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Hello all,

   

I want to facilitate my capsense board with the remote to control the applications corresponding.

   

        I'm using the board for the electrical switching application,

   

1. in that i want to give the remote control facility with the default touch switching.

   

2. is it feasible

   

3. suggest, awaiting for them.

   

Thanks & Regards-

   

Amit

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Bob_Marlowe
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The answer could be "BLE" if I understand your question for a remote control correctly. secure.cypress.com/BLE/

   

 

   

Bob

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ETRO_SSN583
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PRoC BLE would be wireless solution.

   

 

   

    

   

          https://secure.cypress.com/PRoCBLE/?source=BLE

   

 

   

What is the distance you want to control over, and do you want it networked

   

or just point to point ?

   

 

   

Regards, Dana.

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Anonymous
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  • Hi Dana & Bob,
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  • what i wish to use the normal IR remote to control the switching of appliances @ household.
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  • If i build an separate circuitry to send & receive the IR signals, Is it possible to interface it with the Capsense for proper swithing work?
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  • I mean if I take a separate remote (with Rx @ the same board) & interface its o/p to the capsense board, will that work?
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  • I wish to use it for the distance around 30Ft around.
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  • I want it to work like a normal remotes e.g. T.V. remote.
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Bob_Marlowe
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When you are looking for a single solution (not a series of boards) you may tinker a solution that will work. There are some receivers availlable like this simple one pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/123065/VISHAY/TSOP34838.html. Some years ago I built an interface using two PSoC1 development kits. Today I would use PSoC4 Pioneer boards.

   

 

   

Bob

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Anonymous
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Hello Bob,

   

I will go through it n see what I will get. I'm also considering tight to shift to PSoC 4. Sooner will get it worked whether to or not to.

   

But as for me to understand more can you dig & give me some details of your project you mentioned, I think it will surely help me on either versions.

   

Thanks & Regards-

   

Amit

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Bob_Marlowe
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No leftovers from a 7 year old PSoC1 project, sorry. What I remember is I was using a receiver with integrated filter like this one www.produktinfo.conrad.com/datenblaetter/175000-199999/184302-da-01-en-IR_RECEIVER_2_7_5_5V_OS_0038K...

   

The sender was a simple IR-LED which was controlled with a PWM at 38kHz frequency

   

 

   

Bob

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ETRO_SSN583
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Project 91, 47 is an IR design -

   

 

   

    

   

          

   

http://www.cypress.com/?app=forum&id=4749&rID=101511     PSOC 4 EEPROM Location in Flash

   

 PSOC 4 element14.com

                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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Date

Project Title

1

01-May-2013

Simple Blinking LED

2

02-May-2013

CapSense Slider Example

3

03-May-2013

PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit Annotation Library

4

06-May-2013

USB-UART utility

5

07-May-2013

USB-I2C Utility

6

08-May-2013

Danger Shield with Light Sensor Control

7

09-May-2013

Danger Shield with 7-segment display

8

10-May-2013

Danger Shield Buzzer of Doom

9

13-May-2013

Graphics LCD Display

10

14-May-2013

LCD - Rotating Cube Demo

11

15-May-2013

GLCD Paddle Game

12

16-May-2013

Pioneer Board Oscilloscope

13

17-May-2013

CapSense Button & LED Control with Bridge Control Panel

14

20-May-2013

What was the value? - LED Memory Example

15

21-May-2013

CapSense Proximity Detection

16

22-May-2013

Proximity Theremin

17

23-May-2013

2-Channel OScope with GraphicsLCD

18

24-May-2013

'Catch the Shells' Game with ColorLCD Shield

19

28-May-2013

LED Memory! Part Deux. Just Deux it!

20

29-May-2013

Starter Designs

21

30-May-2013

Fractional Frequency Synthesizer

22

31-May-2013

“Kill The Ghost” Game

23

03-Jun-2013

tinyprintf Example

24

04-Jun-2013

XBee Router Loopback Example

25

05-Jun-2013

XBee Direct IO

26

06-Jun-2013

XBee API RxTx Example

27

07-Jun-2013

XBee RGB CapSense Control

28

10-Jun-2013

“WiFi? Why Not!” Arduino WiFi Shield Example

29

11-Jun-2013

Bluetooth Home Automation System

30

12-Jun-2013

Bluetooth with GLCD

31

13-Jun-2013

Ethernet Shield

32

14-Jun-2013

More Relay!

33

17-Jun-2013

Sweet Music Everywhere! MIDI Shield

34

18-Jun-2013

Resistive Touch Example

35

19-Jun-2013

UART, I2C, and SPI Joystick Example

36

20-Jun-2013

What? I can use the PSoC 5LP too?

37

21-Jun-2013

PSoC With Friends! Word Scramble Game

38

24-Jun-2013

Ultrasonic Distance Measurement

39

25-Jun-2013

Two PWMs for the price of one

40

26-Jun-2013

Pioneer PnP Sensors

41

27-Jun-2013

Thermistor Example

42

28-Jun-2013

Hangman Game

43

01-Jul-2013

Rise of the Machines (Rolling Robot)

44

02-Jul-2013

Run Away Run Away! (Proximity Robot)

45

03-Jul-2013

Stepper Motor Example

46

05-Jul-2013

“Paint The Night” Accelerometer Example

47

08-Jul-2013

Obstacle Avoider Robot

48

09-Jul-2013

Walk The Line! Robot Example

49

11-Jul-2013

Android Device Controlled Robot

50

12-Jul-2013

SD Card Example

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

S No

Date

Project Title

51

15-Jul-2013

Music Player

52

16-Jul-2013

Strike A Pose! Digital Camera

53

17-Jul-2013

PSoC Eye

54

18-Jul-2013

Custom Component 4x4 Keypad

55

19-Jul-2013

Parallel to Serial UDB Component

56

22-Jul-2013

Accelerometer Level

57

23-Jul-2013

Digital Audio From A Single Pin

58

24-Jul-2013

An Introduction to Processing

59

25-Jul-2013

But Wait There’s More! Single PWM with 3 Outputs

60

26-Jul-2013

PSoC 4 Mini-Billboard

61

29-Jul-2013

Nokia 5110 LCD Interface

62

30-Jul-2013

Ready…Set…GO! PSoC Stopwatch

63

31-Jul-2013

Some Like it Hot! PSoC Thermostat

64

01-Aug-2013

Workspace Organization using PSoC Theromostat

65

02-Aug-2013

New to PSoC or the Pioneer Kit? START HERE!

66

05-Aug-2013

LED Blinky Revisited

67

06-Aug-2013

PSoC 4 Getting Started Lab 1 (LED Blinky)

68

07-Aug-2013

PSoC 4 Getting Started Lab 2 (PWM LED)

69

08-Aug-2013

PSoC 4 Getting Started Lab 3 (CapSense UART)

70

09-Aug-2013

PSoC 4 Getting Started Lab 4 (ADC)

71

12-Aug-2013

Get Your Motor Runnin’!

72

13-Aug-2013

TFT Touchscreen Shield

73

14-Aug-2013

TFT Touchscreen Tic-Tac-Toe Game

74

15-Aug-2013

PSoC Creator Training 110

75

16-Aug-2013

PSoC Creator Training 111                                          

76

19-Aug-2013

PSoC Creator Training 112

77

20-Aug-2013

PSoC Creator Training 113

78

21-Aug-2013

PSoC Creator Training 210

79

22-Aug-2013

PSoC Creator Training 211

80

23-Aug-2013

PSoC Creator Training 212/213/214

81

26-Aug-2013

NFC/RFID Shield

82

27-Aug-2013

RFID Reader and Writer Project #2

83

28-Aug-2013

Raspberry Pi Integration

84

29-Aug-2013

State Machines in PSoC 4

85

30-Aug-2013

UART Bootloader in PSoC 4

86

03-Sep-2013

GPS Algorithm

87

04-Sep-2013

Gas Sensor Example

88

05-Sep-2013

Simulation of Gas Sensor Example

89

06-Sep-2013

GPS Example

90

09-Sep-2013

Comparator Example

91

10-Sep-2013

Infrared Remote Control

92

11-Sep-2013

Serial Communications Examples

93

12-Sep-2013

4 Channel Multiplexed Comparator

94

13-Sep-2013

Opamp Dynamic Gain

95

16-Sep-2013

Hibernate and Stop Power Modes

96

17-Sep-2013

P4 Light Sensor Project Design

97

18-Sep-2013

Rice Cooker

98

19-Sep-2013

Thermal Printer

99

20-Sep-2013

I2C Pass Though 'Smart Wire'

100

23-Sep-2013

PSoC 4 Time Square Billboard

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Anonymous
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Hello Dana & Bob,

   

I wish to know that Can I use the PSoC Designer 5.4 to do the programming of PSoC 4 family devices, e.g. CY8C4125AXI-483? I have searched the Device catalog in it & I didn't find it.

   

Which tool should I need to use to get it enabled? Isn't there anything that will work for the all PSoC 1,2,3,4,5?

   

Another thing is about the PSoC programmer,

   

If I have an .hex file of any device family; say of PSoC4 itself & I am using the PSoC Programmmer 3.18.1; will I be able to download the .hex file through the Programmer 3.18.1(for any device family)?

   

Please guide me on this---

   

I wish to use PSoC 4 controller, tell me the versions of the Designer & the Programmer for the same.

   

Please be the quickest to answer, Its urgent.

   

Thanks & Regards-

   

Amit

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Bob_Marlowe
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Latest IDE and programmer you will get when installing Creator 3.1 from Cypress website. This allows you for designing PSoC3,4, 4BLE and 5. When you design your own pcbs you will need a MiniProg3 to program the chips. Development kits for these PSoCs usually contain an additional programming chip, so that the interface is using USB directly. Both methods allow for debugging (setting breakpoints, inspecting variables and call-stack).

   

Members of the PSoC1 family can only be designed with Designer (latest version 5.4), they can be programmed with a MiniProg or a MiniProg3. Debugging can only be done with an In-Circuit-Emulator (ICE) which is a comparably expensive device.

   

As a starter for PSoC4 I suggest you to get hands on a Pioneer Kit with a CY8C42xx chip. It is a very handy device, but lacks an LCD.which cannot be connected as easy as some of the other kits allow. There is a very low-priced prototype kit that can be programmed via USB, but for this kit there is no debugging.except with a MiniProg3. So testing the software on a Pioneer kit and then using a Prototype Kit for small series without the need of designing your own PCB could work pretty good.

   

 

   

Bob

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Anonymous
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Hi Bob,

   

I'm using the PSoC Designer 5.4, I tried searching the device catalog in it but I didn't find any of the PSoC 4 devices.

   

Does this mean that I need to leave the PSoC 1 & grab the PSoC 4 Family?

   

If I'm switching to #4 I need to get the Pioneer Kit. That will solve the all issues related to #4 family, right?

   

Can I migrate to PSoC 5LP (in future) from #4 if I need to?

   

 

   

Another I don't know a bit of PSoC Creator, can you give anything to understand it like docs or videos.....anything.

   

Thanks & Regards-

   

Amit

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Bob_Marlowe
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PSoC Creator differs a bit from Designer. The chip-view is replaced by a schematic view and you can drag & drop the usermodules  (components) from a component catalog to the schematic and connect them with wires. There are more than 100 components which can make life a bit difficult, but for each of them is a documentation.pdf that clearly shows how to manipulate the properties of the device and how to use the APIs. There are a lot of videos showing how to. you may start here video.cypress.com/video-library/video/PSoC

   

Additionally you can download and install Creator from here www.cypress.com/psoccreator/ and play around with it. When starting Creator there is the opportunity to load an example project, you find example projects for many of the components (constantly getting more and more) and you fing example projects for kits when you have got one.

   

Have a look at Creator, it is co-existent with your Designer installation and you can judge for yourself.

   

 

   

Bob

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PSoC 4000 Pioneer Kit (CY8CKIT-040) new!                   Debug and Program and Arduino headers

   

PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit (CY8CKIT-042)                                   Debug and Program and Arduino headers

   

PSoC 4200 Processor Module Kit (CY8CKIT-038)         Debug and Program when used with CY8CKIT-001

   

PSoC 4 CY8CKit-049 Prototyping Kits - new!                   Minimal debug via bootloader

   

 

   

    

   

          http://www.cypress.com/?rid=37464                        CY8CKIT-001, Debug/Program, PSOC 4, 4 BLED, 3, 5LP families

   

 

   

Regards, Dana.

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The PSOC 4 core is a newer faster core than PSOC 1, but there are

   

differences / advantages in both families -

   

 

   

PSOC 1 - Switch Cap filters, faster counter speeds (48 Mhz), higher res A/D, DTMF, Instrumentation Amp, Power line comm component

   

PSOC 4 - Verilog and user programmable custom components, faster ARM Core M0, more fixed HW resources, better debug

   

 

   

    

   

          

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

PSoC 1

PSoC 3

PSoC 4

PSoC 5

8-bit M8C core

8-bit 8051 core (single-cycle)

32-bit ARM Cortex-M0

32-bit ARM Cortex-M3

up to 24 MHz, 4 MIPS

up to 67 MHz, 33 MIPS

up to 48 MHz, 0.9 DMIPS/MHz

up to 67 MHz, 84 MIPS

Flash: 4 KB to 32 KB

Flash: 8 KB to 64 KB

Flash: 16 KB to 32 KB

Flash: 32 KB to 256 KB

SRAM: 256 bytes to 2 KB

SRAM: 3 KB to 8 KB

SRAM: 2 KB to 4 KB

SRAM: 8 KB to 64 KB

8 x 8 MAC

24 bit Digital Filter Block

32 x 32 single cycle

24 bit Digital Filter Block

Switch Cap Filters, BP, LP, HP…DTMF generation

 

 

 

I²C, SPI, UART, One Wire, LIN, FS USB 2.0, Powerline

I²C, SPI, UART, LIN, FS USB 2.0, I²S, CAN

I²C, SPI, UART

I²C, SPI, UART, LIN, FS USB 2.0, I²S

 

 

.

 

1 Delta-Sigma ADC (6 to 14-bit), 131 ksps @ 8-bit

1 Delta-Sigma ADC (8 to 20-bit), 192 ksps @12-bit

1 SAR ADC (12-bit), 1 Msps @ 12-bit;

1 Delta-Sigma ADC (8 to 20-bit), 192 ksps @12-bit, 2 SAR ADCs (12-bit) 1 Msps @ 12-bit;

Up to two DACs (6 to 9-bit)

Up to four DACs (8-bit)

Up to two DACs (7 to 8-bit)

Up to four DACs (8-bit)

Up to 64 I/O

Up to 72 I/O

Up to 36 I/O

Up to 72 I/O

Operation: 1.7 V to 5.25 V

Operation: 0.5 V to 5.5 V

Operation: 1.71 V to 5.5 V

Operation: 2.7 V to 5.5 V

Active: 2 mA, Sleep: 3 μA, Hibernate: ?

Active: 1.2 mA, Sleep: 1 μA, Hibernate: 200 nA

Active: 1.6 mA, Sleep: 1.3 μA, Hibernate: 150 nA

Active: 2 mA, Sleep: 2 μA, Hibernate: 300 nA

Requires ICE Cube and FlexPods

 

On-chip SWD, Debug

On-chip JTAG, SWD, SWV, Debug, Trace

 

CY8CKIT-001 Development Kit

CY8CKIT-001 Development Kit

CY8CKIT-040 Pioneer Kit

CY8CKIT-001 Development Kit

CY8CKIT-030 Development Kit

CY8CKIT-042 Pioneer Kit

CY8CKIT-050 Development Kit

 

CY8CKIT-049 Prototype Kit

 

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Anonymous
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Creator is a simulator . In general if you have used circiuit simulator for circuit debugging then you can understand it closely resembles with Creator in usefulness,

   

Bob are you agree?

   

Regards,

   

Pramod.

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Creator is NOT a simulator, nor does it have simulation capability.

   

 

   

That being said debugging and creating small test benches to check out ideas

   

very rapid and easy with Creator.

   

 

   

Look at the videos previously mentioned, especially the 101 series on Creator.

   

Then you will have a quick handle on its capability, as well as the capability of

   

PSOC 3/4/5LP families.

   

 

   

Lastly if you get the pioneer board it has Arduino compatible headers, so getting

   

a character or graphic LCD to work with PSOC 4 is easy. See the chart of element14

   

projects that use various LCD displays posted earlier in thread.

   

 

   

Regards, Dana.

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Bob_Marlowe
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Pramod,

   

Creator is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment). and not, as Dana already said, a simulator. Together with the debugging capabilities of the PSoC 3, 4 and 5 cores and a bit of hardware (mostly already integrated into the various development kits) project realization is quite more easier than in the world of PSoC1s.

   

Different to Designer the component placement and wiring is done with a schematic editor in Creator.

   

 

   

Bob

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Regarding simulator. Traditionally that meant a software tool that

   

emulated the CPU, and some HW, and a user could debug code.

   

Limited because it, generally speaking, did not simulate external

   

HW and real world interface. So for example a SW department

   

could write code while the HW engineer was creating the actual

   

HW solution. Then when protos developed SW and HW departments

   

could move from the simulator to the debugger.

   

 

   

Creator on the other hand, thru its normal debug and schematic

   

capture, in a way, looks like the ultimate simulator as one can

   

directly create internal HW functionality and debug/code. Rapidly

   

I might add. It still has the same simulator handicap, if you do

   

not have the external HW then you cannot debug that, but because

   

of the "FPGA" like internals of PSOC and Creator, a lot of external HW

   

is pulled into PSOC. So in a sense it also functions as both a sim and

   

a HW debugger.

   

 

   

There is still functionality in PSOC 1 families, like Power PSOC, and sw cap

   

filters and building blocks, that some folks find attractive. But it is a much

   

older family, ~ 10 years older, and so will succumb over time to faster/better/

   

easier/smaller device geometry/less cost approaches as offered by PSOC

   

3/4/5LP families. If you decide to stay with PSOC 1 make sure you maintain

   

contact with local sales office and FAE to guide you and make sure you pick

   

a part that meets your product life cycle. You should always do this on any design.

   

 

   

Regards, Dana.

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