Introduction (2)
Detecting case tamper attacks using inductive switches (2)
Detecting magnetic tampering using hall-effect sensors (2)
Hardening a meter against magnetic tamper attacks (3)
Summary (1)

Introduction

This section covers what is meter tampering, why it is a problem for utility providers and some common ways a meter is tampered.

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Additional information

Magnetic tamper detection reference design

Isolated shunt reference design for magnetic immunity

Isolated shunt reference design with transformer-based high side

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1Introduction (2)

This section covers what is meter tampering, why it is a problem for utility providers and some common ways a meter is tampered.

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1.1 Anti-tamper Techniques to Thwart Attacks on Smart Meters--Introduction: What is Meter Tampering and Why do Utility Companies Care about it

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1.2 Anti-tamper Techniques to Thwart Attacks on Smart Meters--Introduction: Common Meter Tampering Techniques

2Detecting case tamper attacks using inductive switches (2)

How to detect someone trying to open the case of a meter using inductive switches

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2.1 Anti-tamper Techniques to Thwart Attacks on Smart Meters—Detecting case tamper attacks using inductive switches: Case Tamper Detection Implementations

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2.2 Anti-tamper Techniques to Thwart Attacks on Smart Meters—Detecting case tamper attacks using inductive switches: TIDA-01377 Case Tamper Detection using Inductive Sensing Reference Design Demo

3Detecting magnetic tampering using hall-effect sensors (2)

For anti-tampering, it is common to try to detect the presence of a strong magnet. In this section, we will cover the use of hall sensors for low-power

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3.1 Anti-tamper Techniques to Thwart Attacks on Smart Meters— Detecting magnetic tampering using hall-effect sensors: TIDA-00839 Magnetic Tamper Detection Reference Design Features

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3.2 Anti-tamper Techniques to Thwart Attacks on Smart Meters— Detecting magnetic tampering using hall-effect sensors: Magnetic Tamper Detection Testing

4Hardening a meter against magnetic tamper attacks (3)

In this section, we will cover how to harden a meter against these magnetic tamper attacks by using shunts for current sensors

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4.1 Anti-tamper Techniques to Thwart Attacks on Smart Meters— Hardening a meter against magnetic tamper attacks: Isolated Shunt Sensing Building Blocks

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4.2 Anti-tamper Techniques to Thwart Attacks on Smart Meters— Hardening a meter against magnetic tamper attacks: Transformer Based High-Side Power Supplies

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4.3 Anti-tamper Techniques to Thwart Attacks on Smart Meters— Hardening a meter against magnetic tamper attacks: Cap-Drop Based High-Side Power Supplies

5Summary (1)

Summary of the entire Anti-tamper Techniques to Thwart Attacks on Smart Meters training series