PRESENT cipher implemented on an ARM-based system on chip

Abstract

Ultra lightweight cryptography is a research area very active nowadays, mainly because it is widely used in application fields such as IoT (Internet of Things), intelligent sensors networks and smart grids, specially where embedded low-energy systems are involved. In this paper, the PRESENT ultra-lightweight cryptographic algorithm was implemented on a PSoC (Programmable System on Chip), it was totally performed in software by means of using C programming language, and using modular functions. The percentage of use of each implemented C function was analyzed as well as their execution time in order to define which of them are able to be implemented using the digital programmable blocks of the used SoC, and thus designing a new prototype optimized in space and in time.