Monday, August 10, 2009

Cypress expands highly-integrated USB and MCU portfolio

SAN JOSE, USA: Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced the new enCoRe V Full-speed USB peripheral microcontrollers (MCUs) and enCoRe V LV (Low Voltage) wireless MCUs.

The new highly-integrated families offer up to 32 KB of Flash memory, three 16-bit timers and up to 36 general purpose I/Os (GPIOs) to accommodate enhanced multimedia features in human interface devices (HIDs).

Cypress also introduced the CY3660 enCoRe V / LV Development Kit, which shortens the design time of laser mice, gaming controllers and keyboards, wireless dongles, remote controls, mobile handset accessories and Point-of-Sales devices.

The in-system reprogrammable enCoRe V and enCoRe V LV MCUs provide design flexibility with a 10-bit ADC, Flash memory with EEPROM emulation, and small form-factor packages.

The enCoRe V devices also include eight USB endpoints. The enCoRe V LV family operates in the full range of 1.7V to 3.6V, with low power consumption for prolonged battery life in wireless applications, especially when paired with Cypress’s low-power WirelessUSB LP 2.4-GHz radio.

All enCoRe MCUs include Cypress’s patented crystal-less oscillator and integrated pull-up resistor to reduce component count and BOM cost.

“The enCoRe V and enCoRe V LV families address the growing trend in PC peripheral systems to include enhanced features that require more memory, more I/Os and full-speed USB,” said Carl Brasek, director of HID Solutions in the USB Business Unit at Cypress.

“Cypress has shipped over 1 billion USB controllers, and we’re committed to maintaining our leadership position by introducing innovative products with unparalleled support.”

The CY3660 enCoRe V / LV Development Kit includes an In-Circuit Emulator (ICE) that works in conjunction with actual silicon to provide an accurate and efficient development system. License-free PSoC Designer software included with the kit consists of a graphical user interface, assembler, C compiler, and a linker and debugger for a highly integrated code development environment.

Pre-configured code to implement standard-compliant Full-Speed USB and other peripherals simplifies design and shortens development time.

The CY3660 development kit includes:
* Two DVK Boards (enCoRe V and enCoRe V LV development boards).
* Two WirelessUSB LP radio modules.
* Two 12V power supplies and a USB Type A to Mini-B cable,
* PSoC MiniProg for programming the onboard on-chip-debugger chips.
* LCD module for data display and prototyping.
* PSoC Designer software development tool with complete set of user modules.
* Four firmware examples with complete source code.

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