PSoC™ 5, 3 & 1 Forum Discussions

hi everyone iam considering switching from FPGA to PSOC....can someone tell me the advantages of PSOC over FPGA??

I realize that lower power consumption is one of them. what else?? 

 what do you mean by the text 

the junction sensor is isothermal with the cold junction ??

(in context to industrial application - under thermocouples)

thank you !!

Description of PSoC 1 is incomplete without the mention of switched capacitor blocks. It is this feature, which makes the device unique. Switched capacitor blocks are highly configurable hardware blocks which can be configured to work as an amplifier, comparator, modulator, filter, ADC, DAC, integrator, differentiator and so on. And the story doesn't end here; you can even tune parameter of the function during run time. For example, changing the gain of amplifier, changing threshold in comparator, adjusting cut off frequency in filter, changing the integration time constant etc.

Here are some collaterals associated with switched capacitor blocks:

AN2041 - Understanding PSoC® 1 Switched Capacitor Analog Blocks - http://www.cypress.com/?rID=2899

AN2168 - PSoC® 1 - Understanding Switched Capacitor Filters - http://www.cypress.com/?rID=2880

AN2223 - PSoC® 1 - Approximating an Opamp with a Switched Capacitor Integrator - http://www.cypress.com/?rID=2630

AN2108 - PSoC® 1 - Implementing Hysteresis Comparator - http://www.cypress.com/?rID=2780

AN2161 - PSoC® 1 Analog - Voltage-to-Frequency Converter - http://www.cypress.com/?rID=2623

AN16833 - Signal Mixing with PSoC® Switched Capacitor Blocks - http://www.cypress.com/?rID=2925

Last but not the least...Technical reference manuals are the ultimate resource to understand any feature of PSoC 1 device in great amount of detail.

Technical reference manuals are available here-

http://www.cypress.com/?id=1573&rtID=117

Enjoy reading!

-Rajiv Badiger

 Hi,

I have many succesful PSoC 3 and 5 projects under the belt, including some quite complex designs.

However I have never used PSoC 1 - yet!

So what's the best way to get to know PSoC 1? Which dev kit would you recommend?

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