Thermochron® Mission Authentication and Security

Abstract:TheapplicationsfortheThermochronrangefromshippingmonitoringofperishablegoodsorcontainersoftemperature-sensitivechemicalstoprocessverification.Theauthenticityofthetemperaturemeasurementsareimportantsincetheycouldbeusedtoproveshippingmishandlingorprovidedocumentationofacorrectprocesscontrol.TheThermochronhasseveralbuilt-inhardwaremechanismsthatcanbeutilizedtodetecttamperingofthetemperature-gatheringmission.Furthervalidationofthemissioncanbeeasilyaddedbyutilizingtheuser-programmablememorytoholdaMissionValidationCertificate.Maxim>AppNotes>1-WireDevicesTemperatureSensorsandThermalManagementTimeandTemperatureRecordersKeywords:DS1921,Thermochron,Thermochronsecurity,ThermochronMissionAuthenticationCertificateSep10,2002APPLICATIONNOTE1200WhitePaper7:ThermochronMissionAuthenticationandSecurityAbstract:TheapplicationsfortheThermochronrangefromshippingmonitoringofperishablegoodsorcontainersoftemperature-sensitivechemicalstoprocessverification.Theauthenticityofthetemperaturemeasurementsareimportantsincetheycouldbeusedtoproveshippingmishandlingorprovidedocumentationofacorrectprocesscontrol.TheThermochronhasseveralbuilt-inhardwaremechanismsthatcanbeutilizedtodetecttamperingofthetemperature-gatheringmission.Fu