Subtask 4.3.4. Standardisation

• Standardisation of component release methodologies (Infineon, Bosch)
  
• Contribution to standards enabling to certify embedded, module-based systems for re-use in the second life of the module and/or carrier PCB (UTIA)
  
• Benchmark the impacts of standardisation (in a sense based on an identical design) and modularity with respect to the 6R scenario and clarify the relevance of this approach for the automotive industry (INP-Gre, Vitesco)
  
• Provide teaching and experimental lab material for teaching of undergraduate students and also for technical professionals and graduated engineers. Main focus will be on methodology for development and maintenance of re-usable module-based electronics systems. (UTIA, TUL)
  
Subtask 4.3.4 is related to deliverable D.4.6.
To increase the lifetime of a secured Operating System running secure MCU components (e.g., eSIM, eSE etc.) or enable a re-use of this secured MCU, by extending its lifetime or for refurbishment purposes. Firmware update and upgrade (FOTA) is of common use for non-secure Firmwares (e.g. drivers) but the proposed solution is extending it to firmware running on secure MCU components. The challenge is to perform such secure OS upgrade on a secured MCU, and the purpose is critical as the system contains either device administration credentials or even user data populated along device use. In context of this second life to electronics, solutions proposed by partners (THALES) would allow a full upgrade (full replacement of previous OS, erasing data), typical use case of the device refurbishment, where we grant a second life to the secured MCU component and therefore to the entire device and its use cases.