Blog List:

1.Uncover the Cores: Introduction

2. Uncover the Cores: The Kit

3. Uncover the Cores: System Concept & Workflow

4. Uncover the Cores: Getting started with PSoC 62S4 Pioneer Kit

5. Uncover the Cores: Final Project

Introduction

The PSoC 62S4 Pioneer Kit is a low-cost hardware platform that enables design and debug of the PSoC 62S4 Line.

Unboxing

Kit Features

• Delivers dual-cores, with a 150-MHz Arm Cortex-M4 as the primary application processor and a 100-MHz Arm Cortex-M0+ as the secondary processor.
• 256-KB Flash and 128-KB SRAM for customer application on CM4
• One-time-programmable (OTP) 1-Kb eFuse array
• Two 12-bit 2-Msps SAR ADCs with synchronized sampling, differential and single-ended modes, 16-channel sequencer with result averaging, and Deep Sleep operation
• Two opamps with low-power operation modes and Two low-power comparators available in Deep Sleep and Hibernate modes
• Onboard Thermistor and Ambient Light Sensor.
• Serial memory interface
• Industry-leading CAPSENSE
• Ambient Light Sensor
• Thermistor

Kit Contents

• CY8CKIT-062S4 evaluation board
• USB Type-A to Micro-B cable
• Quick Start Guide
• Six jumper wires (5 inches each)

PSoC 62S4

• 150-MHz Arm® Cortex®-M4 and 100-MHz Arm Cortex-M0+ cores,
• 256KB of Flash
• 128KB of SRAM
• programmable analogue blocks including two 12-bit SAR ADCs
• programmable digital blocks, Full-Speed USB, a serial memory interface
• a CAN-FD interface and industry-leading capacitive-sensing with CapSenseTm.
• 512Mbits quad SPI nonvolatile flash provides high-performance, safe NOR flash memory solution
• Rich analogue including dual SAR ADCs, DAC, Opamps and comparators
• Capable of operating in system deep sleep mode
• Industry leading CapSense (4th generation CapSense)
• Capacitive sensing interfaces including two buttons and a 5-segment slider
• ModusToolboxTm software suite
• a thermistor, an ambient light sensor, a 5-segment CapSense slider, two CapSense buttons, two user LEDs, and a push button

ModusToolbox

ModusToolbox 3.0, the latest-generation toolset, is supported across Windows, Linux, and macOS platforms. ModusToolbox supports 3rd-party IDEs, including the Eclipse IDE, Visual Studio Code and IAR Embedded Workbench. The tools package includes an implementation for the Eclipse IDE. The tools support all PSoC 6 MCUs. The associated BSP and library configurators also work on all three host operating systems.

It allows us to easily manage the application, application files, libraries, configuration etc in a single platform.