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  • Date Created: 30 Nov 2014 1:22 PM Date Created
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PSoC 4 Prototyping Kit on OSX (or Linux) with VirtualBox

fvan
fvan
30 Nov 2014

Introduction

 

Gurinder Singh Gill has started a blog series on the PSoC 4 Prototyping Kit (CY8CKIT-049-42xx) from Cypress.

 

The fact that the software required to program the kit runs on Windows only, has held me back from using it.

But, as I recently deployed a Windows virtual machine to work with Code Composer Studio for the TI Launchpads, I thought I might give it a try now.

 

Time get started with this inexpensive little board!

 

VirtualBox

 

I used VirtualBox to deploy a Windows XP machine on my Mac. The same could be done on a Linux machine.


You can get VirtualBox from here and it's available for Windows, Linux, OSX and Solaris.

There is also a full, comprehensive guide on how to create a Windows virtual machine on the VirtualBox website.

 

Once your Windows VM is set up, plug in the PSoC Prototyping Kit and edit your Windows VM's settings as follows:

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That's a lot of steps in one screenshot, but it only takes a minute in reality image

 

When starting the VM, Windows should be able to see the PSoC Prototyping Kit and install the drivers for it. If it doesn't immediately work, try removing and reinserting the USB device.

 

Don't forget to install the necessary tools to get started:

  • PSoC Creator 3.0 SP2
  • USB-Serial Software Development Kit
  • CY8CKIT-049-42xx Kit Files

 

The kit should then be usable from within the virtual environment!

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With everything detected and installed, I created my first program to light up the onboard LED while the button is pressed. It works!

 

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Thanks Gurinder, your posts convinced me to give it a try!

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  • Dudley
    Dudley over 10 years ago +3
    fvan and gsgill112 , I just checked permissions for this space and it seems it is locked down for anything but discussions. I don't see why this is the case though and I don't know of any reason why you…
  • gsgill112
    gsgill112 over 10 years ago in reply to fvan +2
    Awesome Post @ Frederick Vandenbosch . Thanks a ton .
  • doctorcdf
    doctorcdf over 10 years ago in reply to fvan +2
    I've moved it. I think it's because it's in the Design Centre. If you want to blog more about this, let me know.
  • fvan
    fvan over 10 years ago in reply to Dudley

    Thanks Dudley!

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    fvan over 10 years ago in reply to doctorcdf

    Thank you Christian. I will probably blog more about it as I make progress. Those won't be frequent blogs though.

     

    I think Gurinder could use acces, as he's working on a dedicated blog series about the PSoC 4.

     

    Frederick

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    Dudley over 10 years ago

    fvan and gsgill112, I just checked permissions for this space and it seems it is locked down for anything but discussions.

     

    I don't see why this is the case though and I don't know of any reason why you shouldn't be able to blog here. I'll raise internally and see what is said.

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    gsgill112 over 10 years ago in reply to doctorcdf

    @Christian DeFeo and element14jamie  I am doing a Tutorial blog on These kits so can you also provide me access .. ?

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    doctorcdf over 10 years ago in reply to fvan

    I've moved it.  I think it's because it's in the Design Centre.  If you want to blog more about this, let me know.

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