Cypress Semiconductor has introduced the development platform for its ARM Cortex-M3 processor-based programmable system-on-chip PSoC 5 devices.
The PSoC 5 FirstTouch starter kit (CY8CKIT-014) includes software and example projects which take advantage of the kit’s onboard sensors including an accelerometer, a thermistor, proximity sensing, and CapSense.
Development is via 28 general-purpose I/O pins, a 12-pin wireless module header, and serial wire debugging.
It also includes the PSoC Creator IDE. The kit is priced at $49.
The CY8CKIT-010 PSoC CY8C55 family processor module kit is available for more in-depth design work.
It works with the PSoC Development Kit (CY8CKIT-001 and contains a main PSoC development board, and three processor module boards for the different architectures: PSoC 1, PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 devices.
It also includes a MiniProg3 debug and evaluation device, prototyping cable kit, a USB cable, a 12Vac power adapter, and both PSoC Creator and PSoC Designer software.