Special solutions for business customers

The vision of ekey is to make the advantages of person-specific recognition effective in many different applications outside and inside buildings. A particular focus is on the possibilities of combining with other systems and the resulting additional benefits for smart living and working in the IoT age.

ekey is an innovation driver with almost 20 years of experience in biometric access control. Our special strength lies in the deep and continuous competence from the idea to the final product. to the finished product. By controlling all areas, from research and development to to series production, there is the possibility to respond to customer requirements in a special way. At ekey, you will be supported by a team of experts from interdisciplinary engineering fields, informatics and natural sciences in the implementation of your ideas. Enormous flexibility characterizes the cooperation with our industrial partners.

ekey biometrics module

ADVANTAGES

Additional benefits for your customers through an ekey fingerprint access solution
You can concentrate on your core competence
ekey has been supporting customers for many years in their entry into biometrics
With ekey you are prepared for future requirements (such as IoT).

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT (SDK)

Simple and efficient integration into own applications
Extended demos and extensive documentation
Suitable for applications on platforms like RTOS, Linux, Windows, …
Available programming languages: C++ (others on request)

TECHNICAL FEATURES

DIMENSIONS	30 x 25 x 8 mm Square sensor Easy to assemble Flexible sensor positioning through cables
SPECIAL FEATURES	Capacitive technology Anti-spoof coating 4H scratch resistance IP67 operator side 30 kV ESD resistance
BIOMETRICS	Management of up to 200 fingers Learning algorithm CPU Cortex-A9 @ 400 MHz High-performance real-time operating system Encrypted file system (AES-256)
INTERFACES	Serial interface (UART, SPI) to host CPU, alternatively also combinable with the ekey communication module and an ekey controller
STANDARDS	RoHS, CE

REQUIREMENTS

ELECTRICAL	Power supply with 3V3 and serial interface to the host CPU
ADMINISTRATION	Special operating architecture (e.g. display, app) or ekey bionyx in combination with an ekey controller or the ekey communication module

APPLICATIONS

Intercoms
Alarm systems
E-Mobility charging stations
Time recording terminals
u. from above

ekey communication module

TECHNICAL FEATURES

DIMENSIONS	approx. 18 x 31 x 3 mm
WIRELESS STANDARDS	BLE 4.2 (= BLE 5.0 core specification certified) WLAN 802.11 b/g/n 150 Mbps (access point and station modes)
SECURITY	Secure boot Flash encryption 1024-bit OTP (one time programmable) Crypto acceleration (AES, SHA, RSA, RNG, ECC) TLS 1.2 (transport layer security) Certified Microsoft Azure IoT SDK
CPU	Dual Core @ 240 MHz 8 MB RAM, 8 MB oder 16 MB Flash
STANDARDS	RoHS, REACH, CE-RED, FCC

REQUIREMENTS

ELECTRICAL	Power supply with 3V3 and serial interface to the host CPU
ADMINISTRATION	ekey bionyx

APPLICATIONS

Motorised locks
Integration in language services (e.g. Alexa Skills)
Sensory states (e.g. door and window contacts)
Interface to other smart home systems
Swing door drives
Garage doors u. from above

ADVANTAGES

ekey makes your product IoT-capable and provides the security know-how
You benefit from a short time-to-market and can concentrate on your core competence
Possibility to combine with an ekey fingerprint or the ekey biometrics module
ekey bionyx is an arbitrarily scalable operation and administration solution for the devices of an intelligent building shell and offers flexible interfaces to third parties (e.g. B. Smart home systems, voice services, u. v. m.)
Every extension of ekey bionyx is also automatically available to your device and business case, without you having to implement it yourself.
Your corporate design can be displayed within the platform tailored to your needs (logo, colours etc.)