difference between pinoneer kit vs evaluation board vs cypress module

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Hello every one. I am new to cypress kits. Besides my background is in mechanical engineering. so please bare with me. My question might frustrate many:

   

I have a cypress pioneer kit CY8CKIT-042-BLE. It came with a base board and two other chips called PSOC (CY8C4247LQI-BL483) and a PROC (CYBL10563-56LQXI). I have been playing that for last couple of days. Is there is a cypress module similar to CY8C4247LQI-BL483 for final chip that would in production.

   

I see there is cypress module called CYBLE-224110-00 EZ-BLE. I also see that there is an evaluation board to get started with that called CYBLE-224110-EVAL EZ-BLE™ PSoC XT/XR Evaluation Board (http://www.cypress.com/documentation/development-kitsboards/cyble-224110-eval-ez-ble-psoc-xtxr-evalu...). It also says that CYBLE-224110-EVAL EZ-BLE™ is compatible with CY8CKIT-042-BLE pioneer kit.

   

I want to know if I develop a code with this pioneer kit using PSOC, can I bypass checking it on evaluation board CYBLE-224110-EVAL EZ-BLE, and  directly program it on CYBLE-224110-00 EZ-BLE.

   

Thanks in advance.

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rola_264706
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Here is some information of the pin differences between PSOC Ble and Easy Ble.

   

So check these so you don't have pin differences in your design.

   

   

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Bob_Marlowe
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As usual: That depends.

   

The modules, as the CYBLE-224110-00, are based on a PRoC design. That means: fewer resources than a CY8C4247LQI-BL483.

   

But you can do it the other way: Design for your module chip CYBLE-224110-00. When the hardware placement is done and the build succeeds without any warning, you can switch to your CY8C4247LQI-BL483 chip on your BLE-Kit and develop and debug your software. At final switch back to CYBLE-224110-00 (there might be some pin changes!).

   

You will always need a build for the chip you want to program.

   

Next question: how to program? You'll need a programmer to flash your chip, not only the software. Cheapest solution would be to buy a CY8CKIT-043 and use the snap-off programmer (can debug also). So the question with this configuration is: why switching from one target device to the other while developing.

   

 

   

Bob

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rola_264706
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Here is some information of the pin differences between PSOC Ble and Easy Ble.

   

So check these so you don't have pin differences in your design.

   

   

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Anonymous
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Thank you Bobgoar and Bob. By combining you two answer's, now I have more detailed knowledge about cypress BLE. You answers are very helpful. could you please answer one more question: is there a module compatible to pioneer kit's PSOC BL383 and PROC 56LQXI. If not, why doesn't cypress provide two evaluation boards which can help me straight move from pioneer kit to  production?

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Bob_Marlowe
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No need for 2 development kits. Just put the PRoC 5671 BLE module onto the baseboard and design for that chip.

   

 

   

Bob

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Thank you Bob. very helpful.

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Bob_Marlowe
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You are always welcome!

   

 

   

Bob

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