Cypress - Free solutions IP for new PSoC 3 devices and PSoC Creator IDE
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Cypress Semiconductor has announced the availability of over 30 intellectual
property (IP) elements for its new PSoC 3 programmable system-on-chip
architectures. The embedded design resources include example projects,
application notes and solution overviews, all of which enable engineers to
quickly implement designs using the unique new PSoC Creator integrated
development environment (IDE). The solution IP Elements are available free
at the company's web site.
The new solution IP Elements help engineers to quickly design with features
of the PSoC 3 architecture such as the direct memory access (DMA), analog
peripherals, and communication interfaces. These new elements also provide
design examples for using PSoC 3 power management, LCD segment display,
CapSense buttons and sliders and much more. The new PSoC 3 architecture
extends the world’s only programmable analog and digital design platform,
and the IP Elements assist embedded designers to quickly take advantage of
the integration and flexibility of the new platform.
“The new PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 architectures truly enable a new design paradigm
where engineers can intuitively layout a design and let the PSoC Creator
tool translate it to silicon,” said Matt Branda, product marketing director
for PSoC products at Cypress. “The new solution IP Elements on Cypress.com
will equip developers with concrete design examples that can be easily
emulated to maximize the capabilities of this powerful design platform in
their projects.”
The Cypress Solutions Library website is a free resource of user-generated
IP that can be easily replicated for quick, effective design with Cypress’s
flexible, programmable PSoC architecture, as well as for designs using
Cypress’s USB and proprietary wireless technologies. The website’s IP
Elements provide complete solutions for specific functions, including
capacitive sensing, I2C and motor control. Applications within the library
include consumer electronics, automotive, white goods and others. IP
Elements come in various types: technical documents, software and/or
firmware, user module components, and complete designs that include
documentation, software/firmware, schematics and layout files. The IP
Elements help designers speed projects through to completion.
The new PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 architectures include high-precision programmable
analog capability (up to 20-bit resolution for an Analog-to-Digital
CONVERTER) and expanded programmable digital resources integrated with
powerful, industry-standard MCU cores and ample memory and communications
peripherals. The PSoC 3 devices are based on a new, high-performance 8-bit
8051 processor, while the PSoC 5 devices include a powerful 32-bit ARM
Cortex™-M3 processor. The new products provide designers with a seamless,
programmable design platform, enabling easy migration from 8 to 32 bits. The
robust features of these new solutions dramatically expand the applications
and markets that PSoC can address, including automotive, portable medical,
industrial and many more, says the company.
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