Click on the advert above to visit the company web site
Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Microchip Technology | Subject: Keeloq PIC MCUs
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 28 September 2004
Algorithm secures battery connections
Request your FREE weekly copy of the Electronicstalk email newsletter. News about Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs and more every issue. Click here for details.
The Keeloq secure algorithm can now be readily used for battery authentication in portable applications.
In response to recent news of "exploding" mobile phones, due to the use of counterfeit batteries, Microchip has revealed that its Keeloq secure algorithm, as used by leading automotive manufacturers worldwide, can now be readily used for battery authentication in portable applications The technology allows an application simply and securely to differentiate between genuine and counterfeit batteries