Cypress: CY8CKIT-003B PSoC®︎ 3 FirstTouch™︎ Starter Kit

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Overview

The CY8CKIT-003CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit is designed to get you acquainted with Cypress’s PSoC programmable system-on-chip design methodology and architecture.

This kit is designed to introduce you to the PSoC programmable system-on-chip design methodology and Cypress's new PSoC 3 architecture. This full-featured starter kit ships with an array of sensors, I/Os, projects, and software to quickly get you up to speed with PSoC Creator and our powerful design methodology so you can easily evaluate PSoC and see what values the solution can provide.

This full-featured starter kit ships with an array of sensors, I/O’s, projects, and software to allow you to evaluate PSoC and see what values the solution can provide you. And, in addition to trying out PSoC 3, gain full access to other features of the FirstTouch Starter Kit like Serial Wire Debugging (SWD), an Accelerometer, a Thermistor, Proximity Sensing, a CapSense touch-sensing interface, a 12-pin wireless module header, and even 28 general purpose I/O pins (GPIOs). Whatever your need for PSoC may be, the PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit has the tools to get you started – and hooked – on PSoC.

Key Applications: Consumer, Industrial and Medical Applications

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Development Tools

Software Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	MPN	Supported Family	Description
IDE	Cypress	PSoC Createor	PSoC 3 / PSoC 4 / PSoC 5 / PSoC 5LP	PSoC Creator is a state-of-the-art software development IDE combined with a revolutionary graphical design editor to form a uniquely powerful hardware/software co-design environment. This co-design approach frees embedded designers from hardware re-spins and software hacks. It also enables immediate testing of new ideas, rapid response to hardware changes, and error-free software interaction with on-chip peripherals. Learn More
Programmer Software	Cypress	PSoC Programmer	All PSoC	The PSoC Programmer software tool supports all Cypress PSoC programming hardware and PSoC devices. PSoC Programmer is a simple GUI that connects to programming hardware to program and configure PSoC devices. From the GUI users will be able to select the target device, configure programming selections and execute a number of programming actions such as Program, Read, Verify and Erase. PSoC Programmer is a required installation for both PSoC Creator and PSoC Designer.
IDE	ARM	Keil C51	All 8051 Core	The Keil C51 development tools for the 8051 Microcontroller Architecture support every level of software developer from the professional applications engineer to the student just learning about embedded software development. Learn More

Tool Type

Supplier

MPN

Supported Family

Description

IDE

Cypress

PSoC Createor

PSoC 3 / PSoC 4 / PSoC 5 / PSoC 5LP

PSoC Creator is a state-of-the-art software development IDE combined with a revolutionary graphical design editor to form a uniquely powerful hardware/software co-design environment. This co-design approach frees embedded designers from hardware re-spins and software hacks. It also enables immediate testing of new ideas, rapid response to hardware changes, and error-free software interaction with on-chip peripherals. Learn More

Programmer Software

Cypress

PSoC Programmer

All PSoC

The PSoC Programmer software tool supports all Cypress PSoC programming hardware and PSoC devices. PSoC Programmer is a simple GUI that connects to programming hardware to program and configure PSoC devices. From the GUI users will be able to select the target device, configure programming selections and execute a number of programming actions such as Program, Read, Verify and Erase. PSoC Programmer is a required installation for both PSoC Creator and PSoC Designer.

IDE

ARM

Keil C51

All 8051 Core

The Keil C51 development tools for the 8051 Microcontroller Architecture support every level of software developer from the professional applications engineer to the student just learning about embedded software development. Learn More

Hardware Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	MPN	Supported Family	Description
Emulator / Debugger / Programmer	Cypress	CY8CKIT-002CY8CKIT-002	PSoC 1 / PSoC 3 / PSoC 5	MiniProg3 Program and Debug Kit is an all-in-one programmer for PSoC 1, PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 architectures and debug tool for PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 architectures
Emulator / Debugger / Programmer	ARM	ULINK2ULINK2	All 8051 Core	ULINK2 Debug Adapter

Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
User Guide	Cypress: Quick Start Guide for CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit
User Guide	Cypress: User Guide for CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit
Product Brief	Cypress: Product brief for CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit
Datasheet	Cypress: Datasheet for CY8C38 (PSoC 3) family
Application Note	Cypress: Application Note (AN54181) for Getting started with a PSoC 3 design project
Application Note	Cypress: AN61290 - Hardware Starting Guide for PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 Family

Design Elements

Type	Description
BOM	Cypress: BOM for CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 Board Design Files
Layout	Cypress: Layout for CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 Board Design Files
Schematics	Cypress: Schematic for CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 Board Design Files
Application Library	Cypress: Software coding on CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit

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Kit Features

The CY8CKIT-003CY8CKIT-003 development kit features the following:

PSoC Creator development software with an integrated, free-edition Keil C51 Compiler
USB-based serial wire debugging (SWD) protocol programmer and debug interface
Accelerometer analog sensor
Thermistor analog sensor
Proximity analog sensor
CapSense analog touch-sensing interface
28-pin general purpose I/O pins
12-pin wireless module header

Key Features of PSoC 3:

Single cycle 8051 CPU
Low voltage, ultra low-power
Versatile I/O system
Digital peripherals
Analog peripherals (1.71 V ≤ VDDA ≤ 5.5 V)
Programming, debug, and trace
Precision, programmable clocking

Kit Contents

The Cypress CY8CKIT-003BCY8CKIT-003B kit is supplied with below contents:

PSoC 3 FirstTouch Board
USB A to mini B cable
9V Battery
Proximity Wire (for use as a Proximity Detection Antenna)
Quick Start Guide
Kit CD, which includes: PSoC Creator, Kit Projects, and Documentation