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Cypress against all charges. Any Source Code (software and/or firmware) is owned by Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Cypress) and is protected by and subject to worldwide patent protection (United States and foreign), United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions.
Thank you for purchasing the CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 FirstTouch™ Starter Kit. The PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit is designed to introduce you to the PSoC programmable system- on-chip design methodology and Cypress's new PSoC 3 architecture. This full-featured starter kit...
Displays an equation: Times New Roman 2 + 2 = 4 Text in gray boxes Describes Cautions or unique functionality of the product. CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit Guide, Spec. # 001-49613 Rev. *B Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor...
Installation Install Hardware This section shows you how to use the PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit. Note: This kit comes with a factory programmed demonstration to display "PSoC Rocks!" message on the LED display when the board is waved. 1. Unpack the PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit.
Installation Install Software When installing the PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit, the installer checks if the prerequisites, PSoC Creator, PSoC Programmer, Windows Installer, Windows.NET, Acrobat Reader, and Keil C51 Compiler, are installed in your PC. If these applications are not installed, then the installer prompts you to install them.
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Figure 3-4). In the port selection frame, you should see the PSoC 3 FirstTouch starter kit. If you do, you have successfully installed all required software and drivers to begin your PSoC 3 evaluation. Congratulations! Figure 3-4. Opening PSoC Programmer 6.
2. Replace the "PSoC Rocks!" string in the DisplayString[ ] [ ] array of strings with "Cypress" or any other message(s) desired up to 25 characters. CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit Guide, Spec. # 001-49613 Rev. *B Downloaded from Elcodis.com...
→ Build PSoCRocks. Figure 4-3. Build PSoCRocks 2. Connect the PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit board to your PC by using a USB cable. 3. Click the Program icon. Figure 4-4. Program 4. The project is programmed successfully as shown in Figure 4-5 on page CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit Guide, Spec.
Example Projects Figure 4-5. Program Successful 5. When the download is complete, remove the USB cable from the PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit board and connect a 9V battery to the battery connector. 6. Follow the steps in section 3.1 Install Hardware on page 9 to see your message displayed.
This example displays a message using a bank of LEDs, that when swung in a back and forth arcing motion, produces a rasterized character display. The PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit has a three axis accelerometer. The accelerometer detects the instantaneous acceleration of the board when in motion.
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Get ADC count (V) for measured accelerometer Y axis voltage V > minimum oscillation thershold? Calculate character offset in the string Update LED display String Complete CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit Guide, Spec. # 001-49613 Rev. *B Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor...
Running the Bubble Level Emulator project: 1. Connect the PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit board to the USB port of the PC using the USB cable. 2. Click on the example project BubbleLevel from Kits and Solutions present on the Startup page of the PSoC Creator.
Boot Start Get ADC count(V) for Accelerometer X axis voltage Calculate the LED offset for current value of V Update LED display CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit Guide, Spec. # 001-49613 Rev. *B Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor...
Running the ThermistorTemperatureSense project: 1. Connect the PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit board to the USB port of the PC through the USB cable. 2. Click on the example project ThemistorTemperatureSense from Kits and Solutions present on the Startup page of the PSoC Creator.
The error due to the reference resistor is reduced by using a precision resistance in series with the thermistor. CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit Guide, Spec. # 001-49613 Rev. *B Downloaded from Elcodis.com...
Touch Starter Kit board and indicate its position on the LED display. Running the CapSense project: 1. Connect the PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit board to the USB port of the PC through the USB cable. 2. Click on the example project CapSenseSlider from Kits and Solutions present on the Startup page of the PSoC Creator.
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Start Scan CapSense Slider Read the Centroid position is finger detected on the slider? Update LED display with respact to finger position CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit Guide, Spec. # 001-49613 Rev. *B Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor...
This project senses the presence of a finger near the proximity detection antenna. The number of LEDs that light up on the LED display on the PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit board increases as the finger gets closer to the antenna.
Technical Reference When creating a new project or modifying an existing project, refer to the PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit board schematic provided in section 5.1 PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit Schematic on page 32 the pin assignment tables listed in section 5.2 PSoC 3 Pin Assignment on PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter...
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