ChipWhisperer Toolbox

Unifying different ChipWhisperer devices and side-channel simulations to a common and easy-to-use API.

Usage

Unix

1. Install prerequisites:

   • Git
   • Python >=3.8
   • Make
   • arm-none-eabi-gcc, libnewlib-arm-none-eabi (for Arm victims)
   • avr-gcc, avr-libc (for CWLITEXMEGA)

2. Clone and setup ChipWhisperer:

   git clone https://github.com/newaetech/chipwhisperer.git $HOME/work/chipwhisperer
   export CWFIRMWAREPATH=$HOME/chipwhisperer/hardware/victims/firmware

   Tip: If you are using VSCode you can omit setting the environment variable globally by adding a .env file in you workspace-root with the content CWFIRMWAREPATH=$HOME/chipwhisperer/hardware/victims/firmware.

3. If necessary: Adjust udev rules as described here: https://chipwhisperer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/linux-install.html#installing-chipwhisperer

4. Add cwtoolbox as requirement to your project:

   pyproject.toml:

   [tool.poetry.dependencies]
   cwtoolbox = {git = "https://github.com/hackenbergstefan/cwtoolbox.git", tag="v0.3.0"}

   requirements.txt:

   git+https://github.com/hackenbergstefan/[email protected]#egg=cwtoolbox

Windows

1. Install ChipWhisperer as described here: https://chipwhisperer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/windows-install.html#windows-bundled-installer.

2. Assuming you installed ChipWhisperer to C:\cw.

   Add the following folders to your PATH:

   C:\cw\cw\usr\bin;C:\cw\cw\home\portable\armgcc\bin;C:\cw\cw\home\portable\avrgcc\bin

   Create the following environment variable:

   CWFIRMWAREPATH=C:\cw\cw\home\portable\chipwhisperer\hardware\victims\firmware

   Tip: If you are using VSCode you can achieve that settings per workspace by adding a .env file with the following content:

   PATH=C:\cw\cw\usr\bin;C:\cw\cw\home\portable\armgcc\bin;C:\cw\cw\home\portable\avrgcc\bin;$env["PATH"]
   CWFIRMWAREPATH=C:\cw\cw\home\portable\chipwhisperer\hardware\victims\firmware

3. Add cwtoolbox as requirement to your project:

   pyproject.toml:

   [tool.poetry.dependencies]
   cwtoolbox = {git = "https://github.com/hackenbergstefan/cwtoolbox.git", tag="v0.3.0"}

   requirements.txt:

   git+https://github.com/hackenbergstefan/[email protected]#egg=cwtoolbox