Platforms

ocrypto is a tiny crypto library for 32-bit microcontrollers. It is partially written in portable C code, and partially in assembly code. The assembly part speeds up some cryptographic operations even beyond the speed-up from our algorithmic improvements. The desired variant of the assembly code is chosen as a build option, and is available for the most common microcontroller cores:

Instruction Set Architecture Processor Cores (Examples)
ARMv6 ARM1176 (e.g., as on Raspberry Pi Zero)
ARMv6-M Cortex-M0/M0+ (e.g., as on Raspberry Pi RP2040)
ARMv7-M Cortex-M3
ARMv7E-M (with/without FPU) Cortex-M4/M7 (e.g., as on Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840)
ARMv8-M Baseline Cortex-M23 (e.g., as on Renesas RA0E1)
ARMv8-M Mainline (with/without FPU, with/without DSP) Cortex-M33/M55/M85 (e.g., as on Raspberry Pi RP2350)
ARMv7-A Cortex-A7
ARMv8-A (Thumb32) Cortex-A53/72 (e.g., as on Raspberry Pi 3/4 Model B with a 32-bit OS)
RISC-V (RV32IM, with/without Zbb/Zbc/Zbkb/Zbkc extensions) Renesas core (e.g., as on R9A02G021), Hazard 3 core (e.g., as on Raspberry Pi RP2350)

For maximum portability, the C code in ocrypto conforms to the C89 standard. Supported compilers/assemblers are GCC, and for Cortex-M additionally Keil and IAR. The GCC assembly files also work with LLVM/clang.

A generic reference implementation in pure C code is also available, which works with any 32-bit or 64-bit core with a suitable C compiler. It provides only algorithmic optimizations, no device-specific optimizations.

If you need optimized support for 64-bit cores, older ARM cores, Synopsys ARCv2 cores, or MIPS cores, please contact us.