Cypress Adds Windows Vista(TM) Support to PSoC Designer(TM) Integrated Development Environment.New, Consolidated Release Also Includes New Modules for CapSense, SD Cards and USB-UARTs SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CY) today announced that its popular PSoC Designer[TM] Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE) now supports PCs running Microsoft's new Vista[TM] operating system. PSoC Designer Release 4.4 also integrates new "user modules" for Cypress's industry leading CapSense capacitive sensing solution, SD Cards, and USB-UARTs. It includes all previous releases and service packs, enabling designers to download a single file over the Internet worldwide. PSoC Designer helps users harness the power and flexibility of PSoC([R]) mixed-signal arrays by providing "drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. " system design capability. This powerful, easy-to-use IDE comes with pre-configured, pre-characterized embedded peripheral functions called user modules and extensive user assistance in the form of "help" dialog boxes, pull-down menus and other graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to aids. User modules take the configurable PSoC devices and create useful functions as diverse as counters, timers and PWMs, analog converters, both ADCs and DACs, communications links like UARTs, SPI (1) (Stateful Packet Inspection) See stateful inspection. (2) (Service Provider Interface) The programming interface for developing Windows drivers under WOSA. and I2C I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit I2C Intelligent Interface Controller I2C Intelligent Controller , as well as comparators, programmable gain blocks, filters and even bootloaders. Each User Module includes the hardware configuration data, startup code, an interrupt service routine when required, and a set of APIs. These APIs, or application programming interface software functions, provide instant control of all aspects of the user module. This innovative approach helps the designer get to a fully functional custom device without weeks or months of tiresome datasheet scouring scouring characterized by scour. scouring disease a colloquial name for secondary nutritional copper deficiency. , tedious low-level coding and repetitive debugging. For example, Cypress released two new CapSense user modules last week that implement optimized capacitive sensing algorithms. PSoC Designer is complemented by Cypress's revolutionary PSoC Express[TM] visual embedded design tool. PSoC Express offers users the fastest, easiest way to create embedded designs in the industry. Users can create designs in PSoC Express and then seamlessly transfer them to PSoC Designer to optimize functionality for specific applications. "Of the many strengths of PSoC, ease of design is a critical factor in helping our customers get to market first with robust, innovative products," said Jon Pearson, director of PSoC Development Tools for Cypress. "PSoC Designer 4.4 is a comprehensive release that provides a complete solution to our customers in one, easy-to-download package." Price and Availability PSoC Designer 4.4 is available today at no charge from the "Software and Drivers" section of the Cypress website (www.cypress.com). About the PSoC Family PSoC devices are configurable mixed signal arrays that integrate a fast 8-bit microcontroller with many peripheral functions typically found in an embedded design. PSoC devices provide the advantages of an 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 the ASIC 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. or turn-around time. A single PSoC device can integrate as many as 100 peripheral functions with a microcontroller, saving customers design time, board space and power consumption. Customers can save from 5 cents to as much as $10 in system costs. Easy to use development tools enable designers to select configurable library elements to provide analog functions such as amplifiers, ADCs, DACs, filters and comparators and digital functions such as timers, counters, PWMs, SPI 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. PSoC devices include up to 32KB of Flash memory, 2KB 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. All PSoC devices are dynamically reconfigurable, enabling designers to create new system functions on-the-fly. Designers can achieve far greater than 100 percent utilization of the die, in many cases, by reconfiguring the same silicon for different functions at different times. Learn more about PSoC products at www.cypress.com/psoc and receive free online training at www.cypress.com/psoctraining including a NetSeminar titled "Innovations in Capacitive Interfaces" explaining the details of CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. and CSD CSD Commission on Sustainable Development CSD Serbian Dinar (ISO currency code) CSD Christopher Street Day CSD Circuit Switched Data (Sprint) CSD Computer Science Department CSD Community School District . 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] Programmable System-on-Chip[TM], 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. 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, the Cypress logo and PSoC are registered trademarks and PSoC Designer, PSoC Express and "Programmable System-on-Chip" are trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. All other trademarks are property of their owners. |
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