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	            <title><![CDATA[Cypress enhances analog/digital embedded design platform: Finally, the real PSoC]]></title>
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	            	            I was waiting the PSoC (1) when it was only "rumored", but got really disappointed when it did get released, because Cypress did not open up the digital block programming to the end user. I did obtain the early PSoC ICE (hm some 249$), but it was left collecting dust.

PSoC 3 (and 5) are the real ones, where end user can use VERILOG to write own custom peripherals.

Free samples of PSoC 3 are already offered (3 different packages), my samples and starterkit are on their way already.

For the CPLD part cypress uses their WARP compiler. So it actually not that important if all the things can be done with the GUI and mouse, for those who want, there is pure HDL code development also possible.	            ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:30:23 -0600</pubDate>
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	            <title><![CDATA[Cypress enhances analog/digital embedded design platform: Cypress inspired another line of thought]]></title>
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	            	            This release from Cypress led me to write a blog article (http://www.techbites.com/20090925592/myblog/blog/who-will-be-leader-in-esl.html) as well, but coming from the ESL side of things, I had a somewhat different take. With a product such as this, the design flow for it is almost as important as the hardware. What is the point of all of this programmable stuff if nobody can use it? Thus, I postulated that Cypress depends for its existence on the quality of the ESL flow that they provide and thus we can ask - is Cypress a hardware company, or potentially one of the leading EDA companies in the ESL field?	            ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:08:38 -0500</pubDate>
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	            <title><![CDATA[Cypress enhances analog/digital embedded design platform: But wait, there's more]]></title>
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	            	            The original 8-bit PSoC 1 which uses the M8C proprietary microcontroller has been shipping for many years. The new PSoC 3 (8-bit enhanced 8051) and PSoC 5 (32-bit ARM) extend the processing capability and additional analog and digital resources. A DMA controller and LCD controller are also included. The digital fabric can be configured using predefined digital functional blocks or with Verilog.

The PSoC 1 also has many interesting features like the high voltage family with power MOSFETs on board with a rating of 1A at 32V and current sense amplifiers with the same 32V rating. There LED controls have incredible flexibility allowing feedback control including temperature compensation.

Some additional digital features not mentioned above are: DALI, DMX512, IrDA. And some more analog modules are: analog filters, instrument amplifiers, comparators, 1.3V reference, modulators, correlators, peak detectors and anything you can create from a custom user module.
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                <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:25:04 -0500</pubDate>
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