Patent ID: 11562104

Abstract:
A control device of the present embodiment has a communication I/F, a built-in non-volatile memory, a controller, an external-serial-memory I/F, a security management module, and an access controller. The communication I/F enables communication with outside. The built-in non-volatile memory has a first storage region, which stores an initialization program which carries out initialization operation, and a second storage region, which stores currently used firmware which is executed after the initialization operation and acquires firmware for update via the communication I/F. The controller executes the initialization program and the currently used firmware. The external-serial-memory I/F communicably connects the device of its own to an external non-volatile memory via a serial bus. The security-mode management module fixes an access control setting of the built-in non-volatile memory and the external non-volatile memory. The access controller outputs a level signal different from the serial bus.