Cypress: PSoC®︎ 3 System-on-Chip Overview

Overview

PSoC 3 is a true programmable embedded system-on-chip integrating configurable analog and digital peripheral functions, memory and a microcontroller on a single chip. And the breakthrough new PSoC 3 architecture boosts performance through:

Integrated high-precision 20-bit resolution analog
Ultra low power with industry’s widest voltage range
Programmable PLD-based logic
Single-Cycle 8051 core up to 67 MHz

The PSoC 3 family extends the world's only programmable embedded system design platform, shattering your design limitations. Take advantage of high-precision programmable analog including 12- to 20-bit delta-sigma ADCs, a digital logic library with dozens of drop-in peripherals, best-in-class power management and rich connectivity resources. Implement your 8-, 16-, or 32-bit designs with the high-performance 8051 processors. PSoC 3 architecture includes high-precision, programmable analog resources that can be configured as ADCs, DACs, TIAs, Mixers, PGAs, OpAmps, and more. It also includes enhanced programmable-logic based digital resources that can be configured as 8-, 16-, 24- and 32-bit Timers, Counters, and PWMs, as well as more advanced digital peripherals such as Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC), Pseudo Random Sequence (PRS) generators, and Quadrature decoders. Designers have a unique ability to customize this digital system through full featured general purpose PLD-based logic available in PSoC 3.

More Resources
	Cypress Development Kits		Cypress PSoC Creator IDE
	Knode Development Kits & Platform Room		element14 Knode

Key Features

The core features of the PSoC 3 devices are below:

Advanced 8051 Processor
- Up to 67MHz and 33 MIPS, 10x faster than a standard 8051
- Up to 64 KB of flash, 8 KB of RAM, and 2 KB EEPROM
Digital Subsystem
- Up to 24 Universal Digital Blocks of programmable logic
- CAN 2.0
- Full-speed USB 2.0
- Digital Filter Block (48-bit digital signal co-processor)
- Up to four configurable timer/counter/PWMs
Analog Subsystem
- Up to four configurable analog blocks
- 8-bit to 20-bit configurable delta-sigma ADC
- Up to four 8-bit current DACs
- Up to four fast analog comparators
- Up to four fast opamps
- CapSense
I/O Subsystem
- Analog or digital on any GPIO fully routable
- Four I/O Voltage Domains
- Up to 5.5 V I/O
- 25mA drive capability
- Configurable pull-up/down, open drain high/low, push-pull, high-z

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

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Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
Product Brochure	Cypress: Product Brochure for PSoC Programmable System-on-Chip