micro-ecc
==========

A small and fast ECDH and ECDSA implementation for 8-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit processors.

The static version of micro-ecc (ie, where the curve was selected at compile-time) can be found in the "static" branch.

Features
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 * Resistant to known side-channel attacks.
 * Written in C, with optional GCC inline assembly for AVR, ARM and Thumb platforms.
 * Supports 8, 32, and 64-bit architectures.
 * Small code size.
 * No dynamic memory allocation.
 * Support for 5 standard curves: secp160r1, secp192r1, secp224r1, secp256r1, and secp256k1.
 * BSD 2-clause license.

Usage Notes
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### Point Representation ###
Compressed points are represented in the standard format as defined in http://www.secg.org/collateral/sec1_final.pdf; uncompressed points are represented in standard format, but without the `0x04` prefix. All functions except `uECC_compress()` only accept uncompressed points; use `uECC_compress()` and `uECC_decompress()` to convert between compressed and uncompressed point representations.

Private keys are represented in the standard format.

### Using the Code ###

I recommend just copying (or symlink) the uECC files into your project. Then just `#include "uECC.h"` to use the micro-ecc functions.

For use with Arduino, you can just create a symlink to the `uECC` directory in your Arduino `libraries` directory. You can then use uECC just like any other Arduino library (uECC should show up in the **Sketch**=>**Import Library** submenu).

See uECC.h for documentation for each function.

### Compilation Notes ###

 * Should compile with any C/C++ compiler that supports stdint.h (this includes Visual Studio 2013).
 * If you want to change the defaults for any of the uECC compile-time options (such as `uECC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL`), you must change them in your Makefile or similar so that uECC.c is compiled with the desired values (ie, compile uECC.c with `-DuECC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL=3` or whatever).
 * When compiling for a Thumb-1 platform, you must use the `-fomit-frame-pointer` GCC option (this is enabled by default when compiling with `-O1` or higher).
 * When compiling for an ARM/Thumb-2 platform with `uECC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL` >= 3, you must use the `-fomit-frame-pointer` GCC option (this is enabled by default when compiling with `-O1` or higher).
 * When compiling for AVR, you must have optimizations enabled (compile with `-O1` or higher).
 * When building for Windows, you will need to link in the `advapi32.lib` system library.
