PSoC range expanded with 8 and 32bit variants

The PSoC 3 and 5 are said to increase performance dramatically, delivering 'unmatched time to market, integration and flexibility across 8, 16 and 32bit applications'. The programmable analogue and digital peripherals, along with the 8 and 32bit mcu cores, are seen as enabling new capabilities in such applications as motor control, intelligent power supply and battery management, and human interfaces. By adding 8051 and Cortex-M3 based devices to the PSoC range, Cypress says the total available market for PSoC products is now some $15billion. Norm Taffe, pictured, executive vice president of Cypress' consumer and computation division, said: "It's not so much about replacing PSoC1 or the new cores, it's about building a scalable architecture that goes from 8 to 32bit with analogue complexity." Cypress has also announced PSoC Creator, an integrated development environment which supports schematic based design capture, along with the use of prepackaged analogue and digital peripherals. According to Taffe, the environment will be opened up to third parties to allow the reuse of previously designed elements.