Kionix Inc. announced that Cypress
Semiconductor Corp. has selected the Kionix KXSC7 accelerometer for use in the
new CY8CKIT-014 PSoC® 5
FirstTouch™ Starter Kit for the PSoC5 programmable system-on-chip
architecture, powered by the 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor.
In
addition to its low-power feature, the KXSC7 series of
high-performance accelerometers offers several preset internal low-pass filters
with an option for user-definable bandwidth if required for the application. These
sensors offer a high signal-to-noise ratio. The sensitivity is factory
programmable, allowing customization for applications requiring from ±2 to ±6g in
range, and they accept supply voltages between 1.8 and 3.6V.
PSoC 5 devices offer unique programmable analog and digital
peripherals, along with the high-performance 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 processor.
They include integrated analog resources and PLD-based Universal Digital Blocks
for implementing standard and custom digital peripherals.
The PSoC 5 FirstTouch Starter Kit helps designers get acquainted
with the new PSoC 5 architecture. It includes software and example projects
that take advantage of the kit's onboard sensors including the Kionix
accelerometer, a thermistor, proximity sensing and CapSense. The kit enables
easy development via 28 general-purpose I/O pins, a 12-pin wireless module
header and Serial Wire Debugging (SWD). It also includes the PSoC Creator IDE.
The
CY8CKIT-014 PSoC 5 FirstTouch Starter Kit is priced at $49.
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