Research: Projects: RCSEC

Abstract

From Bluetooth transceivers to the NASA Mars Rover, reconfigurable circuits (such as the one pictured below) have become one of the mainstays of embedded design. Combining the high computational performance of specialized circuits with the re-programmability of software, these devices are quickly becoming ubiquitous - unfortunately this hardware malleability can be twisted to disrupt critical operations, snoop on supposedly secure channels, or even to physically melt a device.