PSoC™ Creator & Designer Forum Discussions

 I'm getting into embedded programming - my last experience was C/ASM about 20 years ago....

I am trying to use the SPI component to transmit some data.  I looked at the example SPI_Master project, and a couple of things I don't understand...

One of the lines states

SPIS_WriteTxData(0x22u);

what does the 'u' signify at the end of the number?  It was my understanding that writing 0xFF signifies a hex number.  But I see tons of examples where people write hex just as "0xFF" without any suffix... so is the 'u' needed?  What other suffixes are there besides the 'u'?  How does one denote binary, hex, decimal, etc?  

Also,

As I understand, there are C standard datatypes of char, int, long, double, float, etc.  I used PSoC Designer in the past and used these data types.  But in many examples, I see uint16, uint32, etc.  What is the reason that Cypress has these other data types listed?  Or are they something from Keil?  Is there any advantage to using uint16 instead of just unsigned int?  

 I am building a project on psoc 5LP. By using easy to use cc2500 module I am able to receive the string I wanted to psoc and display it in the lcd screen. But I want to analyse the number and make the decisions accordingly. I am receiving it as character. How do I convert it to int and do mathematical operations on it? c  syntaxes I use in seems to be not working with .For eg I want to access the MSB of the string I receive but string[0] is not letting me access it. It is showing error. How do I solve this problem? Where can I get a extensive list of basic functions and operations used in creator?

 Hi,

I'm trying to compile an open-source program that requires FX3 SDK v1.2.3. But, I couldn't find the download link for that particular version of FX3 SDK from cypress website (maybe, I didn't look for it in the right place). Does anyone know where I can download FX3_SDK_Windows_v1.2.3.exe? Thanks for your help!

 Hi,

I'm developing a firmware which should communicate with I2C or RS23 switching the two method runtime. I'm using The CY8C4245AXI-483 chip on which I'm using quite all the pins.

If I place two component EZI2C Slave and a UART (SCB mode) in the designer assigned to the same pins I get a conflict with pins assignment. My project uses all pins, so i can not use secondary i2c and rs232.

Actually I generate two diffrent firmware, One for I2C and the other for RS232, Enabling one component at time and using #ifdef to enable different code.

There is a way to have one firmware switching runtime the two component.

Following the version of creator I'm using

Environment:

PSoC Creator  3.1 SP1 (3.1.0.1722)

Culture: Italian (Italy)

OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1

CLR Version: 2.0.50727.5485

Installed CyInstaller Products:

PSoC Programmer 3.22.2

PSoC Creator 3.1 SP1

So this is new... I tried adding an include file at the top of a source file and I can type "#include" but typing anything after that will result in an assertion. Strangely enough I can paste the line in without any problems.  I assume this is the clang.dll bug.  I added some blank lines around the end of the file and it appears to be okay now.

-Ray

Hi

 Is PSoc 5 development kit (With creator 2 and Chip cy8c5568axi-060) compatible with Win 8 64 bit OS?

I installed the creator which came in disc with the kit. Although it is instaling , it is not detecting the PSoC 5 board attatched.

How can I fix the isssue using Win 8 itseld?

 I can't believe PSoC creator 3.0 refuses to allow projects using PSoC 5.

I understand PSoC 5 has been deleted from the product catalog, and replaced with 5LP - but I still need to develop and maintain hundreds (possibly thousands) of users who have my boards with PSoC 5 on them. I make available regular software updates and almost all my users upgrade each time.

I understand not allowing new designs with PSoC 5, but surely we should be allowed to maintain existing projects with PSoC 5 - there can't be that much huge technical reason why the compiler can't support 5 any more.

 I use about a dozen different development environments, and in pretty much all of them there is a way to output debug text and values to the IDE in a "console", "output", or "debug" tab ...

Ive' been looking everywhere in the PSoC Creator, and I can't find a way to do a "console.log" or output debug information into the IDE when running in debug.

I've read all sorts of people saying to "use a UART" or "use a serial cable" ... but really?  There *HAS* to be some way to get deubg in the IDE ... isn't there?