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News Release from: Cypress Semiconductor | Subject: PSoC Designer supports Vista
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 April 2007
PSoC Designer IDE supports Vista
A popular integrated development environment now supports Microsoft's new Vista operating system
Cypress Semiconductor has announced that its PSoC Designer integrated development environment (IDE) now supports PCs running Microsoft's new Vista operating system PSoC Designer Release 4.4 also integrates new user modules for Cypress's i CapSense capacitive-sensing system, SD Cards, and USB-UARTs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 9 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Design tool bridges high and low levels
Integrated design environment includes both code-free and high-level-language programming modes in one package.
It includes all previous releases and service packs, enabling designers to download a single file over the Internet worldwide.
PSoC Designer helps developers of products using PSoC mixed-signal arrays by providing "drag and drop" system-design capability.
This easy-to-use IDE comes with preconfigured, precharacterised embedded peripheral functions called user modules and extensive user assistance in the form of help dialogue boxes, pull-down menus and other graphical user interface aids.
User modules take the configurable PSoC devices and create useful functions as diverse as counters, timers and PWMs, analogue convertors, both ADCs and DACs, communications links like UARTs, SPI and I2C, 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 approach helps the designer get to a fully functional custom device without weeks or months of tiresome datasheet scouring, tedious low-level coding and repetitive debugging.
PSoC Designer is complemented by Cypress's PSoC Express visual embedded design tool.
Users can create designs in PSoC Express and then transfer them to PSoC Designer to optimise capability 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", says 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".
PSoC Designer 4.4 is available at no charge from the "Software and Drivers" section of the Cypress website.
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