anyone have any experience with the PSoC mini development kit?

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20 years ago

Mon, Dec 22, 2003 3:03 AM

Hi - I just got back home and found that my PSoC mini development kit had arrived. I'd like to play around with it a bit - but I don't even know where to begin. There are two ICs on it - one of which is a large PSoC in a

28 pin surface mount package. The other chip I can't read the markings on, but it is again 28 pins in a much smaller surface mount package. There are two 14 pin headers on the board - both attached to the smaller 28 pin package. So I'm assuming that this is the chip that this is a development kit for, while the other PSoC merely programs it. Anyone know what chip this is? It's rather hard to do much with it when I can't even figure out what the PSoC in question is! Thanks,

Michael Noone

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20 years ago

Mon, Dec 22, 2003 3:22 AM

Snap :) I was in exactly the same position. Thanks for the kit Cypress but a brief technical note would have been appreciated.

Anyway, I think the chip is a CY8C27443-24PVI and I think this is the datasheet for it. Looks like a very interesting device but may well have a steep learning curve.

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20 years ago

Mon, Dec 22, 2003 6:13 AM

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A start would be to read the past few months postings at

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Schematics of the PSoC mini development kit, also known as the PSoC Invention Board, are at

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. While most of the application notes and teletraining material uses the PSoC Pup demonstration board

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it is fairly easy to duplicate the led output circuitry of the Pup so you can run examples on the contest board to see the results.

An unofficial source that might also be useful is

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20 years ago

Mon, Dec 22, 2003 9:04 PM

The larger device on the bottom is actually the USB interface.

The smaller package is the PSoC (SSOP package actually) The two 14 pin rows are 1 for 1 with the pinout out the 28 pin PSoC device on the board.

The best way to start with these devices is to open up the software and start playing. Forget the datasheet for now, until you are comfortable. Set up some user modules and read the user module data sheets. This will get you a nice introduction, without having to write alot of code.

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