Hello,

Here's an update on what to expect with PSoC Creator 4.1, planned to be released in the coming weeks!​

Web-Based Content Delivery

With this release, you can now obtain updates to devices (including modules), Components, and code examples from the Cypress web page. This will reduce the overall size of PSoC Creator in the future, providing faster installs and updates. The other key benefit of web-based content delivery is that devices, Components, and code examples can be distributed as soon as they are ready, instead of waiting for the next PSoC Creator update.

Pre- and Post-Build User Commands

The Build Settings dialog was also updated to provide a User Commands page. This feature allows you to run custom, user-specified, pre-build commands before the compile steps, as well as run custom user-specified, post-build commands after PSoC Creator’s post-build step.

Component Customizer Dialog Updates

Cypress has made several small enhancements to the default Configure dialog to improve the user experience with Components. With FM0+ devices moving from instance-based to driver based Components, it is beneficial to present the actual struct members as they are in firmware. These enhancements enable new features in the default GUI that mean more Components can take advantage of the default interface.

New Start Page

This is an update to the existing Start Page to enable better, more focused content delivery to users. The static content in the Start Page (left panel) is being refreshed and the live content area (right panel) is being used to show web-based information for “Getting Acquainted” and “New in 4.1”.

PSoC Creator 4.1 and PSoC 6

PSoC Creator 4.1 will be a minimum prerequisite and is recommended for all to install in preparation for a PSoC 6 software toolset release that is coming soon.

Feel free to leave comments or questions, we appreciate the feedback!

Just in case someone stumbles on this thread I thought I'd update.

The AN is available and has been for a while, here. In fact been revised once or twice based on customer feedback. A similar app note on how to use ModusToolbox Software and its generated code in an IDE should be published real soon now.

Thanks again for all the input. It helped make a better app note and is appreciated.

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As you may have figured out from my posts, my focus here at Cypress for PSoC 6 is on software tools and enablement. To that end, I am writing an app note that explains how to use PSoC Creator generated code in a 3rd party IDE. It will cover PSoC 6 and PDL 3.0 only.

Here's a chance to help make it better. I'd be interested in hearing from the community on what your real-world experience has been like for other PSoC devices. For example, what IDEs have you done this with? What was easy and good? What was troublesome? Did you have a moment where you said "If I had known X, this would have been much easier." If you did, what was X?

I think you get the idea. What was it really like, in the real world, on real code. Your input will help me produce a more useful app note for you.

Here's a very rough outline, top level only.

• Basic overview of PSoC Creator (very short, documented elsewhere)
• Basic overview of the PDL (very short, documented elsewhere)
• Integrating Generated Code (high level, how this works, what choices you have)
• Exporting and Importing Generated Code for a Supported IDE
• Manually Importing Generated Code for any IDE
• Manually Importing Generated Code - an Example (walk through, with screenshots)
• Other Choices for Using Generated Code

Is there anything else you think should be covered?

Thanks in advance. I'll keep my eye on this thread.