X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ChaosKey%2Findex.mdwn;h=31c1a778d158dbda8d507f9a212fe834246ad6b2;hb=4fa1a469376836ee585552e67b88c19e0470d997;hp=de87aa27ccd9ecc6eb61533998868dea3b93e9ba;hpb=2cf2cb489e2bb1fac112d1fdb7866f7ce94bedfc;p=web%2Faltusmetrum diff --git a/ChaosKey/index.mdwn b/ChaosKey/index.mdwn index de87aa2..31c1a77 100644 --- a/ChaosKey/index.mdwn +++ b/ChaosKey/index.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +[[!meta title="ChaosKey"]] # ChaosKey This is a hardware True Random Number Generator that attaches via USB. @@ -10,14 +11,38 @@ the host entropy source. ## Version 1.0 ## -1.0 is the first production version of ChaosKey, now available for sale -in single units and packs of 10 and 25 units at -[Garbee and Garbee](http://shop.gag.com/random.html). +ChaosKey is now out of production. They work great, but it took several years +to sell our first production run, and shipping them from the US to other +countries one at a time ended up dominating the net cost to most users. We might +make more some day, but no promises! +### Reflashing Firmware ### + +To reflash the system firmware on ChaosKey, you first need to get the +device into 'bootloader mode'. To do this, you must power-up ChaosKey +with a jumper between GND and the Boot Loader Select pin. + +Open up ChaosKey by prying the case apart. There's no glue or screws, +so a thin tool or fingernail should suffice to split the case into two +pieces. Once you've opened it up, you'll find the inside that looks +much like this: + + + +Connect a wire between the two red holes in the debug connector and +then plug it in to your computer. It will appear as a USB modem device +called AltosFlash with USB ID fffe:000a. + +Use the 'ao-usbload' program, which is part of the +[AltOS repository](https://altusmetrum.org/AltOS/) +and is packaged for Debian in the 'altos' package: + + $ ao-usbload chaoskey-v1.0-*.elf + ### Version 1.0 Hardware ### * [STM32F042](http://www.st.com/web/catalog/mmc/FM141/SC1169/SS1574/LN1823?icmp=stm32f0x2-line_pron_pr_jan2014&sc=stm32f0x2-pr) System-on-Chip @@ -43,9 +68,9 @@ bits from the noise source are available here: [AltOS Git Repository](http://git.gag.com/?p=fw/altos;a=summary) -[Current ChaosKey Firmware](v1.0/chaoskey-v1.0-current.elf) +[ChaosKey Firmware version 1.6.7](v1.0/chaoskey-v1.0-1.6.7.elf) -[Current ChaosKey Boot Loader](v1.0/chaoskey-v1.0-altos-flash-current.elf) +[ChaosKey Boot Loader version 1.6.7](v1.0/chaoskey-v1.0-altos-flash-1.6.7.elf) Hardware designs using [gEDA](http://www.geda-project.org/) are available here: