Cypress CY8CKIT-059 PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit Manual

CY8CKIT-059

PSoC® 5LP Prototyping Kit Guide

Doc. #: 001-96498 Rev. *G

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Contents

Safety Information 5

1. Introduction 7

1.1 Kit Contents..................................... ... ... ....................................... ... ... ... .... ..................7

1.2 PSoC Creator ..............................................................................................................8

1.3 Getting Started...........................................................................................................11

1.4 Additional Learning Resources..................... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ...11

1.5 Technical Support......................................................................................................12

1.6 Document Conventions .............................................................................................12

2. Software Installation 13

2.1 Before You Begin.......................................................................................................13

2.2 Install Software ..........................................................................................................13

2.3 Uninstall Software......................................................................................................15

1.2.1 PSoC Creator Code Examples ........................................................................9

1.2.2 Kit Code Examples............................ ... ... ... ... .......................................... .... ...10

1.2.3 PSoC Creator Help ........................................................................................10

1.2.4 Component Datasheets .................................................................................11

3. Kit Operation 16

3.1 Theory of Operation..................... .... ... ... ... .... ...................................... ... .... ... ... ... .... ...16

3.2 KitProg.......................................................................................................................17

3.3 Programming and Debugging the PSoC 5LP Target Device.....................................17

3.3.1 Programming using PSoC Creator.................................................................17

3.3.2 Debugging using PSoC Creator................................. .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ...19

3.3.3 Programming using PSoC Programmer.........................................................19

3.4 USB-UART Bridge................................................................. .... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ...19

3.5 USB-I2C Bridge.........................................................................................................19

3.6 Updating KitProg Firmware........................................................................................19

4. Hardware 20

4.1 Board Details ................................... ... ... ... .... ... ...................................... .... ... ... ... .... ...20

4.2 Hardware Details.......................................................................................................21

4.2.1 Target Board...................................................................................................21

4.2.2 KitProg Board.................................................................................................22

4.2.3 Power Supply System....................................................................................23

4.2.4 Board Separation (Snapping).................. ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ....................24

4.2.5 Header Connections ......................................................................................24

4.2.6 User and Passive Inputs................................................................................28

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5. Code Examples 31

5.1 Using the Kit Code Examples....................................................................................31

5.2 CE195352_PSoC_5LP_Blinking_LED ......................................................................35

5.3 CE195277_ADC_and_UART ....................................................................................37

5.4 CE195394_HID_Mouse.............................................................................................38

Appendix 39

PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit Schematics ...............................................................................39

Programming PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit Using MiniProg3/KitProg ....................................41

Bill of Materials ....................................................................................................................42

Revision History 45

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Safety Information

The PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit contains electrostatic
discharge (ESD) sensitive devices. Electrostatic charges
readily accumulate on the human body and any equipment,
and can discharge without detection. Permanent damage
may occur on devices subjecte d to high-energy disc harges.
Proper ESD precautions are recommended to avoid
performance degradation or loss of functionality. Store
unused PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit boards in the protective
shipping package.

End-of-Life/Product Recycling
This kit has an end-of life five years from the date of

manufacture mentioned on the back of the box. Cont act your
nearest recycler for discarding the kit.

Regulatory Compliance

The CY8CKIT-059 PSoC® 5LP Prototyping Kit is intended for use as a development platform for
hardware or software in a laboratory environment. The board is an open system design, which does
not include a shielded enclosure. This may cause interference to other electrical or electronic
devices in close proximity. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio inter ference. In
such cases, you may be required to take adequate preventive measures. In addition, this board
should not be used near any medical equipment or RF devices.

Attaching additional wiring to this product or modifying the product ope ration from the factory default
may affect its performance and cause interf erence with other apparatus in the immediate vicinity. If
such interference is detected, suitable mitigating measures should be taken.

The PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit, as shipped from the factory, has been verified to meet with
requirements of CE as a Class A product.

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Safety Information

General Safety Instructions

ESD Protection

ESD can damage boards and associated components. Cypress recommends that you perform
procedures only at an ESD workstation. If such a workstation is not available, use appropriate ESD
protection by wearing an antistatic wrist stra p attached to the chassis ground (any unpainted metal
surface) on your board when handling parts.

Handling Boards

PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit boards are sensitive to ESD. Hold the board only by its edges. After
removing the board from its box, place it on a gr ounded, static-fre e surface. Use a co nductive foam
pad if available. Do not slide board over any surface.

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1. Introduction

Thank you for your interest in the CY8CKIT - 059 PSoC 5LP Proto typing Kit. This kit is desig ned as an
easy-to-use and inexpensive prototyping platform. The PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit supports the
PSoC 5LP device family, delivering a complete system solution for a wide range of embedded
applications at a very low cost. The PSoC 5LP is the industry’s most integrated SoC with an Arm
Cortex™-M3 CPU. It combines progra mmable and reconfigurable high-precision analog and digital
blocks with flexible automatic routing. The unique flexibility of the PSoC 5LP architecture will help
those who want to rapidly develop products using the PSoC 5LP device family.

The PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit offers an open footprint breakout board to maximize the end-utility of
the PSoC 5LP device. This kit provides a low-cost alternative to device samples while providing a
platform to easily develop and integrate the PSoC 5LP device into your end-system. In addition, the
board includes the following features:

■ Micro-USB connector to enable USB application development

■ Onboard CMOD capacitors to enable CapSense

■ Bypass capacitors to ensure the high-quality ADC conversions

■ An LED to provide feedback

■ A push button to provide a simple user input

■ Load capacitors to connect 32-kHz external crystal oscillator

■ 3.3-V to 5.5-V operation

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development

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The PSoC 5LP prototyping kit also integrates the Cypress KitProg that enables onboard
programming, debugging, and bridging functionality, such as USB-UART and USB-I2C. The KitProg
is used to program and debug the target PSoC 5LP device (see Figure 1-1). The prototyping kit
allows you to separate the KitProg board from the PSoC 5LP target board.

1.1 Kit Contents

This kit contains only the PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit board.
Figure 1-1. CY8CKIT-059 PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit

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1.2 PSoC Creator

PSoC Creator™ is a state-of-the-art, e asy-t o- use in tegr ated d esi gn env iro nme nt (I DE). It intro duce s
revolutionary hardware and software co-design, powered by a library of pre-verified and pre­characterized PSoC Components. With PSoC Creator, you can:

1. Drag and drop Components to build your hardware system design in the main design workspace

2. Codesign your application firmware with the PSoC hardware

3. Configure Components using configuration tools

4. Explore the library of 100+ Components

5. Review Component datasheets
Figure 1-2. PSoC Creator Features

Introduction

PSoC Creator also enables you to tap into an entire tool e cosystem wit h integrate d compiler ch ains
and production programming programmers for PSoC devices.

For more information, visit www.cypress.com/psoccreator.

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1.2.1 PSoC Creator Code Examples

PSoC Creator includes a large number of code examples. These examples are available from the
PSoC Creator Start Page, as Figure 1-3 on page 9 shows.

Code examples can speed up your design process by starting you off with a complete design,
instead of a blank page. They also show how PSoC Creat or Components can be used for various
applications. Code examples and documentation are included, as shown in Figure 1-4 on page 10 .

In the Find Example Project dialog shown in Figure 1-4, you have several options:

■ Filter for examples based on architecture or device family, that is, PSoC 3, PSoC 4, or

PSoC 5LP; project name; or keyword.

■ Select from the menu of examples offered based on the Filter Options.

■ Review the example project’s description (on the Documentation tab).

■ Review the code from the Sample Code tab. You can copy the code from this window and paste

to your project, which can help speed up code development.

■ Create a new project (and a new workspace if needed) based on the selection. This can speed

up your design process by starting you of f with a comp lete, basic design. You can then adapt that
design to your application.

Figure 1-3. Code Examples in PSoC Creator

Introduction

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Figure 1-4. Code Example Projects with Sample Code

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1.2.2 Kit Code Examples

This kit includes a number of code exam ples, which can be used to quickly evaluate th e func tionality
of this kit. These examples are described in the Code Examples chapter on page 31.

1.2.3 PSoC Creator Help

Visit the PSoC Creator home page to download the latest version of PSoC Creator. Then, launch
PSoC Creator and navigate to the following items:

■ Quick Start Guide: Choose Help > Documentation > Quick Start Guide. This guide gives you

the basics for developing PSoC Creator projects.

■ Simple Component example projects: Choose File > Open > Example projects. These

example projects demonstrate how to configure and use PSoC Creator Components.

■ Starter designs: Choose File > New > Project > PSoC 5LP Starter Designs. These starter

designs demonstrate the unique features of PSoC 5LP.

■ System Reference Guide: Choose Help > System Reference > System Reference Guide.

This guide lists and describes the system functions provided by PSoC Creator.

■ Component datasheets: Right-click a Component and select Open Datasheet, as shown in

Figure 1-5. Visit the PSoC 5LP Component Datasheets page for a list of all PSoC 5LP Compo-

nent datasheets.

■ Document Manager: PSoC Creator provides a documen t manager to help you to ea sily find and

review document resources. To open the document manager, choose the menu item Help >
Document Manager.

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1.2.4 Component Datasheets

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Right-click a Component and select Open Datasheet (see Figure 1-5).
Figure 1-5. Opening Component Datasheet

1.3 Getting Started

Introduction

This guide will help you get acquainted with the PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit:

■ The Software Installation chapter on page 13 describes the installation of the kit software. This

includes installation of PSoC Creator IDE for development and debugging the app lications, and
PSoC Programmer for programming hex files.

■ The Kit Operation chapter on page 16 describes the major features of the PSoC 5LP Pioneer Kit

and functionalities such as programming, debugging, and the USB-UART and USB-I2C bridges.

■ The Hardware chapter on page 20 details the hardware content of the kit and the hardware

operation.

■ The Code Examples chapter on page 31 describes multiple PSoC 5LP code examples that will

help you understand how to create your own PSoC 5LP proj ects.

■ The Appendix on page 39 provides schematics, details about programming the kit using

MiniProg3, and the bill of materials (BOM).

1.4 Additional Learning Resources

Cypress provides a wealth of information at www.cypress.com to help you to select the right PSoC
device for your design, and to help you to quickly and effectively integrate the device into your
design. For a comprehensive list of resources, see KBA86521, How to Design with PSoC 3, PSoC 4,

and PSoC 5LP. The following is an abbreviated list for PSoC 5LP:

■ Overview: PSoC Portfolio, PSoC Roadmap

■ Product Selectors: PSoC 1, PSoC 3, PSoC 4, or PSoC 5LP. In addition, PSoC Creator includes a

device selection tool.

■ Datasheets: Describe and provide electrical specifications for the PSoC 5LP device family

■ CapSense Design Guide: Learn how to design capacitive touch-sensing applications with the

PSoC 5LP family of devices.

■ Application Notes and Code Examples: Cover a broad range of topics, from basic to advanced

level. Many of the application notes include code examples. V isit the PSoC 3/4/5 Code Exampl es

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webpage for a list of all available PSoC Creator code examples. For accessing code examples
from within PSoC Creator - see PSoC Creator Code Examples.

■ Technical Reference Manuals (TRM): Provide detailed descriptions of the architecture and

registers in each PSoC 5LP device family.

■ Development Kits:
❐ CY8CKIT-050 PSoC 5LP Development Kit enables you to evaluate, develop, and prototype

high-precision analog, low-power , and low-vo ltage applications d esigned using the PSoC 5LP
device family.

❐ CY8CKIT-001 is a common development platform for all PSoC family devices.
❐ PSoC 5LP Expansion Boards are the expansion modules designed to implement a target

application.

■ The MiniProg3 device provides an interface for flash programming and debug.

■ Knowledge Base Articles (KBA): Provide design and application tips from experts on using the

device.

■ PSoC Creator Training: Visit the link www.cypress.com/go/creatorstart/creatortraining for a

comprehensive list of video trainings on PSoC Creator.

■ Learning From Peers: Visit www.cypress.com/forums to meet enthusiastic PSoC developers

discussing the next generation embedded systems on Cypress Developer Community Forums.

1.5 Technical Support

If you have any questions, our technical support team is happy to assist you. You can create a
support request on the Cypress Technical Support page.

If you are in the United States, you can talk to our technical support team by calling our toll-free
number: [phone]. Select option 3 at the prompt.

You can also use the following support resources if you need quick assistance.

■ Self-help.

■ Local Sales Office Locations.

1.6 Document Conventions

Table 1-1. Document Conventions for Guides

Convention Usage

Courier New Displays file locations, user entered text, and source code:

C:\...cd\icc\

Italics Displays file names and reference documentation:

Read about the sourcefile.hex file in the PSoC Creator User Guide.

[Bracketed, Bold] Displays keyboard commands in procedures:

[Enter] or [Ctrl] [C]

File > Open Represents menu paths:

File > Open > New Project

Bold Displays commands, menu paths, and icon names in procedures:

Click the File icon and then click Open.

Times New Roman Displays an equation:

2 + 2 = 4

Text in gray boxes Describes Cautions or unique functionality of the product.

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2. Software Installation

This chapter describes the steps to install the software tools and packages on a PC for using the
PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit. This includes the IDE on which the projects will be built and used for
programming.

2.1 Before You Begin

All Cypress software installations require administrator privileges, but these are not required to run
the software after it is installed. Close any other Cypress software that is curre ntly running before
installing the kit software.

Note: By default, the kit contents are installed in the C:\Program Files\Cypress folder, for a
32-bit machine and C:\Program Files (x86)\Cypress, for a 64-bit machine. This directory will
contain the kit code examples. To open these code examples, it is recommended to use the
procedure described in the Code Examples chapter on page 31. This procedure will create an
editable copy of the code example in a path that you chose so that the original installed code
examples will not be modified.

2.2 Install Software

Follow these steps to install the PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit software:

1. Download the PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit software from www.cypress.com/CY8CKIT-059. The kit
software is available in three formats for download.

a. CY8CKIT-059 Kit Setup: This installation package contains th e files related to the kit including

PSoC Creator, PSoC Programmer, and PDL. However, it does not include the Windows
Installer or Microsoft .NET framework packages. If these p a cka ges are n ot on your compute r,
the installer will direct you to download and install them from the Internet.

b. CY8CKIT-059 Kit Only: This executable file installs only the kit contents, which include kit

code examples, hardware files, and user documents. This package can be used if all the
software prerequisites (listed in step 5) are installed on your PC.

c. CY8CKIT-059 DVD ISO: This file is a complete package, stored in a DVD-ROM image format,

that you can use to create a DVD or extract using an ISO extraction program such as WinZip
or WinRAR. The file can also be mounted like a virtual CD/DVD using virtual drive programs
such as Virtual CloneDrive and MagicISO. This file includes all the required software, utilities,
drivers, hardware files, and user documents.

2. If you have downloaded the ISO file, mount it in a virtual drive. Extract the ISO contents if you do
not have a virtual drive to mount. Double-click cyautorun.exe in the root directory of the extr acted
content or mounted ISO if "Autorun from CD/DVD" is not enabled on the PC. The installation
window will appear automatically. Note: If you are using the "Kit Setup" or "Kit Only" file, then go
to step 4 for installation.

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3. Click Install CY8CKIT-059 Kit to start the kit installation, as shown in Figure 2-1.

Figure 2-1. Kit Installer Screen

4. Select the directory in which you want to install the PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit-related files.
Choose the directory and click Next.

5. When you click Next, the PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit installer automatically installs the required
software, if it is not present on your computer. Following is the required software:

a. PSoC Creator 4.2: This software is available for download separately from the kit at

www.cypress.com/psoccreator. PSoC Creator 4.2 installer automatically installs the following

additional software:
– PSoC Programmer 3.27.1
– Peripheral Driver Library 3.0.1.

6. Choose the Typical/Custom/Complete installation type in the Product Installation Overview
window, as shown in Figure 2-2. Click Next after you select the installation type.

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Figure 2-2. Product Installation Overview

Software Installation

7. Read the License agreement and select 'I accept the terms in the licen se agree ment' to co ntinue
with installation. Click Next.

8. When the installation begins, a list of packages appears on the installation page. A green check
mark appears next to each package after successful installation.

9. Enter your contact information or select the Continue Without Contact Information check box.
Click Finish to complete the PSoC 5LP Prototyping Kit installation.

10.After the installation is complete, the kit contents are available at the following location:

<Install_Directory>\CY8CKIT-059

Default location:
Windows OS (64-bit):

C:\Program Files (x86)\Cypress\CY8CKIT-059

Windows OS (32-bit):

C:\Program Files\Cypress\CY8CKIT-059

Note: For Windows 7/8/8.1/10 users, the installed files and the folder are read-only. To use the
installed code examples, follow the steps outlined in the Code Examples chapter on page 31. These
steps will create an editable copy of the example in a path that you choose, so the original installed
example is not modified.

2.3 Uninstall Software

The software can be uninstalled using one of the following methods:

1. Go to Start > All Programs > Cypress > Cypress Update Manager and select the Uninstall
button.

2. Go to Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features for Windows 7 or Add/Remove
Programs for Windows XP; select the Uninstall/Change button.

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