SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-29T06:48:50-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsKdiggity on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466Kdiggityurn:uuid:5b0e86e9-7ca0-b8d9-9cca-628bd318b91d2012-08-16T15:30:05-06:00<p>Just get the I2C bridge for PSoC microcontrollers and don't waste your time with an Arduino approach. The PSoC are the best and most versatile MCUs on the market. The Arduinos are kids toys compared to these. The I2C bridge is a very powerful debug tool and its all ready to go out of the box. $30 for a programmer is nothing in the world embedded development. You can analyze any variables or parameters in your code and output them on the I2C protocol and store/graph all day.</p>
Xykon on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466Xykonurn:uuid:7aa37c78-a12f-3fd6-f50d-01ee7f91cb8e2012-02-22T02:52:45-07:00<p>Got my <a href="http://tinyurl.com/787y6t2" rel="nofollow">programmer from mouser</a> today and it worked right out of the box.<p>I connected 5 jumper cables to the box and deployed my ready-made project within 5 minutes of unpacking the box (though I had the Software and Driver already installed on my PC). Now I can finally use this chip.</p><p>I'll still be trying to look into programming this chip with the bus pirate or an Arduino as I think that would make the chip a lot more interesting than having to buy a $30 programmer to use it that isn't even available @Sparkfun.</p></p>
baksiidaa on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466baksiidaaurn:uuid:376233f7-816a-57b1-7156-30897e01f86b2012-02-21T14:04:49-07:00<p>Retired?!? Noooooo! Back to Digikey, I guess.</p>
Xykon on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466Xykonurn:uuid:0f866057-a6de-1e8b-496d-157eef2e64b62012-02-14T11:53:10-07:00<p>Thanks for the info. I found the progger on Mouser and put it in my "think about it" list. I'm just not sure I want to invest in yet another programmer so maybe I'll be able to figure out how to program it with the bus pirate or one of my other I2C boards.</p>
Kdiggity on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466Kdiggityurn:uuid:cf92e477-7023-41b1-696d-507a1f60f38c2012-02-10T14:50:06-07:00<p>The PSoC MiniProg CY3217 is the best for programming it ($30 on digikey). I use these all the time for work, i love the 21x34 series as they have a built in hardware capacitance sensing module. I also use Cypress I2C-USB Bridge Kit for software debugging. It is a fairly easy device to use and it has some neat charting and datalogging features.</p>
Xykon on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466Xykonurn:uuid:17d3aaf3-ad2c-6ae8-2145-cb3e0fac5fb62012-01-31T22:18:00-07:00<p>The <a href="http://tinyurl.com/7gbh7oq" rel="nofollow">datasheet can now be found here</a><p>I'm still trying to figure out how to program this chip... either via Buspirate or one of my arm dev boards. I connected the bus pirate to the chip giving it 5V power and the i2c ports on pins 10/11 or 13/15. When I do an i2c bus scan though nothing is found.</p><p>I guess I should have invested the additional money to get the Geiner Board first...</p><p>Can anyone point me to some sort of easy getting-started guide on what's the best way to get initial communication going with this chip? Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p></p>
Kdiggity on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466Kdiggityurn:uuid:5fc32c37-9ff8-06df-2e96-b1055628ca852011-08-05T11:55:02-06:00<p>If you have the PSoC Designer suite, then you would open it up and click on the help menu and then on documentation. The datasheet for Cypress PSoCs come with their software. You can either reference the datasheet on the Device (or its Family) or the Technical Reference Manual (TRM) for all the information on using the processor (Registors, Interrupts, Memory, etc..)</p>
SomeGuy123 on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466SomeGuy123urn:uuid:4b60d5ce-2ec4-d8b5-c3de-890468a57e5f2011-08-04T12:28:31-06:00<p>That file no longer exists.</p>
John4 on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466John4urn:uuid:ab5a2e85-427a-c8f7-9bf3-b3c66e712a602011-07-28T03:52:43-06:00<p>Wow! Just finished reading the data sheet. This is a bad a@@ chip. I can't wait until I get to a point where I would need something with all the features this chip has to offer.</p>
Hivoltage on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466Hivoltageurn:uuid:d3bcaf5e-9fef-ef0f-9c55-d444dfd06c0c2011-06-27T18:20:23-06:00<p>Datasheet:<br>
http://www.cypress.com/?docID=29431<br>
They changed it and the link Maragnus provided no longer works</p>
Kdiggity on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466Kdiggityurn:uuid:3bcf7c31-f8b9-d6e1-fc73-47ebabf646502011-06-09T12:46:21-06:00<p>Its a standalone IC but you can install one yourself onto it.<br>
PSoC are the best microcontrollers. I have used AVRs, PICs, MSP430 and you can't compare to PSoC. The ones with Capacitance Sensing are awesome (CY8C21x34 series).<br>
This is definitely not a beginner MCU, its takes some time to learn. But it puts Arduinos to shame.</p>
Ford Anglia on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466Ford Angliaurn:uuid:f076596a-aa05-866e-6e28-0b46de8176d52010-08-06T23:24:54-06:00<p>Does this part have any firmware installed? Does it contain the Bootloader (as used in the MP3 Trigger V2)?<br>
TIA</p>
Nate on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466Nateurn:uuid:8691a50b-8386-1492-7e47-128f5684d1ea2008-10-03T13:32:03-06:00<p>Thanks Brown!</p>
Maragnus on COM-08429 - Cypress PSOC 28 Pin - CY8C29466Maragnusurn:uuid:c4aa6e21-3f61-63b7-5f4a-7b3393b7057c2008-09-04T09:29:42-06:00<p>Datasheet: <a href="http://download.cypress.com.edgesuite.net/design_resources/datasheets/contents/cy8c29466_8.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://download.cypress.com.edgesuite.net/design_resources/datasheets/contents/cy8c29466_8.pdf</a></p>