<s>
PSoC	B-Application
(	O
programmable	B-Application
system	I-Application
on	I-Application
a	I-Application
chip	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
integrated	O
circuits	O
by	O
Cypress	O
Semiconductor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
chips	O
include	O
a	O
CPU	B-Device
core	O
and	O
mixed-signal	O
arrays	O
of	O
configurable	O
integrated	O
analog	O
and	O
digital	O
peripherals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Cypress	O
began	O
shipping	O
commercial	O
quantities	O
of	O
the	O
PSoC	B-Application
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
promote	O
the	O
PSoC	B-Application
,	O
Cypress	O
sponsored	O
a	O
"	O
PSoC	B-Application
Design	O
Challenge	O
"	O
in	O
Circuit	O
Cellar	O
magazine	O
in	O
2002	O
and	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
Cypress	O
released	O
the	O
fourth	O
generation	O
,	O
PSoC	B-Application
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PSoC	B-Application
4	O
features	O
a	O
32-bit	O
ARM	O
Cortex-M0	O
CPU	B-Device
,	O
with	O
programmable	O
analog	O
blocks	O
(	O
operational	O
amplifiers	O
and	O
comparators	O
)	O
,	O
programmable	O
digital	O
blocks	O
(	O
PLD-based	O
UDBs	O
)	O
,	O
programmable	O
routing	O
and	O
flexible	O
GPIO	O
(	O
route	O
any	O
function	O
to	O
any	O
pin	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
serial	O
communication	O
block	O
(	O
for	O
SPI	O
,	O
UART	O
,	O
I²C	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
timer/counter/PWM	O
block	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
is	O
used	O
in	O
devices	O
as	O
simple	O
as	O
Sonicare	O
toothbrushes	O
and	O
Adidas	O
sneakers	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
complex	O
as	O
the	O
TiVo	B-Application
set-top	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
PSoC	B-Application
implements	O
capacitive	B-Device
sensing	I-Device
for	O
the	O
touch-sensitive	B-Device
scroll	O
wheel	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	O
iPod	B-Device
click	I-Device
wheel	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Cypress	O
extended	O
the	O
PSoC	B-Application
4	O
family	O
by	O
integrating	O
a	O
Bluetooth	B-General_Concept
Low	I-General_Concept
Energy	I-General_Concept
radio	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
PSoC	B-Application
4	O
Cortex-M0-based	O
SoC	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
,	O
monolithic	O
die	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Cypress	O
released	O
PSoC	B-Application
4	O
S-Series	O
,	O
featuring	O
ARM	O
Cortex-M0	O
+	O
CPU	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PSoC	B-Application
integrated	O
circuit	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
a	O
core	O
,	O
configurable	O
analog	O
and	O
digital	O
blocks	O
,	O
and	O
programmable	O
routing	O
and	O
interconnect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
configurable	O
blocks	O
in	O
a	O
PSoC	B-Application
are	O
the	O
biggest	O
difference	O
from	O
other	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
has	O
three	O
separate	O
memory	O
spaces	O
:	O
paged	O
SRAM	O
for	O
data	O
,	O
Flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
for	O
instructions	O
and	O
fixed	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
I/O	O
registers	O
for	O
controlling	O
and	O
accessing	O
the	O
configurable	O
logic	O
blocks	O
and	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
is	O
created	O
using	O
SONOS	B-Algorithm
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
resembles	O
an	O
ASIC	O
:	O
blocks	O
can	O
be	O
assigned	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
functions	O
and	O
interconnected	O
on-chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
an	O
ASIC	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
special	O
manufacturing	O
process	O
required	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
custom	O
configuration	O
—	O
only	O
startup	O
code	O
that	O
is	O
created	O
by	O
Cypress	O
 '	O
PSoC	B-Application
Designer	O
(	O
for	O
PSoC	B-Application
1	O
)	O
or	O
PSoC	B-Application
Creator	O
(	O
for	O
PSoC	B-Application
3	O
/	O
4	O
/	O
5	O
)	O
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
resembles	O
an	O
FPGA	B-Architecture
in	O
that	O
at	O
power	O
up	O
it	O
must	O
be	O
configured	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
configuration	O
occurs	O
by	O
loading	O
instructions	O
from	O
the	O
built-in	O
Flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
most	O
closely	O
resembles	O
a	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
combined	O
with	O
a	O
PLD	O
and	O
programmable	O
analog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	O
is	O
executed	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
user-specified	O
peripheral	O
functions	O
(	O
called	O
"	O
Components	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
using	O
automatically	O
generated	O
APIs	O
and	O
interrupt	B-General_Concept
routines	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
Designer	O
or	O
PSoC	B-Application
Creator	O
generate	O
the	O
startup	O
configuration	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
integrate	O
APIs	O
that	O
initialize	O
the	O
user	O
selected	O
components	O
upon	O
the	O
users	O
needs	O
in	O
a	O
Visual-Studio-like	O
GUI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
mixed-signal	O
arrays	O
 '	O
flexible	O
routing	O
allows	O
designers	O
to	O
route	O
signals	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
I/O	O
pins	O
more	O
freely	O
than	O
with	O
many	O
competing	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cypress	O
suggests	O
that	O
this	O
allows	O
designers	O
to	O
configure	O
a	O
design	O
and	O
make	O
improvements	O
more	O
easily	O
and	O
faster	O
and	O
with	O
fewer	O
PCB	O
redesigns	O
than	O
a	O
digital	O
logic	O
gate	O
approach	O
or	O
competing	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
with	O
more	O
fixed	O
function	O
pins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
five	O
different	O
families	O
of	O
devices	O
,	O
each	O
based	O
around	O
a	O
different	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
core	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
1	O
—	O
CY8C2xxxx	O
series	O
—	O
M8C	O
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
3	O
—	O
CY8C3xxxx	O
series	O
—	O
8051	B-Architecture
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
4	O
—	O
CY8C4xxxx	O
series	O
—	O
ARM	O
Cortex-M0	O
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
5/5LP	O
—	O
CY8C5xxxx	O
series	O
—	O
ARM	O
Cortex-M3	O
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
6	O
—	O
CY8C6xxxx	O
series	O
—	O
ARM	O
Cortex-M4	O
core	O
with	O
an	O
added	O
ARM	O
Cortex-M0	O
+	O
core	O
(	O
in	O
some	O
models	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
Cypress	O
began	O
offering	O
PSoC	B-Application
4	O
BLE	O
devices	O
with	O
integrated	O
Bluetooth	B-General_Concept
Low	I-General_Concept
Energy	I-General_Concept
(	O
Bluetooth	B-General_Concept
Smart	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
add	O
and	O
configure	O
the	O
BLE	O
module	O
directly	O
in	O
PSoC	B-Application
creator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cypress	O
also	O
provides	O
a	O
complete	O
Bluetooth	B-General_Concept
Low	I-General_Concept
Energy	I-General_Concept
stack	O
licensed	O
from	O
Mindtree	O
with	O
both	O
Peripheral	O
and	O
Central	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PSoC	B-Application
6	O
series	O
includes	O
versions	O
with	O
BLE	O
including	O
Bluetooth	O
5	O
features	O
including	O
extended	O
range	O
or	O
higher	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
1	O
PSoC	B-Application
3	O
PSoC	B-Application
4	O
PSoC	B-Application
5/5LP	O
PSoC	B-Application
6	O
8-bit	O
M8C	O
core	O
up	O
to	O
24	O
MHz	O
,	O
4	O
MIPS	O
8-bit	O
8051	B-Architecture
core	O
(	O
single-cycle	O
)	O
up	O
to	O
67	O
MHz	O
,	O
33	O
MIPS	O
32-bit	O
ARM	O
Cortex-M0	O
up	O
to	O
48	O
MHz	O
,	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
generation	O
software	O
IDE	B-Application
to	O
design	O
and	O
debug	O
and	O
program	O
the	O
PSoC	B-Application
1	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
Creator	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
generation	O
software	O
IDE	B-Application
to	O
design	O
debug	O
and	O
program	O
the	O
PSoC	B-Application
3	O
/	O
4	O
/	O
5	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
IDE	B-Application
is	O
combined	O
with	O
an	O
easy-to-use	O
graphical	O
design	O
editor	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
powerful	O
hardware/software	O
co-design	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
Creator	O
consists	O
of	O
two	O
basic	O
building	O
blocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
makes	O
PSoC	B-Application
intriguing	O
is	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
creating	O
its	O
own	O
application-specific	O
peripherals	O
in	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
users	O
get	O
new	O
peripherals	O
for	O
their	O
existing	O
hardware	O
without	O
being	O
charged	O
or	O
having	O
to	O
buy	O
new	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
Creator	O
also	O
allows	O
much	O
freedom	O
in	O
the	O
assignment	O
of	O
peripherals	O
to	O
I/O	O
pins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Generic	O
ARM	O
development	O
tools	O
for	O
PSoC	B-Application
4	O
and	O
PSoC	B-Application
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
amount	O
of	O
documentation	O
for	O
all	O
ARM	B-Architecture
chips	I-Architecture
is	O
daunting	O
,	O
especially	O
for	O
newcomers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
documentation	O
for	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
from	O
past	O
decades	O
would	O
easily	O
be	O
inclusive	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
document	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
chips	O
have	O
evolved	O
so	O
has	O
the	O
documentation	O
grown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
total	O
documentation	O
is	O
especially	O
hard	O
to	O
grasp	O
for	O
all	O
ARM	B-Architecture
chips	I-Architecture
since	O
it	O
consists	O
of	O
documents	O
from	O
the	O
IC	O
manufacturer	O
(	O
Cypress	O
Semiconductor	O
)	O
and	O
documents	O
from	O
CPU	B-Device
core	O
vendor	O
(	O
ARM	O
Holdings	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
typical	O
top-down	O
documentation	O
tree	O
is	O
:	O
manufacturer	O
website	O
,	O
manufacturer	O
marketing	O
slides	O
,	O
manufacturer	O
datasheet	O
for	O
the	O
exact	O
physical	O
chip	O
,	O
manufacturer	O
detailed	O
reference	O
manual	O
that	O
describes	O
common	O
peripherals	O
and	O
aspects	O
of	O
a	O
physical	O
chip	O
family	O
,	O
ARM	O
core	O
generic	O
user	O
guide	O
,	O
ARM	O
core	O
technical	O
reference	O
manual	O
,	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
reference	O
manual	O
that	O
describes	O
the	O
instruction	O
set(s )	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
marketing	O
slides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
datasheet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PSoC	B-Application
reference	O
manuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
reference	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
See	O
External	O
Links	O
section	O
for	O
links	O
to	O
official	O
PSoC	B-Application
and	O
ARM	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
