Cypress's Powerful PSoC(R) FirstTouch(TM) Kit Comes in USB Thumbdrive Format; Enables Customers to Design Multiple Sensing Applications for Only US$29.95.New Kit Highlights PSoC Programmable Mixed-Signal Flexibility With Proximity, Ambient Light, Temperature and Capacitive Touch Sensing in a Small Form Factor SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Cypress Semiconductor Cypress Semiconductor is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company. It began operations in 1982 and listed publicly in 1986. Two years later, the company shifted over to the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, (NYSE: CY). Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CY), today introduced the PSoC([R]) FirstTouch[TM] Starter Kit, a USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. thumbdrive kit that provides a quick, easy, and affordable way for embedded customers to evaluate the integration, flexibility, and real mixed-signal programmability of PSoC mixed-signal arrays. Without writing or debugging a single line of C or Assembly code, the PSoC FirstTouch Starter Kit, working with Cypress's PSoC Express[TM] visual embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. design tool, provides designers with CapSense touch, temperature, light and CapSense proximity sensing right out of the box. Customers can also experiment with many more designs available on www.cypress.com/go/firsttouch, or build their own in minutes via PSoC Express. They can also add all of this functionality directly to their own development systems via the detachable expansion card. The PSoC FirstTouch Starter Kit includes two small boards -- a main system board that interfaces with a computer over USB, and a detachable multifunction expansion card. The expansion card includes inputs and outputs for the many applications supported by the kit. No other thumbdrive kit offers such an extensive array of applications. "The FirstTouch Kit is a convenient, inexpensive vehicle for designers to experience the flexibility of the PSoC family, both in terms of our mixed-signal programmability and through the plethora of embedded designs," said Geoff Charubin, vice president of Global Marketing and Applications for Cypress. "We encourage designers of embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. , no matter what their level of experience, to visit our website and try the FirstTouch Kit." Features The PSoC FirstTouch Starter Kit delivers an extensive list of features, including: -- Four embedded designs right out of the box -- No code, no debugging PSoC Express-based design platform -- 16-pin connection interface to plug the malfunction expansion card into target boards -- Pins accessible for user functions -- Convenient, USB thumb drive See USB drive. format -- I2C I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit I2C Intelligent Interface Controller I2C Intelligent Controller and ISSP ISSP Institute for Solid State Physics (University of Tokyo) ISSP International Social Survey Programme ISSP Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme (UK) ISSP International Space Station Program support Price and Availability The PSoC FirstTouch Starter Kit is available today from the Online Store on the Cypress website at www.cypress.com/go/firsttouch and from Cypress's distribution partners worldwide. The kit is priced at US$29.95. A high-resolution photo of the kit is available at www.cypress.com/go/firsttouchphoto. PSoC -- Because Change Happens PSoC devices employ a highly configurable system-on-chip architecture for embedded control design, offering a flash-based equivalent of a field-programmable ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. without lead-time or NRE (Non-Recurring Engineering) Refers to the cost of creating a new product, which is paid up front. Contrast with "production cost," which is ongoing and based on the quantity of material produced. penalties. PSoC devices integrate configurable analog and digital circuits, controlled by an on-chip microcontroller, providing both enhanced design revision capability and component count savings. They include up to 32 Kbytes of Flash memory, 2 Kbytes of SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory , an 8x8 multiplier with 32-bit accumulator, power and sleep monitoring circuits, and hardware I2C communications. The flexible PSoC resources allow designers to future-proof their products by enabling firmware-based changes during design, validation, production, and in the field. The unique PSoC flexibility shortens design cycle time and allows for late-breaking feature enhancements. All PSoC devices are also dynamically reconfigurable, enabling designers to morph internal resources on-the-fly, utilizing fewer components to perform a given task. Easy to use development tools enable designers to select configurable library elements for analog functions such as amplifiers, ADCs, DACs, filters and comparators and digital functions such as timers, counters, PWMs, SPI (1) (Stateful Packet Inspection) See stateful inspection. (2) (Service Provider Interface) The programming interface for developing Windows drivers under WOSA. and UARTs. The PSoC family's analog features include rail-to-rail inputs, programmable gain amplifiers and up to 14-bit ADCs with exceptionally low noise, input leakage and voltage offset. A single PSoC device can integrate as many as 100 peripheral functions saving customers design time, board space and power consumption while improving system quality. Customers can save as much as $10 in system costs. More information about PSoC products is available at www.cypress.com/psoc and free online training is at www.cypress.com/psoctraining. About Cypress Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the PSoC[R] mixed-signal array, USB controllers, general-purpose programmable clocks and memories. Cypress also offers wired and wireless connectivity solutions ranging from its WirelessUSB[TM] radio system-on-chip, to West Bridge[TM] and EZ-USB[R] FX2LP controllers that enhance connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial, and solar power. Cypress trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors CY. Visit Cypress online at www.cypress.com. Cypress and the Cypress logo and PSoC are registered trademarks, and FirstTouch, PSoC Designer and PSoC Express are trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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