device Eco Sys Device Itself
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Embedded Software Complexity explodes
Microcontroller Hardware
Customer IoT Application
IncreasingValue
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Prototyping
hardware
Integrated
Development
Environment
Embedded Software
Framework
Solve Integration with Design Tools
Common Design and Integration Flow
• Integration
• Configuration
• Customization
• Application Focused
• Design and Debug
• Evalutate Features
• Prototype Solutions
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Embedded
Software
Industry
Partners
Online
Communities
Xplained boards
& HW Tools
Development
Tools
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Atmel solves IoT integration
Open Development Platform
Reference
Solutions
Gallery
Fastest
Time to
Prototype

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The Winner of IoT is defined by ability to
integrate technologies…
..and the solution is found in toolchains, software
and common design flows… 1/19/2016HiPEAC

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