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Hi,
Your description about the power cycle is not clear. Please give more details about this.
Do you want to power cycle the board without disconnecting it from the host?
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Vikas
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Hi ,
I don;t understand your implementation of one time password.How you are implementing this one time password?
Is it similar to the one in the link http://www.cypress.com/?docID=33264.
If you just want to retain the power even if the upstream VBUS is disconnected by hacker /or some you cannot do it. Beacuse If you place resistor and capacitor then it wil get discharged based on its time constant (~R*C). If you just want to retain for specific amount of time then use appropriate resistor based on it time constant equation
FYI:For NX2LP it needs minimum 5ms of time constant. place this at the output of regulator.
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Vikas.
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Vikas,
I am using a Patent Pending reprogramming of the Cypress Controller Chip to act as a USB Flash Drive where there are 20 "special" files stored on the FAT32 Drive. 10 Can be used to store HMAC-OTP counters,Identifiers and encrypted data (Code File). While there are 10 corresponding files when read return the Identifier, OTP Hash and encrypted data (PasswordFile). The CodeFile returns NULLs when read, the Password file returns NULLs the second and subsiquent times it is read. The rest of the drive can be used to store user's files.
Obviously the flag that indicates that the Password file should return NULLs is lost after a power cycle of the Controller. So if a hacker had a program to turn power off to the USB port even briefly the next OTP Hash would be available from the Password File. I want to keep the controller powered during a brief power cycle of the USB port that a Hacker might do to harvest OTP-Hashes. Obviously I would like this to last as long as possible, but size constraints limit the capacitor (1-1.5mm height).
Also I have no idea if the capacitor is placed on the USB side, will it discharge back into the PC, if placed after the regulator will it discharge back through the regulator. Do I need a diode to stop this. Will the charge of the RC circuit increase the load on the USB port too much. What is the minimum R value to avoid this. These are all the questions, my untrained mind has come up, I am sure there are others as I said in the first post, I am not an engineer but a computer programmer.