Cypress Semiconductor has introduced a new development platform for Apple iPhone and iPod accessories based on its new PSoC 3 architecture. Designers can use the new CY8CKIT-023 PSoC expansion board kit – a plug-in board to Cypress’s CY8CKIT-001 PSoC platform development kit – to streamline design of innovative mobile accessories using the flexible PSoC programmable system-on-chip architecture.
The new kit leverages the iPhone operating system of the iPhone and iPod products and the corresponding iPhone SDK (software development kit) to provide a two-way communication interface between apps from Apple’s App Store and corresponding accessories.
The easy-to-use PSoC-based development platform enables highly integrated modular design of functions such as capacitive touch sensing, LCD segment drive and more for traditional iPhone and iPod accessories such as audio docks and speakers, chargers and automotive products. The platform also opens up a realm of accessories that can leverage the 480 x 320 touch-screen display and many other features of the iPhone and iPod touch for a myriad of markets and applications, including health and wellness, point-of-sale, RFID, and diagnostics and instrumentation tools.
When used in conjunction with the PSoC development kit, the PSoC expansion board kit for iPhone and iPod accessories offers support for Cypress’s recently announced PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 product families, as well as the PSoC 1 family. PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 devices extend the programmable analog and digital embedded design platform across 8-, 16- and 32-bit applications. The platform is powered by the PSoC Creator IDE, which employs a schematic-based design methodology along with fully tested, pre-packaged analog and digital peripherals that are customisable through wizards and APIs to meet specific design requirements.
The iPhone and iPod kit features a plug-in board that connects to the PSoC development kit, enabling PSoC to communicate with the iPhone and iPod. The kit showcases the capabilities for developers to record to and play from an iPhone or iPod with a microphone input and speaker output on the plug-in board, while simultaneously highlighting PSoC’s capabilities to power CapSense capacitive touch-sensing buttons and sliders for playback control, as well as drive an LCD to display metadata from multimedia. The kit also comes with an iPhone app and a PSoC project example to demonstrate communication between iPhone apps and accessories. Additionally, Cypress plans to release a full assortment of other plug-in boards that each interface to a variety of electronic sensors and actuators and perform various application functions such as audio processing, controller area network (CAN), high-precision analog sensors, QVGA graphics and more.
For more information contact Stuart Hanford, Arrow Altech Distribution, +27 (0)11 923 9600, [email protected], www.arrow.altech.co.za
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