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PSoC
& EZ- Color Development Tools Selector Guide
For CY8C29x66, CY8C27x43, CY8C24x94, CY8C24x23A,
CY8C21x34, CY8C21x23, CY20x34 and CY8CLEDxx
A guide for development tool selection for Programmable System-on-Chip (PSoC) and EZ-Color designs
Cypress Semiconductor has a Development Tool for every need – from entry-level evaluation and
prototyping, to full-speed, real-time emulation and debugging; to programming in a high-volume
manufacturing setting.
Table of Contents
SOFTWARE .......................................................................................................................................... 2
PSOC DESIGNERTM ...................................................................................................................................... 2
PSOC EXPRESS
COMPILERS .............................................................................................................................................................. 3
HARDWARE .......................................................................................................................................... 5
DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAMMING METHODS ........................................................................... 6
IN-CIRCUIT EMULATION ................................................................................................................. 7
IN-SYSTEM SERIAL PROGRAMMING: OVERVIEW ............................................................................ 8
IN-SYSTEM SERIAL PROGRAMMER (CY3207ISSP) .......................................................................... 8
I2C-USB BRIDGE (CY3240-I2USB) .................................................................................................. 9
KITS ..................................................................................................................................................... 10
DEMO/STARTER KITS .................................................................................................................. 10
EVALUATION KITS ....................................................................................................................... 12
DEVELOPMENT KITS ................................................................................................................... 16
PROGRAMMING KITS ................................................................................................................... 18
KIT COMPONENTS & ACCESSORIES ............................................................................................. 20
FOOT & POD SELECTION GUIDE ..................................................................................... 20
ORDERING INFORMATION ................................................................................................ 22
FOOT / PACKAGE ADAPTERS ........................................................................................... 23
PROTOTYPING MODULES ................................................................................................. 25
THIRD PARTY TOOLS ....................................................................................................................... 27
TM
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Software
Cypress’s PSoC Mixed Signal Array comes with Windows-based software and hardware design tools.
Fast, efficient, prototyping and design for embedded systems is now a reality. PSoC software is available
at no cost. Download at http://www.cypress.com, and the hardware tools that suit your design needs
from evaluation to prototyping and emulation are discussed in the following sections:
PSoC DesignerTM
At the core of the PSoC development software suite is PSoC Designer. Utilized by thousands of PSoC
developers, this robust software has been facilitating
PSoC designs for half a decade at no cost to the
developer. Download PSoC Designer here:
http://www.cypress.com/psocdesigner
System requirements: Pentium, equivalent or higher;
at least 500MHz, Windows XP or Vista (32/64b);
512MB RAM, 250MB HDD space, Internet Explorer
6.0 (SP1).
programming your PSoC, and an Adobe Reader.
There are three subsystems within PSoC Designer:
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Also recommended: USB port for
Device Editor: Configure PSoC hardware blocks
and IO, route internal signals, and define system
parameters.
Application Editor: Write application code in ‘C’
or assembly language. (A fully integrated C
compiler is accessible with the purchase of a
license.)
Debugger: Use breakpoints, trace, watch variables, advanced dynamic event points and more.
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PSoC ExpressTM
PSoC Express is the first visual embedded system design tool that allows a user to create an entire
PSoC project and generate a schematic, BOM, and data sheet without writing a single line of code.
Users work directly with application
objects such as LEDs, switches, sensors,
and fans.
For more information and to download
Express, please visit
www.cypress.com/express
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C
D
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Select inputs and outputs
B
Define the output’s behavior
C
Simulate the design to verify
Build to generate PSoC HEX file, BOM, schematic, and custom data sheets of your design
D
Optimize your design with monitoring and tuning functions
Compilers
Currently there are two C compilers offered with PSoC DesignerTM:
IMAGEcraftTM HI-TECHTM C PRO for PSoC Mixed Signal Arrays
• ANSI C compiler
• Inline assembly and interface with
assembly modules
• Modern stack-based architecture
• 7 basic data types including IEEE 32-bit
floating point
• Assembler and linker
• Math and string libraries
• ‘C’ interrupt service routines
• Librarian
Price: $145 (MSRP)
www.cypress.com/go/imagecraft
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• ANSI C compiler
• Eliminates the need for many non-standard C
qualifiers and compiler options
• Automatically analyzes user assembly and
object code files as a whole, with Omniscient
Code Generation™ technology
• Memory banking without requiring special
qualifiers for better performance
• Optimizes the size of each pointer variable
• Eliminates contention for the PSoC index
register
• Produces more efficient interrupt context
switching code
• Customizes the functionality of the printf
library function for maximum efficiency
• Delivers Denser Code For Better Performance
- Up to 50% more compact code than others!
Price: $1495 (MSRP)
www.cypress.com/hitech
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PSoC Programmer
PSoC Programmer is a programming application that helps to deliver host-resident application code to
the target via a hardware programming tool. Flexible enough to be used on the bench in development,
yet suitable for factory programming, PSoC Programmer works as a standalone programming application
or it can operate directly from PSoC Designer
PSoC Programmer is the one-stop programming application for Cypress PSoC development tools.
http://www.cypress.com/psocprogrammer
TM
or PSoC ExpressTM.
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Hardware
This section introduces the major categories of hardware Cypress offers for developme nt with PSoC.
The hardware development for Cypress PSoC falls into five major categories: Demo/Starter Kits,
Evaluation Kits, Development Kits, Reference Design Kits, and Programming Kits. Cypress
Semiconductor also offers individual Accessories/Kit Components:
• Demo/Starter Kits: Proof-of-Concept demonstration of technology and potential application.
Starter kits offer cost-effective evaluation of PSoC Technology. Code and hardware are provided
for concept feasibility.
• Evaluation Kits: Technology evaluation and training tools to provide the end user with a basic
level of understanding on how the technology works and can be employed.
• Development Kits: A full-featured platform with hardware and software intended to support the
design effort from concept to verification.
• Programming Kits: Programming tools for the PSoC and in-circuit emulation; often bundled with
an evaluation board. A programming hardware tool is required for loading your program to the
PSoC device, and for debugging on the target. Models range in purpose from programming a
device on your desk to heavier duty programmers for use in a production environment.
• Kit Components & Accessories: Replacement parts, adaptors, special function daughter
modules, and more.
Inexpensive
Evaluation
and Prototyping
(No Emulation)
PSoC Designer/Programmer
CY3210-PSoCEval1
USB
MiniProg-1
PSoC Eval
Connects
Directl
Board
Basic
Evaluation and
Emulation
USB
‘ICE-Cube’
Feature-Rich
Evaluation,
Prototyping
and Emulation
Note: The “ICE-Cube” unit for in-circuit emulation is not available for purchase except as a kit (CY3215-DK.)
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USB
Cable
CY3215-DK
‘ICE-Cube’
CY3215-DK
Connects
Directly
Connects
Directl
Flex-Pod
Flex-Pod
Connects
Directl
Connects
Directl
MiniEval
CY3210-
PSoC Eval
Board
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Development and Programming Methods
Currently there are four ways to program a PSoC:
• Prototype programming
• Full-featured in-circuit emulation
• Production programming
• Cypress factory programming for high volume orders**
Inexpensive
Prototype
Programming
Full-Featured
Emulation
and
Prototype
Programming
Production
Programming
* This friction-lock 5-pin header that connects target PCB to Miniprog can be ordered as DigiKey WM4203-ND.
**Factory programming of a PSoC device by Cypress Semiconductor requires a contract with a minimum order of 100Ku parts per year.
Please contact your local Cypress sales office for more information.
The following diagram demonstrates one example of a set-up to program a specific PSoC device from a
host PC through a USB cable to the ICE, which connects via Flexcable to the POD, which may be seated
with a package adaptor (foot) and a PSoC device on a board. These are al the pieces you would need to
implement in-circuit emulation.
PSoC Designer/Programmer
USB Cable
USB Cable
USB Cable
USB Cable
MiniProg
MiniProg
ICE-Cube
ICE-Cube
CY3207ISSP
Direct Connect
5-pin header *
ISSP Cable USB Cable
ISSP Cable
ISSP Cable
PSoCEval1 or MiniEval
Target PCB with PSoC
MiniEval
Target PCB with PSoC
Target PCB with PSoC
PSoC Designer
USB
ICE Flexcable
POD Foot Board
In the above example, the devices could be described as the following:
QFN Emulation Kit: 1 Flexcable, 1 QFN-type Pod, 2 Feet (for flat-pack style pkgs)
Non-QFN Emulation Kit: 1 Flexcable, 1 Pod, 2 Feet (all other chip packages)
POD: Two types of emulation Pods exist: for QFN and non-QFN PSoC
packages.
FOOT: Quantity of 4 PSoC device package adapters (FEET)
Flexcable Kit: 1 Flexible Cable
The POD seats a PSoC chip for emulation, and the Foot is a package adapter. You can choose a
POD and Foot for your chosen PSoC device/package from the table in the appendix.
You may want to order extra feet even if the default feet in your emulator kit (PDIP/QFN) match
the package type of your particular PSoC part number.
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In-Circuit Emulation with PSoC
The In-circuit Emulator (ICE) is driven by the Debugger in PSoC Designer
TM.
The software i n terface of the
debugger allows the user to run, halt, and single-step the processor with the ICE. It also allows the user
to set complex event points. Event points can start and stop the trace memory on the ICE, as well as
break the program execution.
The ICE can also serve as a single-site device programmer
via an ISSP Cable and the MiniEval board included in the
CY3215-DK kit. The ICE supports large memory model
PSoC devices (devices with >256 bytes of RAM) and is
backward compatible with previous PSoC devices
(CY8C27x43 and CY8C24x23A).
What adapters do you need for your project?
In addition to the ICE that is included in the Development
Kit (CY3215-DK), different Emulation Pods are available to
support the range of packages available in the PSoC family.
The PODs plug into (or are soldered onto) the user's circuit
board to provide the physical interface to the ICE/ PSoC
Device. PODs are available for low-cost expansion of ICECube capability as a modular system.
The ICE can only be purchased as a kit: CY3215-DK. In addition, if you are using QFN packages an
Emulation Kit (CY3250-xxxx-QFN) must be purchased for adapting the specific package to the POD. The
package you choose can be adapted to any POD with a “Foot,” or package adapter. Detailed selection
guides follow in the appendix.
Each PSoC family has two pod kits associated with it: QFN and Non-QFN, and each type of package
offered in that family has one foot Kit for use with that package type.
The following photos demonstrate the connection between the parts:
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In-System Serial Programming
The CY3207ISSP, ICE (CY3215-DK), and MiniProg1 (CY3210-MiniProg1) all allow easy In-System
Serial Programming (ISSP). A cable is included in the ISSP Development Kit (CY3207ISSP.) All
designers are encouraged to include ISSP capability on their printed circuit boards (PCBs.)
ISSP is perfect for prototyping because it allows rapid reprogramming of the PSoC part mounted on the
PCB and eliminates the need for multiple package-specific
programmers. ISSP can also be useful in production
programming because it eliminates the need for programming
individual chips prior to PCB assembly.
Pictured to the right is an ICE-Cube
connected directly to a project PCB (the
CY3210-PSoCEval1). ISSP can be done
with the small ISSP connector. An ISSP
connector is pictured to the left. See
Application Notes AN2014 and AN2026,
AN2026a, AN2026b for detailed information on ISSP.
In-System Serial Programmer (CY3207ISSP)
The CY3207ISSP is a production-unit programmer. It
includes protection circuitry and an industrial case that is
more robust than the MiniProg and the ICE for a
production-programming environment. The CY3207ISSP
can program parts in-system via serial connection, or
mounted in the socket on the CY3207ISSP. Use the table
to the right to identify the correct programming adapter
for CY3207ISSP socket programming. This adapter
information is also available at www.emulation.com
PSoC Foot Print
8-Pin SOIC AS-08-08-01S-3
16-Pin SOIC AS-16-16-02S-3
20-Pin SOIC AS-20-20-01S-3-GANG
28-Pin SOIC AS-28-28-02S-3
20-Pin SSOP AS-20-20-01SS-3
24-Pin QFN AS-24-28-01ML-6
28-Pin SSOP AS-28-28-02SS-6ENP-GANG
32-Pin QFN AS-32-28-03ML-6
44-Pin QFN AS-44-28-03Q-6
48-Pin QFN AS-48-28-02ML-6
48-Pin SSOP AS-48-48-01SS-6-GANG
56-Pin QFN AS-56-28-01ML-6
100-Pin TQFP AS-100-28-01TQ-6
Programming Adapter P/N
by Emulation Technologies
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Prototyping Modules (CY3210-2xxxx)
PSoC Prototyping Modules are 28-pin PDIP adapters that
seamlessly connect any PSoC device package-type to the 28pin PDIP connector that is default on Cypress PSoC kits. Check
the selection tables in the Kit Components and Accessories
section of this document for a list of Prototyping Modules
offered by Cypress. (Note: Prototyping Modules may sometimes
be referred to as Evaluation PODs.)
Prototyping Modules offer quick and easy prototyping of any
PSoC device and package on a board with just a 600-mil 28-Pin
ZIF socket (included in many of our kits, and easy for a user to
acquire and build on their own.)
Prototyping Modules feature:
• 28-pin DIP footprint (0.6 in width). Fits in a ZIF socket or
breadboard
• ISSP programming header enables programming via ISSP
• Connector for CAT5 cable connection to the ICE-cube
• Port pin-out for 28 pins on bottom of the pod matches port pin-
outs for the 28 pin PDIP PSoC
• Pins for emulating parts with >28 pins are accessible via
receptacles on top of the prototyping module
Prototyping Modules (CY3210-2xxxx) are not to be confused with Emulation PODs (CY3250-2xxxx),
although they also connect to the ICE-Cube (CY3215-DK).
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C-USB Bridge (CY3240-I2USB)
The main purpose of the I2C -USB Bridge is to test, tune, and debug programs that have an I2C slave
interface. This application can also be useful for data acquisition and regulation under PC control.
Cypress offers CY3240-I2USB that supports I
device designs in many PSoC kits.
There is a table of I
2
C -USB Bridge kits located in the Appendix.
2
C interface and communication to test, debug and tune
The I2C-USB bridge allows
USB
CY3240-I2USB
Bridge
hardware and software
debug of PSoC Express
applications by bridging the
USB port to I
2
C.
PSoC Express
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