E-Lock, the First Elektor Chip

If we are to believe all the predictions, 2014 will be the year of the Internet of Things ... All Things! As a consequence all manner of electronic products will start chatting to each other, exchanging information over the Internet, the premise being that communicating with your coffee machine is easier than with your colleagues or neighbors—but how will the coffee machine know it is you and not Barney from next door? S-e-c-u-r-i-t-y, that’s what we’re on here. And we challenge You Hacker.