Cypress Revolutionizes High-Brightness LED Intelligent Lighting Designs With New EZ-Color(TM) Controller Family.Supported by PSoC Express[TM] Software, New Family Speeds Time to Market With 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. Color Mixing That Requires No Manual Coding 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 a complete design solution for high-brightness (HB) LED intelligent lighting systems that offers unprecedented ease-of-use and performance. Cypress's new EZ-Color[TM] family of HB LED controllers is supported by PSoC Express[TM], the industry's first embedded visual design tool. For the first time, engineers can simply input the selected LEDs, choose a color, and the combination of the unique EZ-Color architecture and PSoC Express software delivers a complete design solution for growing applications such as architectural lighting, general signage, rechargeable flashlights, entertainment lighting, emergency vehicle lighting Emergency vehicle lighting refers to any of several visual warning devices, which can also be known as light bars or beacons, fitted to a vehicle and used when the driver wishes to convey to other road users the urgency of their journey, or to provide additional warning of a and more. Today, LED design requires a complex set of calculations to deliver consistent color. The two biggest problems that HB LED engineers face today are having to account for differing LED performance specifications based on manufacturing bins and the LEDs' degradation (such as output flux, wavelength etc.) over different temperatures. With PSoC Express, designers simply select a color from a gamut presented on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. . Pre-loaded manufacturers' bin specifications and temperature feedback algorithms are automatically applied to the selected design and programmed into the EZ-Color Controller. This can save anywhere from weeks to months of design time for a complex design. "The EZ-Color solution truly presents a new design paradigm Design paradigms are models, archetypes, or quintessential examples of designed solutions to problems. The term "Design paradigm" is used within the design professions, including architecture, industrial design and engineering design, to indicate an archetypal solution. for HB LED systems," said Norm Taffe, executive vice president of Cypress's Consumer and Computations Division. "The combination of our programmable silicon expertise and the PSoC Express design tool makes designing with LEDs much simpler and faster, significantly speeding time to market for our customers." "The EZ-Color solution is a prime example of Cypress's programmable solutions riding the leading edge of fast-developing markets," said Babak Hedayati, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing and Applications for Cypress. "High Brightness LED systems present a new opportunity for us as we continue our march to 20,000 customers." In addition to ease-of-design advantages, EZ-Color Controllers can support up to 16 LED channels, compared to four or five channels for competitive devices. The additional channels can mean a savings of dozens or even hundreds of controllers in very large designs, saving on design complexity, power consumption and board space. The EZ-Color controllers are also powered by Cypress patent pending PrISM(TM) (Precise Illumination Signal Modulation) technology. The PrISM modulation technology significantly reduces low-frequency flicker and radiated electro-magnetic interference (EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. )--common problems with HB LED designs. Designers also have the flexibility to add additional functionality to the EZ-Color controllers, including battery charging, motor control and other features. "Applications for high-brightness LEDs are numerous and growing rapidly," said Dr. Jagdish Rebello, director and principal analyst at market research firm iSuppli. "And versatile control solutions such as EZ-Color promise to ease the design process for these applications, potentially fueling additional growth." The EZ-Color family is supported by the CY3261A-RGB Evaluation Kit. The evaluation kit showcases EZ-Color's flexibility and ease of use for high-brightness LED color mixing applications and employs temperature compensation for consistent color. Included with the evaluation kit is an interactive graphical interface See GUI. enabling quick color mixing via a CIE (Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage, International Commission on Illumination, Vienna, Austria, www.cie.co.at) An international organization that sets standards for all aspects of lighting and illumination, including colorimetry, photometry and the measurement of visible and diagram or by directly controlling each HB LED. The kit is available on the OnLine Store at www.cypress.com for US$149. Price and Availability The EZ-Color family includes devices that drive up to four (CY8CLED CLED Configure Led 04), eight (CY8CLED08) and 16 (CY8CLED16) LEDs. All devices are available today with the CY8CLED04 priced under US$4.00 in high volumes. More information on EZ-Color, education materials on HB LED color mixing, and a free download of PSoC Express 3.0 software are all available at http://www.cypress.com/EZ-Color. A high-resolution photo can be downloaded at www.cypress.com/EZ-Colorphoto. 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 data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. , 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, PSoC and EZ-USB are registered trademarks, and, EZ-Color, PrISM, PSoC Express, WirelessUSB and West Bridge are trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. 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