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News Release from: Cypress Semiconductor | Subject: PSoC development kits
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 22 December 2006
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Kits give designers easy-to-use tools to quickly and efficiently complete PSoC designs for a variety of applications.
Cypress Semiconductor Corp has introduced five development and evaluation kits for its fast-growing PSoC mixed-signal arrays The kits give designers easy-to-use tools to quickly and efficiently complete PSoC designs for a variety of applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 14 Feb 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The SD Card Module Evaluation Kit (CY3210-SDCARD) gives designers a hands-on look at how the PSoC SD Card user module can quickly and easily write to, read from and seamlessly integrate an SD card module into an embedded design.
The CapSense Proximity Detection Demonstration Kit (CY3235-PROXDET) allows quick and easy demonstration of a PSoC CapSense-enabled device's ability to accurately sense the proximity of a hand or finger along the length of a wire antenna.
The I2C to USB Bridge Debugging Kit (CY3240-I2USB) allows hardware and software debugging of PSoC applications by seamlessly connecting a USB port on a PC to any PSoC application's I2C interface.
The I2C Port Expander Evaluation Kit (CY3242-IOX) lets customers quickly evaluate the PSoC I2C Port Expander device's ability to replace multiple port expander ICs from other vendors and flexibly integrate I/O expansion, PWM functions and user EEPROM.
The kit also includes the I2C to USB bridge.
And the RGB Industrial Lighting Demonstration Kit (CY3261-RGB) showcases the PSoC architecture's ability to flexibly and accurately accomplish high brightness LED lighting and colour mixing applications while integrating many other valuable analogue, digital and communication functions in one PSoC device.
"These new kits highlight the PSoC family's flexibility and enable rapid design and evaluation for a variety of applications", said Scott Harmel, Vice President of Marketing for Cypress's PSoC products.
"As more designers become familiar with PSoC features and benefits, we are seeing new and innovative uses of PSoC devices every day".
All the kits are available today for ordering on the Cypress "online store", and range in price from US $49 to $299.
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