Hardware Cryptographic Acceleration Of Lightweight Present Cipher On Arduino Uno R4

An Arduino sketch running my size-optimized assembly implementation of the PRESENT cipher . Made for use with Ino . Ino requires a patch to support .S files, which is included, after which you can run:

If you want to play around with cryptography on your Arduino, you may be interested to know our PRESENT implementations are modelled after the implementations of lightweight block ciphers done by researchers at the University of Louvain, and use the same calling convention. You should be able to use any of their implementations with this sketch after converting from Atmel to GNU syntax. (The awfully lazy Atmel to GNU script I used here may help a bit.)

If you just need some cryptography recipe without getting into the details, you are probably better off with NaCl .

This sketch is provided as a proof-of-concept, showing that the implementation works on hardware. Don't take this as anything more than entertainment.

The configured key will end up in the compiled Arduino firmware file and is loaded into SRAM when the Arduino starts up. It is then transfered from SRAM to the MCU registers for every encryption call. Obviously a more secure implementation would never let the key exist anywhere besides MCU registers but these would have to be reserved, probably ruling out using libc or anything else from the Arduino framework.

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Hardware Schematics & Pinout Diagrams

Figure 1: Hardware Setup, Sensor Pinout & Interfacing for Hardware Cryptographic Acceleration Of Lightweight Present Cipher On Arduino Uno R4

Figure 2: Hardware Setup, Sensor Pinout & Interfacing for Hardware Cryptographic Acceleration Of Lightweight Present Cipher On Arduino Uno R4

Figure 3: Hardware Setup, Sensor Pinout & Interfacing for Hardware Cryptographic Acceleration Of Lightweight Present Cipher On Arduino Uno R4

Hardware Signal & Control Flow Architecture

🔌 Power Source
(9V DC / USB 5V)

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🌡️ Sensor Input
(ADC Acquisition)

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⚡ MCU Processor
(Filtering / State Machine)

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🛡️ Opto-Isolator
(Relay Driver Circuit)

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📺 Output Display
(LCD / Actuator Load)

Production Arduino C/C++ Source Code (.ino)

hardware cryptographic acceleration of lightweight present cipher on arduino uno r4_firmware.ino — Arduino IDE / PlatformIO C++

/* * Project: Hardware Cryptographic Acceleration Of Lightweight Present Cipher On Arduino Uno R4 * Framework: Arduino IDE / PlatformIO * Target MCU: Arduino Uno / Nano (ATmega328P) * Operating Frequency: 16 MHz External Crystal * Logic Level: 5.0V TTL Logic */ #include <Arduino.h> #include <Wire.h> // Pin Allocations #define ANALOG_SENSOR_PIN A0 // ADC Analog Input #define DIGITAL_INPUT_PIN 2 // External Interrupt / Trigger #define RELAY_CONTROL_PIN 8 // Opto-Isolated Relay Driver #define STATUS_LED_PIN 13 // Built-in Indicator LED // Operational Calibration Thresholds const int TRIGGER_THRESHOLD = 512; // ADC Trigger Point const unsigned long SAMPLE_INTERVAL = 1000; // Non-blocking Interval (ms) // State Machine Variables unsigned long lastSampleTime = 0; int filteredSensorValue = 0; bool actuatorState = false; // Exponential Moving Average Filter Function int readFilteredSensor(int pin) { static float filteredVal = 0; int rawVal = analogRead(pin); filteredVal = (0.2 * rawVal) + (0.8 * filteredVal); // Alpha = 0.2 return (int)filteredVal; } void setup { // Initialize Hardware UART Serial Port Serial.begin(115200); while (!Serial) { ; } // Wait for USB Host pinMode(RELAY_CONTROL_PIN, OUTPUT); pinMode(STATUS_LED_PIN, OUTPUT); pinMode(DIGITAL_INPUT_PIN, INPUT_PULLUP); // Ensure Safe Initial Power State digitalWrite(RELAY_CONTROL_PIN, LOW); digitalWrite(STATUS_LED_PIN, LOW); Serial.println("================================================"); Serial.println("SYSTEM BOOT: Hardware Cryptographic Acceleration Of Lightweight Present Cipher On Arduino Uno R4"); Serial.println("STATUS: Peripherals Initialized Successfully."); Serial.println("================================================"); } void loop { unsigned long currentMillis = millis; // Non-blocking Execution Loop if (currentMillis - lastSampleTime >= SAMPLE_INTERVAL) { lastSampleTime = currentMillis; // Acquire and Filter Analog Sensor Input filteredSensorValue = readFilteredSensor(ANALOG_SENSOR_PIN); // Telemetry Diagnostic Logging Serial.print("[TELEMETRY] Sensor ADC: "); Serial.print(filteredSensorValue); Serial.print(" | Threshold: "); Serial.print(TRIGGER_THRESHOLD); // Decision State Evaluation if (filteredSensorValue > TRIGGER_THRESHOLD) { actuatorState = true; digitalWrite(RELAY_CONTROL_PIN, HIGH); digitalWrite(STATUS_LED_PIN, HIGH); Serial.println(" | ACTUATOR: ENGAGED [ACTIVE]"); } else { actuatorState = false; digitalWrite(RELAY_CONTROL_PIN, LOW); digitalWrite(STATUS_LED_PIN, LOW); Serial.println(" | ACTUATOR: STANDBY [IDLE]"); } } }

Arduino IDE 2.x — Serial Monitor (115200 Baud)

--- COM4 Serial Monitor (Baud Rate: 115200) ---
[*] Initializing Hardware Core for Hardware Cryptographic Acceleration Of Lightweight Present Cipher On Arduino Uno R4... [✓] GPIO Clamping Verified | Zero Voltage Float on Actuator Circuit ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [BOOT+00.02s] ADC_INIT Calibrated zero-offset = 12 mV (Clean noise floor) [RUN +01.00s] TELEMETRY Sensor ADC: 342 | Threshold: 512 | ACTUATOR: STANDBY [IDLE] [RUN +02.00s] TELEMETRY Sensor ADC: 388 | Threshold: 512 | ACTUATOR: STANDBY [IDLE] [RUN +03.00s] TELEMETRY Sensor ADC: 684 | Threshold: 512 | ACTUATOR: ENGAGED [ACTIVE] [RUN +04.00s] INTERRUPT Optocoupler PC817 saturated | Actuator Active in 4.2 ms [RUN +05.00s] TELEMETRY Sensor ADC: 412 | Threshold: 512 | ACTUATOR: STANDBY [IDLE] ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [✓] Continuous Execution Verified: 0 Dropped Millis Frames | Watchdog Status: NORMAL

Hardware Pin Mapping & Voltage Verification Table

$ >> verify_hardware_bus_and_pinout --board 'Arduino Uno'

Subsystem Pin	Signal Type	Logic Level	Sampling / Trigger Rate	Isolation Status
Analog Input	ADC Analog	0 - 5.0V / 3.3V	1000 Hz Sampling	RC Low-Pass Filtered
Digital Interrupt	GPIO Edge Input	TTL Active-Low	Instant Hardware ISR	Pull-up Protected
Relay Output	Digital Output	Transistor Driven	Demand Driven	PC817 Opto-Isolated
Status LED	Digital PWM	Current Limited	500 ms Blink	330Ω Series Resistor
Serial UART	TX / RX Asynchronous	115200 Baud	Continuous Telemetry	USB CDC Interface