Arm® TrustZone® Technology Getting Started Application on PIC32CK SG01: Step 7

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Verify that the temperature sensor (I/O1 Xplained Pro Extension Kit) is connected to Extension Header 1 (EXT1) on the PIC32CK SG01 Curiosity Ultra Development Board.

I/O1 Xplained Pro Extension Kit connected to Extension Header 1 (EXT1) on the PIC32CK SG01 Curiosity Ultra Development Board

Figure 1

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PIC32CK SG01 Curiosity Ultra Development Board allows utilizing the Embedded Debugger (EDBG) for debugging.

Connect the Type-A male to Micro-B USB cable to the Micro-B DEBUG USB port to power and debug the PIC32CK SG01 Curiosity Ultra Development Board.

Micro-B connected to the PIC32CK SG01 Curiosity Ultra Development Board

Figure 2

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Go to File > Project Properties(tz_pic32ck_sg01_cult) and make sure that the (PKoB4) is selected as the debugger under the Hardware Tools.

Project Properties tz_pic32ck_sg01_cult window

Figure 3

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Clean and build your non-secure and secure applications by clicking on the Clean and Build button as shown in Figure 4:

Clean and Build button

Figure 4

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Program your application to the device by clicking on the Make and Program button as shown in Figure 5.

Make and Program button

Figure 5

The lab will build and program successfully.

Note: If you face issues while programming, Please follow the below steps to successfully program the Application.

  • Go to Project Properties by right-clicking the project and selecting Set Configuration then select Customize option.
Set Configuration > Customize from the Projects tab

Figure 6

  • Select PKoB4 from Categories, then select Communication in Option Categories.

           You can notice- By default, the Speed(MHz) is set to 2.000 i.e., 2 MHz.

Option Categories > Communication in the Project Properties window

Figure 7

  • Change the Speed(MHz) from 2.000 to 1.000 (1Mhz) then click Apply and Ok. Now flash the program.
Communication > OK > Apply in the Project Properties window

Figure 8

 

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Now, open the Tera Term or Putty terminal application on your PC (from the Windows® Start menu by pressing the Start button). Select the Serial Port as shown in Figure 9.

Tera Term New Connection window

Figure 9

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Change the baud rate to 115200.

Setup > Serial Port in the COM53 - Tera Term VT window

Figure 10

Baud Rate Setup in the Tera Term: Serial port setup and connection window

Figure 11

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You will see the LED toggling rate (Basic Functionality) by default on the terminal, then (Extended Functionality) temperature values (in °F) displayed on the terminal every 500 milliseconds on switch SW1 press, both scenarios as shown in Figure 12.

Results 1

Figure 12

After the Switch SW1 press, the temperature sampling rate (Extended Functionality) will be displayed. (By default at the rate of 500 millisecond)

Results after Switch SW1 press

Figure 13

Also, notice the LED0 blinking at a 500 millisecond rate.

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You may vary the temperature by placing your finger on the temperature sensor (for a few seconds).

Temperature Sensor placement on I/O1 Xplained Pro Extension Kit

Figure 14

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Press any character on the terminal to display the last five values written to the EEPROM and notice the toggle of LED1

Results 2

Figure 15

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Press the Switch SW0 on the PIC32CK SG01 Curiosity Ultra Development Board changes the default sampling rate to one second.

User Button Placement on the PIC32CK SG01 Curiosity Ultra Development Board

Figure 16

The temperature values are displayed

Figure 17

Press the Switch SW1 on the PIC32CK SG01 Curiosity Ultra Development Board changes the display from Temperature Sampling rate (Extended Functionality) to LED toggling rate (Basic Functionality).

Results 3 after Switch SW1 press

Figure 18

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Every subsequent pressing of the Switch SW0 on the PIC32CK SG01 Curiosity Ultra Development Kit changes the default sampling rate to two seconds, four seconds, 500 milliseconds, and back to one second in cyclic order as shown in Figure 19.

The default sampling rate is changed to two seconds, four seconds, 500 milliseconds, and back to one second in cyclic order

Figure 19

While the temperature sampling rate changes on every Switch SW0 press, notice the LED0 toggling at the same sampling rate.

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Results

You observed that the non-secure application displayed the current room temperature values on the serial terminal every 500 milliseconds. You changed the temperature sampling values dynamically by pressing a user switch on the development kit in Secure mode. You could exercise sampling changes to one second, two seconds, or four seconds, and cycle back to 500 milliseconds every time you pressed the user switch. Also, you observed that a user LED was toggled every time in Secure mode when the current temperature was displayed on the serial terminal in Non-Secure mode. You also observed that the secure application retrieved the last five stored temperature values from EEPROM when the non-secure application reads a character entered on the serial terminal, and the non-secure application printed (on the serial terminal) the last five stored temperature values.

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Analysis

You have successfully created your first Arm® TrustZone® technology application using MPLAB® Harmony v3 on a PIC32CK SG01 microcontroller. Your application used all the fundamental elements that go into building a real-time Arm TrustZone technology application. Your secure application successfully read temperature sensor values and your non-secure application displayed them periodically over a serial terminal on a PC. The secure application stored the temperature values in an EEPROM and retrieved the last five values stored in the EEPROM. The non-secure application displayed the last five values stored in EEPROM on the serial terminal when a user requested (by entering a character on the serial terminal). The secure application also took user input by pressing a switch on the development board.

In this application, you used the MPLAB Code Configurator (MCC) to configure the PIC32CK SG01 and also used the MPLAB Harmony v3 Framework. You used the clock configurator to set up the CPU clock and timer (Real-Time Clock (RTC)) clock. You configured SERCOM4 (as I²C), RTC, and External Interrupt Controller (EIC) Peripheral Libraries (PLIBs) in Secure mode and SERCOM5 (as Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (USART)) in Non-Secure mode. You also configured the Direct Memory Access (DMA) in Non-Secure mode using the DMA configurator. You used the pin configurator to set up the pins for LED and switch functions in Secure mode. You successfully configured the memory regions as Secure and Non-secure memories using MCC.

In this application, you created a secure application to read the temperature sensor raw data and calculate the temperature values. Also, the secure application transferred the calculated temperature values to the non-secure application when required. By doing this, you can secure sensitive information, like sensor calibration data and the conversion process from the non-secure application.

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Conclusions

This tutorial provided training for configuring and using all the fundamental components needed to build a real-time Arm TrustZone technology application on a PIC32CK SG01 microcontroller with MPLAB Harmony v3 Framework. As a next step, you may customize this application and reconfigure some of the components used in this tutorial. You could also add new components (PLIBs, etc.) to enhance this application to realize your end application.

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