Kionix accelerometer revs up Cypress PSoC First Touch kits

ITHACA, USA: Kionix Inc. announced that Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has selected the Kionix KXSC7 accelerometer for use in the new CY8CKIT-014 PSoC 5 FirstTouch Starter Kit for the revolutionary PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip architecture, powered by the 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 processor.

“Including an accelerometer in the PSoC 5 FirstTouch Kit is an important way to demonstrate the analog capabilities of the architecture,” said Gahan Richardson, vice president of Cypress’s PSoC products. “The Kionix KXSC7 offered us the best combination of low power consumption, ease-of-use and cost.”

“Our KXSC7 sensor complements the powerful combination of ARM and Cypress in the PSoC 5 architecture,” said Kenny Salky, Vice President, Sales, for Kionix. “The collaboration has resulted in a powerful development platform for engineers who design embedded systems for a wide range of applications within the consumer electronics, automotive, health care, and industrial sectors.”

In addition to its low-power feature, the KXSC7 series of high-performance accelerometers offers several preset internal low-pass filters with an option for user-definable bandwidth if required for the application.

These sensors offer a high signal-to-noise ratio with excellent performance over temperature. The sensitivity is factory programmable, allowing customization for applications requiring from ±2g to ±6g in range, and they accept supply voltages between 1.8V and 3.6V.

PSoC 5 devices offer unique programmable analog and digital peripherals, along with the high performance 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 processor. They include industry-leading integrated analog resources and powerful, PLD-based Universal Digital Blocks for implementing standard and custom digital peripherals.

The PSoC 5 FirstTouch Starter Kit helps designers get acquainted with the new PSoC 5 architecture. It includes software and example projects that take advantage of the kit’s onboard sensors including the Kionix accelerometer, a thermistor, proximity sensing, and CapSense. The kit enables easy development via 28 general-purpose I/O pins, a 12-pin wireless module header, and Serial Wire Debugging (SWD). It also includes the PSoC Creator IDE.

The CY8CKIT-014 PSoC 5 FirstTouch Starter Kit, priced at $49.