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The new UDB editor makes it easier to generate custom reusable PSoC components and export to leading ARM toolsets – IAR, Keil and Eclipse

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced version 3.0 of its PSoC Creator Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for PSoC 3, PSoC 4 and PSoC 5LP programmable system-on-chip architectures. Cypress's PSoC Creator 3.0, based on customer requirements, reduces code size, significantly improves the integrated firmware editor, and allows export to the main ARM IDE. PSoC Creator 3.0 expands the capabilities of PSoC solutions and simplifies the process of hardware and software co-design, such as the newly introduced Universal Digital Block (UDB) editor and the ability to customize PSoC Components.

The Windows-based PSoC Creator IDE includes more than 110 PSoC components (pre-verified "virtual chips", represented by icons in software) that users can drag and drop into the design and configure them to It is suitable for a wide range of application needs. PSoC Creator 3.0 simplifies the process of customizing PSoC digital components by adding a complete state machine charting tool to the UDB data path and, as in earlier versions, it allows components to be created using Verilog. Customized PSoC components enable customers' globally distributed design teams to reuse packaged hardware and firmware designs for new designs.

Alan Hawse, executive vice president of Cypress Software, said: "Cypress brings chip-level quality requirements to the software, and thousands of hours of testing are required before each release to confirm that customers can Proper use in design. New features in PSoC Creator 3.0, such as the UDB editor, export to the main ARM IDE, and general-purpose editor improvements are all derived from customer feedback. Everything we do in PSoC Creator They are designed to help users solve the problems encountered in the design as efficiently as possible, so that engineers can design in their own way. "You can watch Hawse's video on PSoC Creator 3.0 from /go/3.0video.

By integrating two optimization tools (GCC version 4.7 of the ARM Embedded Compiler and the Newlib-nano library), PSoC Creator 3.0 reduces the amount of code for ARM M-class processors such as PSoC 4 and PSoC 5LP. The new version also makes coding easier by improving the editor features, and there is an auto-complete feature that allows users to take advantage of dynamically generated software APIs without having to open the datasheet. With PSoC Creator 3.0, developers can create hardware schematics, automatically generate fully customized data tables, and seamlessly export to IAR, Keil or Eclipse IDE for firmware development.

PSoC Creator is not just an IDE. In addition to powerful compilers and programmers, it allows users to configure PSoC programmable hardware through schematics, Verilog, state machines and firmware to form a single-chip solution. Cypress regularly releases new components to enable the hardware programming capabilities of existing PSoC devices to take full advantage of new peripheral functions. As a result, PSoC components not only speed up the time-to-market, but also add differentiated functionality to end products.

About PSoC Creator

PSoC Creator is a unique design software that helps engineers design their way of thinking, using a schematic-based design approach, plus certified, pre-packaged peripherals that make system creation independent of target PSoC The device proceeds. What the user needs to do is draw the design as if it were on paper or on a whiteboard, and let the tool automatically convert it to a PSoC configuration without having to flip through a lot of device documentation and remember register mapping. With PSoC Creator, customers only need to create designs based on application needs without being constrained by the target device. Re-selecting new devices is as simple as rebuilding an application, so sharing designs across PSoC devices is easy, including seamless migration of existing designs from 8-bit devices to 32-bit devices.

PSoC Creator automatically places components into selected PSoC devices and plans all signal transmission paths within the chip while allocating I/O to the optimal pins. The parameters of each peripheral component are carefully adjusted so that the overall design is automatically optimized to best meet the designer's requirements without wasting any resources. A set of regression-tested APIs is created for each component during the creation of the project, so software developers can control the hardware without knowing the underlying register set. Customized designs and their associated APIs can be stored in a library, reused, and easily shared internally.

MCU can't, but PSoC can!

PSoC devices use a highly configurable system-on-chip architecture to support embedded control designs and provide flash devices equivalent to field-programmable ASICs with no production cycle or NRE impact. PSoC devices tightly integrate configurable analog and digital circuitry and are controlled by an on-chip microcontroller to provide greater design modification and component count. Only a single PSoC device can integrate multiple peripheral functions, helping customers save design time, board space, and reduce power consumption while improving system quality and system cost.

Flexible PSoC resources enable designers to modify firmware during the design, verification, production, and use phases to ensure that the product is fully responsive to future needs. This unique flexibility of PSoC reduces design cycle time and continues to add the latest enhancements in later stages. In addition, all PSoC devices support dynamic reconfiguration, allowing designers to modify internal resources on the fly and use fewer components to accomplish a given task.