Designing Next-generation Automotive Center Consoles By: Prem Kumar Arora | - With the trend of increased adoption of consumer electronics in the automotive industry, the design of the center console is undergoing a major shift. This article covers some of the emerging trends which are finding increasing adoption in the center console. These technologies not only provide a seamless human machine interface for when the passenger uses a cell phone or the car navigation unit, but also enable automobile manufacturers to save money, improve reliability, and create a shift in t ... Tags:Optical & Image Sensing, PSoC, automotives
Designing An Easily Modified Led Sequencer With No Processor Intervention By: Andrew Siska | - As LED technology continues to be used in more and more applications, it is also becoming quite common for developers to seek ways to minimize cost and design complexity by implementing an LED or other device sequencer on a system-on-chip (SOC) platform. SOC devices integrate the MCU capacity and various digital peripherals required to support a complete LED subsystem using a single chip. This article describes a simple 8 LED sequencer design based on the latest SOC technology.
Psoc 5 As A Magnetic Card Reader By: Dan Sweet | - A good Magnetic Card Reader requires reliable and accurate performance across a variety of different environments and card swipe speeds; regardless of the physical condition of the card. There are three essential elements of a magnetic card that must be implemented in order to ensure this performance: (1) automatic gain control (AGC) to automatically adjust the amplitude of the input waveform to maximize dynamic range; (2) accurate peak detection and raw data decoding; and (3)preventing noise in ... Tags:Optical & Image Sensing, PSoC, Touch Sensing
Cypress Envirosystems, a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. /quotes/comstock/15*!cy/quotes/nls/cy (CY 11.08, -0.49, -4.24%) , announced today that the California Smart Grid Center (CSGC), has successfully completed the demonstration testing of Cypress Envirosystems' Wireless Pneumatic Thermostat (WPT) soluti ... Tags:pneumatic, solenoid valve
Cypress Psoc Programmer 3.0 Streamlines Interface By: Emma | - PSoC Programmer 3.0 also includes rapid prototype device programming through configurable verifications procedures. In addition, it automatically identifies the target PSoC device and configures itself to program that device, without the user having to select the device from a menu.
Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE:CY) today introduced new programming software for the PSoC?programmable system-on-chip family. The new PSoC Programmer 3.0 now offers a customizable user interface, allowing d ... Tags:Plastic mould, Plastic mold, Rapid prototype
How Many Pwm Outputs Can A Psoc 3 Or 5 Generate? By: Dave Van Ess | - An interesting question that I've gotten several times is how many instances of a specific function can be placed into a PSoC 3 or 5. This question is particularly interesting for PSoC since unlike typical micro controller alternatives, the quantity of a specific digital function that is present in a PSoC isn't a fixed small number. If your application demands that the entire programmable digital array be used for just one function type, then you have that option.
Achieving Flexible Power Management For Embedded Systems By: Palani Subbiah | - Embedded designers today are facing more and more pressure to increase battery life and at the same time offer more features. One only needs to look at the rapid increase of functionality in mobile handhelds for verification. It has become clear that battery chemistries are not improving at the needed rate to fulfill these requirements. This places the pressure squarely on silicon vendors to deliver better performance at lower power. As if this dilemma wasnt challenging enough, designers face ... Tags:Embedded Systems, Psoc, Power management, Semiconductor
"think It "" Draw It "" Build It" With Psoc Creator By: Mark Saunders | - Embedded systems designers deserve better than the feature-lacking point-tools available today. Embedded designs should
be more than a collection of microcontrollers and discrete components, pulled together by board design tools and software
development environments that are not aware of each other presence, let alone integrated together.
Cellular Phones In The Capacitance Sensing By: Andrew Page | - For most of today's consumer electronics product development and improvement, the industrial design is the core driving force. In the mid-market cellular phone row Industry, user interface improvement is the new cell phone the key to success. If a cell phone, no one is willing to use, then the No matter how good it is, what significance does it! With this in mind, manufacturers are focusing on developing innovative technologies in order to be able to replace the occupation of Buttons and switche ... Tags:cypress semiconductor, PSoC,
Multi-touch Interfaces: Getting From Marginal To Great By: Jon Pearson | - Multi-touch human interfaces have arrived, but so far they are like surprise visitors: we may be happy to see them, but we're not ready to let them move-in for good. For those of us who are engineers and work every day to realize the dreams of future products, multi-touch offers an opportunity to change the world, in much the same way the first graphical user interfaces did. The race has just begun, but make no mistake, it will be won soon. Personally, Im not convinced we have a winner yet, a ... Tags:touchscreen solution, TrueTouch, PSoC, multi-touch UI
Evolutionary Leap In Embedded Design: System-level Programmability By: Jim Davis | - How many embedded projects have you worked on that successfully transitioned between lifecycle phases of the project without major rework of system designs, bill of materials, layouts, etc.? If youre answer is less than 100%, as the majority of the embedded world is, then you should open your mind to a new methodology to embedded design that will save you countless hours, dollars and headaches. In this article well explore the embedded design challenges you face on a day-today basis and, i ... Tags:semiconductors, PSoC, microprocessors, microcontrollers
Wirelessly Monitoring Hospital Beds Through Sensors And Mcus By: Archana Yarlagadda | - Sensors play an important role in satisfying our inquisitiveness to know about our surroundings. By far, temperature is the most measured parameter using a sensor. The most primitive method to measure would have been by touch and then by the use of external metals. The initial measurements were just comparative and did not have a scale. Sensors have come a long way from that point and we now have highly accurate measuring devices. With advances in technology, various sensors measuring pressure, ... Tags:Cypress semiconductors, sensors, microcontrollers, wireless
Medical Electronics Drive Move To Home Care By: Pavitra Ramanujam and Shamik Mehta | - Theres a growing trend of patient care moving away from hospitals and clinics and into homes. Healthcare providers are also driving this, as home care can help in improving efficiency and reducing costs incurred by doctors and hospitals. Portable medical electronics technology can expedite this process.
In the most basic form, portable medical devices are all battery-operated, microcontrolled handheld devices that take and analyze measurements using various bio-sensors on a ... Tags:Medical Electronics
Max Peak Power Trackers Increase Efficiency Of Solar Panels In Street By: Rakesh Reddy | - Executive Summary
Street lighting in many municipalities accounts for nearly half of the electrical expenditure. In addition to the energy bills, replacement and maintenance of low pressure sodium or metal halide lamps pose additional costs and disruption of traffic. High Brightness LED (HBLED) based solar powered street lights do not depend on the grid for electric power and have the potential of saving billions of dollars in electricity and maintenance costs.
Automotive Human Machine Interfaces (hmi) Redefined By: Hassane El-Khoury | - Human Machine Interfaces, or HMIs, traditionally consist of multiple systems which allow drivers to interact with their vehicle. In today's automotive designs, the HMI also displays any feedback from the vehicle to the driver. This interaction begins the instant one unlocks the car door, continues while driving, and ends the moment the driver gets out and locks the car. It involves the optimal balance of the driver's sensory inputs to make the driving experience both safe and enjoyable. Some of ... Tags:human machine interfaces, hmi interface, touchscreen, touchp
Designing Usb Applications With Psoc By: Jon Pearson | - Design engineers have long been familiar with USB, first introduced in 1995 to replace the aging RS232 interface. It represents a simple, elegant means of communicating with as many as 126 connected devices using a well-defined protocol.
However, adding USB to an existing product is not necessarily simple or elegant, and adding it to new projects adds a degree of complexity that may now be largely avoidable.
Cypress Semiconductor"s CY8C24794-24LFXI is a member of its p ... Tags:usb
Multi-touch All-point Touchscreens: The Future Of User Interface Design By: Chitiz Mathema | - One of the most demanding challenges designers of electronics "" especially consumer electronics "" face involves user interface design. Interface design requires careful mapping of complex user actions to create an intuitive, usable, and productive experience. Users, with all of their senses "" sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch "" sit on one side of this paradigm. On the other side is the device or system that is affected by the output of the user"s five senses.
The holy grail for b ... Tags:Cypress Semiconductor, touchscreen, multi point touchscree
Firmware For Multichannel Hbled Systems By: Ben Kropf and Shone Tran | - High-brightness LEDs are increasingly becoming the light source of choice in both general and specialty lighting applications. Advances in LED technology have led to higher lumens per watt. Improvements are also being made in package size, color options, CRI ratings, binning, and temperature stability. LEDs bring flexibility, efficiency, and intelligence to any lighting application and are quickly being adopted for these reasons
Infrared Proximity Detection With Psoc By: Jemmey Huang, Wayne Zhang | - Introduction
Infrared sensors are light sensors, which are active and function in the infrared part of the frequency spectrum. They
primarily consist of an infrared emitter and an infrared receiver. They are found in many object detection
applications such as automatic door openers and burglar alarms, surface feature detection, rotation shaft encoding,
and barcode decoding. Some recently used applications in mobile devices include auto call-answering, auto speaker
Cypress's Ovationons(tm) Ii Laser Navigation System-on-chip Selected By Sunrex For Trackball Applica By: EDA Cafe | - "Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) today announced that computer input device manufacturer Sunrex Technology Corp. has selected Cypress's OvationONS' II Laser Navigation System-on-Chip for trackball module applications to be demonstrated at the Computex Taipei technology show this week. The programmable CYONS2000 Laser SoC with integrated sensor and microcontroller enables the design to reduce external passive components for simple, sleek trackball designs. The laser-based trackball mo ... Tags:semiconductor solutions, PSoC, solar, multi-touch interface,
Cypress Psoc Programmer 3.0 Streamlines Interface By: Chip Design | - "Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE:CY) today introduced new programming software for the PSoC programmable system-on-chip family. The new PSoC Programmer 3.0 now offers a customizable user interface, allowing designers to select the features they wish to use and hide those that they don't. Cypress has also streamlined the interface to enable an easier, more intuitive user experience.
Cypress Systems' Non-invasive Gauge Reading Solutions Automate Reading Of Manual Dial Gauges By: ARC Advisory Group | - "Cypress Systems Corp., a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corp., introduced non-invasive wireless gauge reading solutions to reduce costs and improve efficiency in manufacturing and processing plants. The patent-pending Wireless Gauge Reader simply clips on to the front face of an existing gauge in minutes, at less than half the cost of alternative systems. It does not require removing old gauges, breaking pressure seals, performing leak checks, running wires or interrupting the underlying ... Tags:semiconductor solutions, PSoC, solar, multi-touch interface,
Cypress Touchscreen Solutions Include Multi-touch All Point Offering On A Single Chip By: Smalltimes | - "Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has introduced the TrueTouch touchscreen solution based on the PSoC programmable system-on-chip architecture. The TrueTouch offering includes a single-chip touchscreen solution that can interpret up to 10 inputs from all areas of the screen simultaneously. This capability, known as ""multi-touch all point,"" enables designers to create new usage models for products such as mobile handsets, portable media players (PMPs), GPS systems and other products.
Example ... Tags:semiconductor solutions, PSoC, solar, multi-touch interface,
