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Infineon CY8CPROTO-041TP Manual

Psoc 4100t plus capsense prototyping kit
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CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC
Prototyping Kit guide

About this document

Scope and purpose
This guide helps you get acquainted with the CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC
Kit. It explains the kit's operation, describes the out-of-the-box (OOB) example and its functionality, and
provides hardware details of the board.
Intended audience
This kit is designed for technical specialists who are familiar with the PSOC
Note:
Use this kit under laboratory conditions.
Reference kit
Product(s) embedded on a PCB with a focus on specific applications and defined use cases that may include
software. PCB and auxiliary circuits are optimized for the requirements of the target application.
Note:
Boards do not necessarily meet safety, EMI, or quality standards (e.g., UL, CE) requirements.
User guide
Please read the sections "Important notice" and "Warnings" at the end of this document
www.infineon.com
4100T Plus CAPSENSE
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4100T Plus CAPSENSE
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4 MCU and CAPSENSE
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Prototyping
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technology.
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002-40273 Rev. *A
2025-03-28

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  • Page 1: About This Document

    ™ ™ Prototyping Kit guide About this document Scope and purpose This guide helps you get acquainted with the CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping ™ ™ Kit. It explains the kit's operation, describes the out-of-the-box (OOB) example and its functionality, and provides hardware details of the board.

  • Page 2: Important Notice

    Boards provided by Infineon Technologies. The design of the Evaluation Boards and Reference Boards has been tested by Infineon Technologies only as described in this document. The design is not qualified in terms of safety requirements, manufacturing and operation over the entire operating temperature range or lifetime.

  • Page 3: Safety Precautions

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide Safety precautions Safety precautions Note: Please note the following warnings regarding the hazards associated with development systems. Table 1 Safety precautions Caution: The evaluation or reference board contains parts and assemblies sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD).

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    I/O expansion headers ............. . 43 CY8CPROTO-041TP kit rework for evaluating additional features ......45 User guide 002-40273 Rev.
  • Page 5 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide Table of contents 3.3.1 Enabling the external programming/debugging interface to the PSOC 4100T Plus device . . . 45 ™ 3.3.2 Enabling the external power input for PSOC 4100T Plus device ......47 ™...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    ™ ™ ™ tools that enables you to integrate Infineon devices into your existing development methodology. If you are new to PSOC 4 and ModusToolbox software IDE, see AN79953 - Getting started with PSOC 4 MCU ™...
  • Page 7 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 1 Introduction Figure 1 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Board ™ ™ User guide 002-40273 Rev. *A 2025-03-28...

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 1 Introduction Figure 2 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit quick start guide ™ ™ Inspect the kit’s contents; if you find any part missing, visit the Infineon Support page for assistance.

  • Page 9: Additional Learning Resources

    4 MCU under “PSOC 4 software resources” ™ ™ Additional learning resources Infineon provides a wealth of data on the PSOC 4 product webpage to help you select the suitable PSOC ™ ™ device for your design and quickly and effectively integrate the device into your design.

  • Page 10: Kit Operation

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 2 Kit operation Kit operation This chapter provides an overview of the features of the PSOC 4100T Plus device and a quick overview of the ™ OOB project preprogrammed in this kit. It also provides the steps to create a project and program/debug using ModusToolbox ™...
  • Page 11 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 2 Kit operation Figure 4 Functional block diagram of CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE ™ ™ Prototyping Board User guide 002-40273 Rev. *A 2025-03-28...
  • Page 12 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 2 Kit operation Figure 5 PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Board top view ™ ™ The PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit demonstrates the capabilities of fifth-generation ™ ™ CAPSENSE technology, including low-power operation with always-on sensing and improved touch-sensing ™...
  • Page 13 The CAPSENSE touch-sensing button, capable of both self- ™ ™ (CSB1) capacitance (CSD) and mutual-capacitance (CSX) operation, allows you to evaluate Infineon’s fifth-generation CAPSENSE ™ technology. This button features a 4 mm acrylic overlay for smooth touch sensing. CSD CAPSENSE button...

  • Page 14: Using The Oob Example Ce240380

    ™ Note: If you ever overwrite the OOB example, you can restore it by programming the PSOC ™ CY8CPROTO-041TP demo code example again. For further details, see the section Creating a project and program/debug using ModusToolbox for programming the board.
  • Page 15 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 2 Kit operation Figure 6 Connect the USB cable to the USB connector on the board Touch the self-capacitance-based button (CSB2) and observe that LED3 (green) turns on, as shown in Figure 7.
  • Page 16 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 2 Kit operation Figure 8 CAPSENSE CSX button operation with LED indication ™ Touch the touchpad with your finger and observe that LED2 (red) and LED3 (green) turn on, as shown in Figure 9.
  • Page 17 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 2 Kit operation Figure 10 Capacitive proximity operation with LED indication Hover your hand over the ambient light sensor (ALS) to change the light intensity falling on the ALS. Observe that the brightness of LED6 (amber) changes with the light intensity, as shown in...

  • Page 18: Creating A Project And Program/Debug Using Modustoolbox

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 2 Kit operation Note: More code examples are available in the Eclipse IDE for the ModusToolbox software (see Figure 15) or ™ on the GitHub page dedicated to ModusToolbox software-based examples.
  • Page 19 In the Choose Board Support Package (BSP) - Project Creator window, follow these steps: Expand the list to show all available PSOC 4 BSPs ™ Select CY8CPROTO-041TP, and click Next, as shown in Figure 14 Figure 14 Creating a new application: Choose Board...
  • Page 20 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 2 Kit operation Figure 15 Creating a new application: Select Application In the Project Explorer tab, select the <App_Name> project to build and program the PSOC 4100T Plus ™ device application In the Quick Panel tab, navigate to the Launches section, and click the <App_Name>...
  • Page 21 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 2 Kit operation For a detailed explanation on how to debug using ModusToolbox software, see the “Program and ™ debug” section in the Eclipse IDE for ModusToolbox user guide. ™...

  • Page 22: Hardware

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Hardware Schematics See the schematic files available on the webpage. Hardware functional description This section describes the individual hardware blocks. The kit includes a PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE ™...
  • Page 23 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 19 PSOC 4100T Plus MCU schematic ™ Table 3 Pin assignment of PSOC 4100T Plus MCU in the Prototyping Kit ™ Pin details Primary onboard function Secondary onboard function...
  • Page 24 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Table 3 (continued) Pin assignment of PSOC 4100T Plus MCU in the Prototyping Kit ™ Pin details Primary onboard function Secondary onboard function P1[6] CAPSENSE touchpad column 0 (CST1_C0) –...

  • Page 25: Psoc ™ 4100T Plus Mcu Power

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Table 3 (continued) Pin assignment of PSOC 4100T Plus MCU in the Prototyping Kit ™ Pin details Primary onboard function Secondary onboard function P6[2] User LED 4 (LED6)
  • Page 26 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware 2.0V ≤ VDDD ≤ 5.5V 2.0V ≤ VDDA ≤ 5.5V VDDD VDDA 4.7uF 0.1uF 0.1uF 4.7uF VDDD 0.1uF VDDD 0.1uF PSOC™ 4100T Plus VCCD 2.2uF VSSD VSSA Figure 20 PSOC 4100T Plus MCU schematic with 2.0 V to 5.5 V external supply...
  • Page 27 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware 1.71V ≤ VDDD ≤ 1.89V 1.71V ≤ VDDA ≤ 1.89V VDDD VDDA 4.7uF 0.1uF 0.1uF 4.7uF VDDD 0.1uF VDDD 0.1uF PSOC™ 4100T Plus VCCD VSSD VSSA Figure 21 PSOC 4100T Plus MCU schematic with 1.8 V ±5% external supply...
  • Page 28 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 22 PSOC 4100T Plus MCU power schematic ™ A set of decoupling capacitors is provided for both the digital (VDDD) and core (VCCD) voltage rails of the MCU.

  • Page 29: Psoc ™ 4100T Plus Mcu External Programming/Debugging Header

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 24 Connecting the current measurement device with the J2 header The onboard LED (LED1) indicates the power status of the PSOC 4100T Plus MCU. ™ Figure 25 Schematic of power LED indication (LED1) 3.2.1.2...

  • Page 30: Reset Button

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 26 PSOC 4100T Plus MCU 10-pin programming/debugging header schematic ™ To use the external programming/debugging interface, populate J7, D2, and C20. 3.2.1.3 Reset button Use the push button (SW1) on the PSOC...

  • Page 31: Kitprog3 Onboard Target Voltage Measurement

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 28 Schematic of PSOC 5LP-based KitProg3 ™ 3.2.2.1 KitProg3 onboard target voltage measurement PSOC 5LP of KitProg3 uses an ADC to measure the onboard target voltage. A voltage divider is placed before ™...

  • Page 32: Kitprog3 Programming Mode Selection Button And Status Led

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 29 Schematic of KitProg3 onboard target voltage monitoring circuit 3.2.2.2 KitProg3 programming mode selection button and status LED Use the SW3 button to switch between various modes of KitProg3 operation, such as from CMSIS-DAP HID to BULK mode and enabling the boot loader mode.
  • Page 33 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 31 Power block diagram Figure 32 USB Type-C connector (J1) and ESD protection (D1, U3) schematic User guide 002-40273 Rev. *A 2025-03-28...
  • Page 34 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware This board has a linear voltage regulator at U4 to provide the PSOC 4100T Plus device with a regulated 1.8 V ™ supply, derived from the 5 V supply coming from the USB Type-C connector.

  • Page 35: Target Reference Voltage Switch

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 35 PSOC 4100T Plus device power schematic ™ 3.2.3.1 Target reference voltage switch A load switch (U5) is used to generate the target reference voltage and to isolate the leakage currents from the voltage divider used for target voltage measurement.
  • Page 36 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 37 Schematic of capacitive sensing widgets The kit includes acrylic overlays of varying thicknesses to evaluate the performance of the CAPSENSE ™ touchpad (CST1) and proximity sensor (CSP1) in different scenarios:...
  • Page 37 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Two external modulation capacitors (C3 and C6) on the board enable the CAPSENSE functionality. NP0 ™ dielectric-based capacitors are used for better capacitance tolerance over a temperature range of -55°C to +125°C.

  • Page 38: Ambient Light Sensor

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 40 Schematic of driven shield configurations For detailed information on using CAPSENSE , including design guidelines, see the PSOC 4 and PSOC 6 MCU ™ ™ ™...

  • Page 39: Crystal

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 41 Ambient light sensor schematic 3.2.6 Crystal A 32.768 kHz crystal footprint is provided onboard and connected to P0[2] and P0[3] of the PSOC 4100T Plus ™...

  • Page 40: User Button

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 43 User LEDs schematic 3.2.8 User button The PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Board includes a user button, SW4, connected to pin P5[6] of ™ ™ the PSOC 4100T Plus device via a resistor, R86.

  • Page 41: Expansion Headers

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 44 User button schematic 3.2.9 Expansion headers 3.2.9.1 Multi-Sense expansion connector The PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit includes a 24-pin sensor interface header (J24), offering a ™...

  • Page 42: Digital Interface

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Table 5 (continued) Pin assignment of power supply domains Pin number Power supply domain Description J24.7 VDDA Used for analog reference only; do not use for powering devices on sensor expansion boards.

  • Page 43: I/O Expansion Headers

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Table 7 (continued) Pin assignment of sensor interface signals Pin number MCU Pin number Primary sensor interface J24.18 P4[1] Connected to an external sensor interface expansion header (J24), which can be used as: •...
  • Page 44 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 46 Schematic of expansion headers User guide 002-40273 Rev. *A 2025-03-28...

  • Page 45: Cy8Cproto-041Tp Kit Rework For Evaluating Additional Features

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware CY8CPROTO-041TP kit rework for evaluating additional features 3.3.1 Enabling the external programming/debugging interface to the PSOC 4100T Plus device ™ The default programming/debugging interface for the PSOC 4100T Plus device is the onboard KitProg3. A 10- ™...
  • Page 46 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Table 9 (continued) J7 header pin assignment for interfacing with MiniProg4 Pin details Kit function MiniProg4 interface function J7.3 GND, ground reference of prototyping board GND, ground reference of MiniProg4 J7.4...

  • Page 47: Enabling The External Power Input For Psoc ™ 4100T Plus Device

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Table 10 Connection details for 5-pin programming interface between MiniProg4 and the kit 5-pin programming interface on MiniProg4 5-pin programming interface on the kit VTARG J8.1 or J9.1 J8.3 or J9.3...
  • Page 48 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Table 12 Rework components with reference and manufacturer details Reference Description Manufacturer Manufacturer part number IC, REG, LDO, 1CH, Fixed, 1.8 V, 0.25 A, 2.2 V to Onsemi NCV8163ASN180T1G 5.5 V, TSOP-5...

  • Page 49: Enabling The Wco For The Psoc ™ 4100T Plus Device

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 50 Schematic of rework regions to enable 1.8 V powering option for the PSOC 4100T Plus ™ device 3.3.4 Enabling the WCO for the PSOC 4100T Plus device ™...

  • Page 50: Enabling Additional Sense Signal For Multi-Sense Expansion Connector

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Table 13 Rework components with reference and manufacturer details Reference Description Manufacturer Manufacturer part number XTAL, 32.768 kHz, 20 ppm, 12.5 pF, SMD Würth 830065253 Elektronik C46, C47 CAP, CER, 22 pF, 5%, NP0, 50 V, 0402 Würth...

  • Page 51: Bill Of Materials

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide 3 Hardware Figure 52 Schematic of rework regions to enable additional sense signal for Multi-Sense expansion connector Bill of materials See the BOM files available on the webpage. User guide 002-40273 Rev.

  • Page 52: Glossary

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide Glossary Glossary Analog-to-digital converter Bill of materials Board support package Command-line interface CMOD Modulator capacitor CMSIS-DAP ® Cortex Microcontroller System Interface Standard – Debug Access Port Central processing unit Self-capacitance...
  • Page 53 CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide Glossary Microcontroller unit Multi-sense converter Out-of-the-box PSOC ™ Programmable system-on-chip Successive Approximation Register Serial clock (I Serial data (I Serial Wire Debug UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter Universal Serial Bus XRES...

  • Page 54: Revision History

    CY8CPROTO-041TP PSOC 4100T Plus CAPSENSE Prototyping Kit ™ ™ guide Revision history Revision history Document Date Description of changes revision 2024-09-20 Initial release 2025-03-28 Updated the following sections: Hardware section with Rev03 board details Using the OOB example CE240380 User guide 002-40273 Rev.

  • Page 55: Trademarks

    ™ ™ guide Trademarks Trademarks PSOC , formerly known as PSoC , is a trademark of Infineon Technologies. Any references to PSoC in this ™ ™ ™ document or others shall be deemed to refer to PSOC ™ User guide 002-40273 Rev.

  • Page 56: Disclaimer

    Infineon Technologies, Email: erratum@infineon.com Infineon Technologies’ products may not be used in any applications where a failure of the product or any   consequences of the use thereof can reasonably be Document reference expected to result in personal injury.