|
|
|
Cypress MicroSystems' Powerful New PSoC Enhances Integrated Systems Control
Highest Integration Programmable System-on-Chip(TM) (PSoC(TM))
Features 2X Program Memory, 4X Data Store and Doubled Digital
Resources to Address More Complex Applications
LYNNWOOD, Wash.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Sept. 29, 2004—
Cypress MicroSystems Inc., a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor
Corporation (NYSE:CY), today announced production of a new member of
its Programmable System-on-Chip(TM) (PSoC(TM)) mixed-signal arrays.
Featuring expanded digital integration functionality, the new devices
extend the reach of the popular PSoC architecture to address larger
and more complex embedded control functions in consumer, industrial,
office automation, telecom and automotive applications.
"We are seeing strong customer demand for increased digital
functionality to increase integration of peripheral functionality,"
said John McDonald, VP of Marketing at Cypress MicroSystems. "Our new
PSoC devices double the number of digital resources available for
on-chip integration."
With 12 configurable analog and 16 configurable digital blocks,
the CY8C29xxx family doubles the number of digital peripherals in the
PSoC product line, providing the capability to integrate more timers,
counters and PWMs. For example, the new device can integrate four
full-duplex UARTs and adds the ability to integrate four 14-bit ADCs
in a single PSoC chip. The new devices also include two MACs with
8-bit multipliers and 32-bit accumulators, enabling parallel math
paths with simultaneous digital filters while minimizing MPU overhead.
System designers also benefit from increased memory resources -- 32
Kbytes of flash for programs and 2 kbytes of SRAM for data storage.
Pricing and Availability
The new PSoC devices are available in PDIP, SSOP, SOIC, TQFP and
MLF packages, up to 100 pins and 64 IO. The CY8C29666-24PVXI (48-lead
SSOP) is priced at $2.58 in 10,000-unit quantities.
Photo
A high-resolution photo of the PSoC CY8C29xxx family can be
downloaded at http://www.cypress.com/support/link.cfm?mr=cy8c29666.
About the PSoC Family
A true system-on-a-chip, PSoC devices are configurable mixed
signal arrays that integrate the microcontroller and related
peripheral circuits typically found in an embedded design. This mixed
signal integration allows customers to significantly reduce the number
of components they have to use, greatly improving system quality and
reliability and drastically lowering bill of materials. Employing easy
to use development tools, designers select configurable,
pre-characterized 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. PSoC analog performance
is instrumentation-quality -- including rail-to-rail inputs,
programmable gain, 14-bit ADCs and exceptionally low noise and input
leakage and voltage offset.
In addition to these configurable analog and digital blocks, PSoC
devices include a fast 8-bit microcontroller, up to 32KB of Flash
memory, 2KB of SRAM, an 8x8 multiplier with 32-bit accumulator, power
and sleep monitoring circuits, a precision real time clock and
hardware I2C communications. All PSoC family members are compatible
and users can seamlessly migrate their existing designs between
devices with minimal effort.
All PSoC devices are dynamically reconfigurable, enabling
designers to create new system functions on-the-fly. Re-configuring
the same silicon for different functions on different clock cycles,
designers can achieve more than 120 percent utilization of the die in
many cases. In the automotive PSoC LIN bus reference design, the same
transistors are re-configured four times to support the different LIN
communication modes; in doing so, these blocks consume less than 10
percent of PSoC hardware resources and less than 10 percent of the
PSoC MCU cycles.
Software and Support
The software development environment, PSoC Designer 4.2 is a
full-featured, GUI-based design tool suite that enables the user to
configure their design in silicon with simple point and click options;
code the MCU in either C or assembly language; and debug the design
using sophisticated features such as event triggers and multiple break
points while single-stepping through the code in C or assembly or a
mix of the two. PSoC Designer 4.2 is free and can be downloaded at
http://www.cypress.com/support/link.cfm?sd=4.
The CY3215-DK Professional Class Development Kit includes a
full-speed in-circuit emulator with a large trace buffer, which
seamlessly integrates with PSoC Designer 4.2. The development kit
includes everything necessary to complete a design with the PSoC
family of ICs. The kits also contain all materials for the first four
"Tele-training" classes offered on line by Cypress. The tools are
designed to keep the cost of development to a minimum while providing
all the features found in tools that cost $2,000 or more. The
CY3215-DK is priced at $599.
About Cypress MicroSystems
Headquartered in Lynnwood, Wash., Cypress MicroSystems develops
and markets Programmable System-on-Chip (PSoC) devices --
high-performance, field-programmable mixed signal integration products
for high-volume embedded control functions in consumer, industrial,
office automation, telecom and automotive applications. Established as
a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:CY), Cypress
MicroSystems' stockholders are its employees and Cypress
Semiconductor. The close association with Cypress Semiconductor allows
access to their process and design technology, and field sales and
applications forces. More information about Cypress MicroSystems and
its products -- as well as access to over 150 PSoC applications notes
-- is available online at www.cypress.com.
About Cypress
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:CY) is Connecting From
Last Mile to First Mile(TM) with high-performance solutions for
personal, network access, enterprise, metro switch, and core
communications-system applications. Cypress Connects(TM) using
wireless, wireline, digital, and optical transmission standards,
including USB, Fibre Channel, SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet, and DWDM.
Leveraging its process and system-level expertise, Cypress makes
industry-leading physical layer devices, framers, and network search
engines, along with a broad portfolio of high-bandwidth memories,
timing technology solutions, and reprogrammable mixed-signal arrays.
More information about Cypress is accessible online at
www.cypress.com.
Cypress and the Cypress logo are registered trademarks of Cypress
Semiconductor Corporation. "Connectivity From Last Mile to First Mile"
and "Cypress Connects" are trademarks of Cypress. "Programmable
System-on-Chip," PSoC and PSoC Designer are trademarks of Cypress
MicroSystems. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
Contact:
Cypress Public Relations
Donna Wilson, 408-544-1613
DOW@cypress.com
|
|
|