Cypress Development Platform for PSoC® 5 Programmable System-on-Chip ArchitectureCypress Development Platform for PSoC® 5 Programmable System-on-Chip Architecture

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.introduced the new development platform for the revolutionary PSoC(R) 5programmable system-on-chip architecture. The company unveiled two new designkits, a new version of the PSoC Creator Integrated Development Environment(IDE), and announced that devices from the CY8C55xxx family are now sampling.The unique programmable analog and digital peripherals in PSoC 5, along withthe high performance 32-bit ARM^(R) Cortex^(TM)-M3 processor, position PSoC 5 fordemanding applications such as industrial, medical, automotive, and consumerequipment. PSoC 5 devices offer industry-leading integrated analog resources,including one 20-bit Delta Sigma ADC and two 12-bit SAR ADCs with sample ratesas high as 1 Msps. The PSoC 5 architecture also includes the powerful,PLD-based Universal Digital Blocks for implementing standard and custom digitalperipherals.

ThePSoC 5 FirstTouch^(TM) Starter Kit (CY8CKIT-014) helps designers get acquaintedwith the new PSoC 5 architecture. It includes software and example projectswhich take advantage of the kit's onboard sensors including an accelerometer, athermistor, proximity sensing, and CapSense. The kit enables easydevelopment via 28 general-purpose I/O pins, a 12-pin wireless module header,and Serial Wire Debugging (SWD). It also includes the PSoC Creator(TM) IDE, apowerful design environment that combines schematic and textual entry withpre-configured, pre-tested components that can be simply "dropped-into"designs. The kit is available today, priced at US$49.00.

TheCY8CKIT-010 PSoC CY8C55 Family Processor Module Kit is available for morein-depth design work. It works with the PSoC Development Kit (CY8CKIT-001),which offers support for the entire PSoC line. The CY8CKIT-001 kit contains amain PSoC development board, and three processor module boards for thedifferent architectures: PSoC 1, PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 devices. It also includes aMiniProg3 debug and evaluation device, prototyping cable kit, a USB cable, a12V ac power adapter, and both PSoC Creator^(TM) and PSoC Designer^(TM) software.Sample projects are also provided. The kit is available today, priced atUS$249.00. The PSoC 5 processor module is priced at US$65.00.

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