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Press Release - Cypress - Cypress Introduces High-Precision Stylus Support Accurate to 1 mm for Capacitive Touchscreen Mobile Handset Market

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New Video Shows Tracking of No. 2 Pencil on TrueTouch™ Touchscreen

With Accuracy Required to Write Complex Asian Characters

SAN JOSE, Calif., February 15, 2010 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today announced highly accurate passive stylus support for capacitive touchscreen technology. With a 1-mm accurate tip, Cypress’s TrueTouch™ touchscreen solution is poised to transform the stylus market for the next generation of capacitive touchscreen phones, allowing users additional levels of accuracy and control for text entry, keyboard, handwriting recognition and other productive functions for mobile applications. For example, stylus accuracy enables users to enter complex Asian characters and to point to ever-smaller icons used in today’s mobile phone user interfaces.

A video of Cypress’s stylus support is available at www.cypress.com/go/stylusvideo. The video includes footage of a TrueTouch touchscreen accurately tracking a signature written with just a standard No. 2 pencil. Cypress is demonstrating the new stylus capability for touchscreens, as well as peripheral and mass storage controllers and precision motion sensing technology for handsets, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 15-18 in Hall 1, Booth 1F53.

Stylus support has been traditionally limited to resistive touchscreens, which require the user to apply pressure on a multilayer screen. This type of screen is vulnerable to scratches and exhibits poor visibility in sunlight. As a result, many mobile device manufacturers have moved to capacitive touchscreen technology. One limitation to further adoption of capacitive touchscreens however has been the lack of stylus support or, at best, having to use a large 3- to 4-mm stylus designed for large icon selection. Cypress’s highly accurate passive stylus solution makes it even more compelling for end customers to adopt capacitive touchscreens.

“The unprecedented level of accuracy of our stylus support will enable us to transform a broad range of markets,” said Dhwani Vyas, vice president of the User Interface Business Unit at Cypress. “Watching the video, you can clearly see the system level performance our TrueTouch technology delivers. TrueTouch combines the best of both worlds: 1 mm stylus support accurate enough to draw detailed characters, such as in traditional Chinese, along with the multitouch capability, transparency, scratch-resistance and all-around durability of capacitive touchscreens. I’m proud of the technical achievement of our team, and think many potential customers will be excited about this new capability.”

Cypress’s TrueTouch family includes single-touch, multitouch gesture and multitouch all-point offerings. Cypress was the first company to introduce multitouch all-point functionality, which can track an unlimited number of touches. This capability enables designers to create new usage models for products such as mobile handsets, portable media players (PMPs), GPS systems and other products, and has been in mass production since 2008. TrueTouch is the industry’s most flexible touchscreen architecture, which allows designers to implement differentiated features and make last-minute design iterations without board changes.

Cypress recently announced its next-generation high performance TMA300 multitouch all-point family. This controller provides best-in-class scan times for true multifinger touch and superior signal-to-noise ratio for the most demanding touchscreen applications. Additional information about the TrueTouch solution is available at www.cypress.com/go/TrueTouch.

The flexible TrueTouch solution allows customers to rapidly develop leading-edge solutions without having to buy turnkey modules. They have a choice of using touch sensors (glass or film) and LCDs from preferred partners, and can develop innovative mechanical designs ranging from flat to curved surfaces of varying thickness. In addition, TrueTouch devices offer Cypress’s legendary noise immunity with patented capacitive sensing technology that enables flawless operation in noisy RF and LCD environments.

Availability

Cypress is currently working with lead customers on stylus support for the TrueTouch touchscreen solution. A stylus support module is expected to be broadly available in the second quarter of 2010.

About Cypress

Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the flagship PSoC® programmable system-on-chip families and derivatives such as PowerPSoC® solutions for high-voltage and LED lighting applications, CapSense® touch sensing and TrueTouch™ solutions for touchscreens. Cypress is the world leader in USB controllers, including the high-performance West Bridge® solution that enhances connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets. Cypress is also a leader in high-performance memories and programmable timing devices. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, mobile handsets, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial and military. Cypress trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at www.cypress.com.

Tags: tc:development_tool, sp:cypress, pt:stylus, at:press_release

Press Release - Cypress - Cypress TrueTouch™︎ Touchscreen Solution Delivers Multi-Touch Gestures and Camera Focus Feature on New docomo PRIME series™︎ N-02B Mobile Phone

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Flexible PSoC®-Based Solution Enables Users to Easily Focus the 12-Megapixel Camera

SAN JOSE, Calif., February 16, 2010 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today announced that its TrueTouch™ touchscreen solution is employed in the new docomo PRIME series™ N-02B mobile phone from NEC. The N-02B offers a high-resolution, 12-megapixel camera that can be activated in less than one second. The TrueTouch solution enables users to focus the camera using the touchscreen for speed and convenience. The phone also uses the TrueTouch solution to deliver intuitive multitouch capability, allowing gestures such as tap, double-tap, pan, pinch, scroll, rotate and others.

The N-02B recognizes a photography scene automatically and then adjusts the brightness, sensitivity and picture quality accordingly. In addition to its extraordinary camera capabilities, it offers HSDPA, Wireless LAN, GPS, Bluetooth, and 5.1-channel SRS TruMedia sound that allows users to watch video recorded on a Blu-Ray recorder.

Cypress is demonstrating the TrueTouch touchscreen solution, as well as peripheral and mass storage controllers and precision motion sensing technology for handsets, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 15-18 in Hall 1, Booth 1F53.

“The N-02B from NEC is another example of a worldwide leader using the unique TrueTouch capabilities to deliver an innovative touchscreen solution,” said Norm Taffe, executive vice president of Cypress’s Consumer and Computation Division. “As more exciting TrueTouch-based products hit the market, we expect to see new implementations that take advantage of our rich features set.”

Cypress’s TrueTouch family, based on the PSoC® programmable system-on-chip architecture, includes single-touch, multitouch and “multitouch all-point” offerings. Cypress was the first company to introduce multitouch all-point functionality, which can track unlimited simultaneous touches. This capability enables designers to create new usage models for products such as mobile handsets, portable media players (PMPs), GPS systems and other products, and has been in mass production since 2008. TrueTouch is the industry’s most flexible touchscreen solution, as the unique PSoC architecture allows designers to implement differentiated features and make last-minute design iterations without board changes.

“The touchscreen focus feature with the 12-Mpixel resolution makes this phone very attractive” said Hitoshi Yoshizawa, Japan country manager for Cypress. “We are pleased to add a leader such as NEC to our growing TrueTouch customer base in Japan.”

The flexibility of the TrueTouch solution allows customers to rapidly develop leading-edge solutions without having to buy turnkey modules. They have a choice of using touch sensors (glass or film) and LCDs from preferred partners, and can develop innovative mechanical designs ranging from flat to curved surfaces of varying thickness. In addition, TrueTouch devices offer Cypress’s legendary noise immunity with patented capacitive sensing technology that enables flawless operation in noisy RF and LCD environments.

PSoC -- Because Change Happens

PSoC devices employ a highly configurable system-on-chip architecture for embedded control design, offering a flash-based equivalent of a field-programmable ASIC without lead-time or NRE penalties. PSoC devices integrate configurable analog and digital circuits, controlled by an on-chip microcontroller, providing both enhanced design revision capability and component count savings. A single PSoC device can integrate as many as 100 peripheral functions saving customers design time, board space and power consumption while improving system quality and reducing system cost. More information about PSoC products is available at www.cypress.com/psoc and free online training is at www.cypress.com/psoctraining.

About Cypress

Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the flagship PSoC® programmable system-on-chip families and derivatives such as PowerPSoC® solutions for high-voltage and LED lighting applications, CapSense® touch sensing and TrueTouch™ solutions for touchscreens. Cypress is the world leader in USB controllers, including the high-performance West Bridge® solution that enhances connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets. Cypress is also a leader in high-performance memories and programmable timing devices. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, mobile handsets, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial and military. Cypress trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at www.cypress.com.

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Press Release - Cypress - Cypress PSoC®︎ 3 FirstTouch™︎ Starter Kit Selected for 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition

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Flexible PSoC 3 Platform with Programmable Analog and Digital Circuits

Enables Students to Learn Embedded Design Techniques and Exercise Their Imaginations

SAN JOSE, Calif., February 3, 2010 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today announced that its PSoC® 3 FirstTouch™ Kit is included in the kit of parts for the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition. Cypress has provided over 1,900 customized kits to FIRST for use in building the competitive robots. The student teams are expected to use the kits in the control units of the robots, hooked up through a USB connection to the robot’s netbook computer.

The Cypress PSoC 3 architecture has unique programmable analog and digital peripherals that enable capabilities such as motor control, intelligent power supply and battery management, human interfaces such as CapSense® touch sensing, LCD segment display, graphics control, as well as audio/voice processing, communication protocols, and much more. It is accompanied by the new PSoC Creator™ Integrated Development Environment, which introduces a unique schematic-based design capture along with fully tested, pre-packaged analog and digital peripherals easily customizable through user-intuitive wizards and APIs to meet specific design requirements. PSoC Creator enables engineers to design the way they think and dramatically shorten time-to-market. More information, including data sheets, application notes, online training, development kits, free PSoC Creator downloads and device samples, is available at www.cypress.com/go/psoc.

The PSoC 3 FirstTouch Starter Kit (CY8CKIT-003) helps designers get acquainted with the new PSoC 3 architecture. It includes an array of sensors, I/O’s, projects, and software in addition to Serial Wire Debugging (SWD), an accelerometer, a thermistor, proximity sensing, CapSense, a 12-pin wireless module header, and 28 general purpose I/O pins. Customers can find more information and order the kit for US$49 at http://www.cypress.com/?rID=38235.

“We are excited to participate in this outstanding program,” said Patrick Kane, Cypress’s director of University Relations. “The PSoC platform is absolutely ideal for students because its flexibility and programmability offer the opportunity to quickly implement and test new ideas. We look forward to some amazing robots from the talented and imaginative participants.”

In addition to the FirstTouch kits, students have the options to buy the Cypress Carrier and Enclosure am-0564 from AndyMark, Inc., which helps to protect the FirstTouch kit and also provides easy-to-use screw terminals for connecting the board with other parts of the robot. This helps to avoid timely soldering and breadboarding for the contestants. It is available at http://andymark.biz/am-0564.html. The Cypress Carrier and Enclosure am-0564 are built by eStop Robotics LLC of Aldan, Pennsylvania (www.estoprobotics.com).

PSoC -- Because Change Happens

The new PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 architectures include high-precision programmable analog capability (up to 20-bit resolution for an Analog to Digital Converter) and expanded programmable digital resources integrated with powerful, industry-standard MCU cores and ample memory and communications peripherals. PSoC 3 devices are based on a high-performance 8-bit 8051 processor, while PSoC 5 devices include a powerful 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 processor. The products provide designers with a seamless, programmable design platform, enabling easy migration from 8 to 32 bits. The robust features of these new solutions dramatically expand the applications and markets that PSoC can address, including automotive, portable medical, industrial and many more. The PSoC 1 family is based on a cost-optimized 8-bit M8C core. More information about PSoC products is available at www.cypress.com/psoc and free online training is at www.cypress.com/psoctraining.

About Cypress

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PRESS RELEASE - Cypress - Cypress Offers TrueTouch™︎ Touchscreen Driver for Android Phones and Joins Open Handset Alliance

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Free I2C Touchscreen Device Driver Supports Single-Touch and Multi-Touch Signals

On Popular Android Platform

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 27, 2010 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today introduced a touchscreen device driver supporting the Android™ mobile handset platform, and announced that it has joined the Open Handset Alliance™. The I2C interface driver for Cypress’s flexible, robust TrueTouch™ touchscreen solution gives manufacturers of handsets based on Android or other Linux operating systems an easy and quick path to delivering high-performance touchscreen interfaces. The driver supports single-touch and multi-touch signaling and is backwards compatible for applications written in earlier versions of Android.

The Open Handset Alliance is a group of more than 60 technology and mobile companies working to offer consumers a richer, less expensive, and better mobile experience. The Open Handset Alliance developed Android, the first complete, open and free mobile platform. Android features an operating system, middleware and key mobile applications. As a member of the Open Handset Alliance, Cypress will work with other members to contribute to continued development and success of the Android platform for mobile devices.

“The Android platform is rapidly gaining popularity, and our new driver has already enabled customers to rapidly integrate TrueTouch touchscreen controllers into Android-based phones coming to market,” said Dhwani Vyas, vice president of the User Interface Business Unit at Cypress. “Cypress is pleased to bring the unmatched design flexibility, accuracy and performance of the TrueTouch solution to members of the Open Handset Alliance for development of full-featured Android handsets.”

Cypress’s TrueTouch family includes single-touch, multi-touch gesture and multi-touch all-point offerings. Cypress was the first company to introduce multi-touch all-point functionality, which can track an unlimited number of touches. This capability enables designers to create new usage models for products such as mobile handsets, portable media players (PMPs), GPS systems and other products, and has been in mass production since 2008. TrueTouch is the industry’s most flexible touchscreen architecture, which allows designers to implement differentiated features and make last-minute design iterations without board changes.

Cypress recently announced its next-generation high performance TMA300 multi-touch all-point family. This controller provides best-in-class scan times for true multi-finger touch and superior signal-to-noise ratio for the most demanding touchscreen applications. Additional information about the TrueTouch solution is available at www.cypress.com/go/TrueTouch.

For more information on the Open Handset Alliance, visit www.openhandsetalliance.com.

About Cypress

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Connecting Multiple Wire Bus in PSoC Creator

Former Member — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 02:37:12 GMT

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This video shows how to connect a multiple wire bus in the schematic editor in PSoC Creator.

www.youtube.com/watch

Tags: psoc3, bus_connection, how_to_video, psoc_creator

PSoC Creator - Getting Started Video

Former Member — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 02:37:05 GMT

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Here is a Getting Started Video for the PSoC Creator IDE.

www.youtube.com/watch

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PRESS RELEASE - Cypress - Cypress Expands Leading Non-Volatile SRAM Portfolio with New Serial Family And Adds Integrated Real-Time Clock Capability

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Leveraging 0.13-Micron SONOS for Superior Performance and Reliability, Cypress nvSRAMs Offer Best Solution for Computing, Industrial, Automotive and Data Communication Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 7, 2009 - Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) today introduced a new 1-Mbit Serial non-volatile Static Random Access Memory (nvSRAM) family and new 4-Mbit and 8-Mbit nvSRAMs with an integrated real-time clock (RTC).

Cypress’s nvSRAMs are manufactured on its S8™ 0.13-micron SONOS (Silicon Oxide Nitride Oxide Silicon) embedded non-volatile memory technology, enabling greater densities and improved access times and performance. nvSRAMs are ideal solutions for applications requiring absolute non-volatile data security such as RAID systems, industrial control and automation (e.g. PLCs, motion control, motor drives and robotics), single board computers, POS terminals, eMetering, automotive, medical and data communication systems.

The serial nvSRAM family includes 1-Mbit devices in multiple configurations with an industry-standard SPI interface. Available in small-footprint 8-pin DFN and 16-pin SOIC packages, the serial nvSRAMs feature operating frequencies up to 40 MHz. One member of the serial nvSRAM family integrates an RTC as well.

Cypress’s parallel nvSRAMs feature access times as low as 20 ns, infinite read, write and recall cycles, and up to 20-years of data retention. The new 4-Mbit and 8-Mbit nvSRAMs integrate an RTC that enables time-stamping of critical data for back-up and also features a programmable alarm function and watchdog timer. For more information about Cypress’s portfolio of nvSRAM products, visit www.cypress.com/go/nvm.

“Our new serial family extends Cypress’s industry-leading nvSRAM portfolio to address applications that require high-endurance memories in industry-standard, low-pin count packages,” said Jithender Majjiga, Senior Director of the Non-Volatile Products Business Unit at Cypress. “Likewise, integrating a real-time clock in our nvSRAMs enables our portfolio to cover applications traditionally served by BBSRAMs.”

Cypress’s nvSRAMs are ROHS-compliant and directly replace SRAM, battery-backed SRAM (BBSRAM) and EEPROM devices, offering fast non-volatile data storage without batteries. Data transfers from the SRAM to the device’s non-volatile elements take place automatically at power down. On power up, data is restored to the SRAM from the non-volatile memory. Both operations are also available under software control. nvSRAMs reduce board space and design complexity.

A leader in SONOS process technology, Cypress is using the S8 technology in next generation PSoC® mixed-signal arrays, programmable clocks and other products. SONOS is compatible with standard CMOS technologies and offers numerous advantages including high endurance, low power, and radiation hardness. In addition, SONOS technology provides a more robust, manufacturable and scalable solution compared to other magnetic or ferroelectric based non-volatile memory technologies.

Availability and Photo

Cypress’s 1-Mbit serial nvSRAMs are available in a 128k x 8 configuration and are currently in production. The CY14B101Q1 and CY14B101Q2 devices are available in an 8-pin DFN package. The CY14B101P serial device with RTC and the CY14B101Q3 are available in a 16-pin SOIC package.

The 4-Mbit nvSRAM with RTC comes in 512k x 8 (CY14B104K) and 256k x 16 (CY14B104M) configurations, and is currently in production. The 8-Mbit nvSRAM with RTC comes in 1024k x 8 (CY14B108K) and 512k x 16 (CY14B108M) configurations and is currently sampling with production expected by early Q1 2010. The 4-Mbit and 8-Mbit devices are all available in 44-pin and 54-pin TSOP II packages. For a high-resolution photo of the new nvSRAMs, visit www.cypress.com/go/pr/serialrtcnvsramphoto.

About Cypress nvSRAMs

Cypress's nvSRAMs use charge stored on an external capacitor instead of a battery, making the devices compatible with standard PCB assembly processes. The devices are available in 8-Mbit/3V, 4-Mbit/3V, 1-Mbit/5V, 1-Mbit/3V, 256-Kbit/3V, 256-Kbit/5V, 64-Kbit/5V and 16-Kbit/5V configurations. The devices are highly scalable, with 1-Mbit and 256-Kbit devices available in small 32-pin SOIC and 48-pin SSOP packages. The 8-Mbit, 4-Mbit, and 2-Mbit devices are available in 48-pin FBGA, 44-pin TSOP II and 54-pin TSOP II packages. The nvSRAM product family supports pin-compatible upgrades for additional density and real-time-clock requirements.

In RAID applications, nvSRAMs offer high-speed data transfer while ensuring data integrity in case of power outages. For copiers, nvSRAMs deliver fast data access and eliminate the need for a battery. Handheld meters benefit from the data buffering provided by nvSRAMs for fast access to data being uploaded to a server.

About Cypress

Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the PSoC® programmable system-on-chip, USB controllers, general-purpose programmable clocks and memories. Cypress also offers wired and wireless connectivity technologies ranging from its CyFi™ Low-Power RF solution, to West Bridge® and EZ-USB® FX2LP controllers that enhance connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, and industrial. Cypress trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at www.cypress.com.

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PRESS RELEASE - Cypress - Cypress Adds 2-Mbit And 8-Mbit nvSRAMs To Industry-Leading Portfolio Of High-Speed, Non-Volatile Memories

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For Computing, Automotive, Industrial and Office Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 8, 2008 - Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) today introduced 2-Mbit and 8-Mbit non-volatile static random access memories (nvSRAMs), extending Cypress's nvSRAM portfolio from 16-Kbit to 8-Mbit. The new devices feature access times as low as 20 ns, infinite read, write and recall cycles, and 20-year data retention. They offer the best solution for applications requiring continuous high-speed writing of data and absolute non-volatile data security. Systems requiring nvSRAM functionality include servers, RAID applications, harsh-environment industrial controls, automotive, medical and data communications.

The CY14B102 2-Mbit nvSRAM and CY14B108 8-Mbit nvSRAM are ROHS-compliant and directly replace SRAM, battery-backed SRAM, EPROM and EEPROM devices, offering reliable non-volatile data storage without batteries. Data transfers from the SRAM to the device's nonvolatile elements take place automatically at power down. On power up, data is restored to the SRAM from the nonvolatile memory. Both operations are also available under software control. The new nvSRAMs are manufactured on Cypress's S8™ 0.13-micron SONOS (Silicon Oxide Nitride Oxide Silicon) embedded nonvolatile memory technology, enabling greater densities and improved access times and performance. For more information about the Cypress family of nvSRAM products, visit www.cypress.com/NVM.

"With the addition of the 2- and 8-Mbit nvSRAMs, Cypress offers the market's most complete portfolio with the broadest distribution and best support," said Robert Dunnigan, vice president of Non-Volatile Products business unit at Cypress." "nvSRAMs offer customers the best solution for high-speed, non-volatile memory, and these higher density devices enable new applications to take advantage of them."

The 2- and 8-Mbit nvSRAMs have an available Real-Time-Clock feature that combines the industry's lowest standby oscillator current with the highest performance integrated memory, enabling event time-stamping supported by non-volatile memory.

nvSRAMs offer the best alternative for fast, non-volatile memory. They reduce board space and design complexity compared to battery-backed SRAMs, and are more economical and reliable than magnetic (MRAM) or ferroelectric (FRAM) memories. The new products are the latest in a series of nvSRAMs from Cypress, which also includes 16-Kbit, 64-Kbit, 256-Kbit, 1-Mbit and 4-Mbit devices currently shipping in production volumes.

A leader in SONOS process technology, Cypress will use the S8 technology in next generation PSoC® mixed-signal arrays, OvationONS™ laser navigation sensors, programmable clocks and other products. SONOS is highly compatible with standard CMOS technologies and offers numerous advantages including high endurance, low power, and radiation hardness. In addition, SONOS provides a more robust, manufacturable and cost-effective solution compared to other embedded non-volatile memory technologies.

Availability and Photo

Cypress's 2-Mbit and 8-Mbit nvSRAMs are currently sampling, with production starting in the third quarter of 2008. The devices are available in 48-pin FBGA and 44- and 54-pin TSOPII packages. The extended line of Cypress's nvSRAMs is second-sourced by Simtek Corporation as part of the two company's collaborative product development efforts. For a high-resolution photo of the 2- and 8-Mbit nvSRAMs visit

www.cypress.com/go/pr/photos/2M8MnvSRAMs.

Cypress's nvSRAMs use charge stored on an external capacitor instead of a battery, making the devices compatible with standard PCB assembly processes. The devices are available in 8-Mbit/3V, 4-Mbit/3V, 2-Mbit/3V, 1-Mbit/3V, 256-Kbit/3V, 256-Kbit/5V, 64-Kbit/5V and 16-Kbit/5V configurations. The devices are highly scalable, with 1-Mbit and 256-Kbit devices available in small 32-pin SOIC and 48-pin SSOP packages. The 8-Mbit, 4-Mbit, and 2-Mbit devices are available in 48-pin FBGA, 44-pin TSOPII and 54-pin TSOPII packages. The nvSRAM product family supports pin-compatible upgrades for additional density and real-time-clock requirements.

About Cypress nvSRAMs

Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the PSoC® Programmable System-on-Chip™, USB controllers, general-purpose programmable clocks and memories. Cypress also offers wired and wireless connectivity solutions ranging from its WirelessUSB™ radio system-on-chip, to West Bridge™ and EZ-USB® FX2LP controllers that enhance connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial, and solar power. Cypress trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at www.cypress.com.

About Cypress

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PRESS RELEASE - Cypress - Cypress Introduces 4-Mbit nvSRAM Built On 0.13-Micron SONOS Process

rwang — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 02:24:18 GMT

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nvSRAM Offers Best Solution for High-Speed, Non-Volatile Data

In Computing, Automotive, Industrial and Office Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 15, 2007 - Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) today introduced a 4-Mbit non-volatile static random access memory (nvSRAM). The new device features access times as low as 15 ns, infinite read, write and recall cycles, and 20-year data retention, making it ideal for applications requiring continuous high-speed writing of data and absolute non-volatile data security including RAID applications, harsh environment industrial controls, and data logging functions in automotive, medical and data communications systems.

The nvSRAMs offer the best alternative for fast, non-volatile memory. They reduce board space and design complexity compared to battery-backed SRAMs, and are more economical and reliable than magnetic (MRAM) or ferroelectric (FRAM) memories. The new products are the latest in a series of nvSRAMs from Cypress, which include 256K- and 1-Mbit nvSRAM devices currently shipping in production volumes. Further introductions are expected in the first half of 2008.

The new 4-Mbit nvSRAMs are the first manufactured on Cypress's S8™ 0.13-micron SONOS (Silicon Oxide Nitride Oxide Silicon) embedded nonvolatile memory technology, enabling greater densities and improved access times and performance. A leader in SONOS process technology, Cypress will use the S8 technology in next generation PSoC® mixed-signal arrays, OvationONS™ laser navigation sensors, programmable clocks and other products. SONOS is highly compatible with standard CMOS technologies and offers numerous advantages including high endurance, low power, and radiation hardness. In addition, SONOS provides a more robust, manufacturable and cost-effective solution compared to other embedded non-volatile memory technologies.

"The nvSRAM melds two of Cypress's traditional strengths, SRAM and non-volatile memory, into a monolithic, high-performance solution required by many applications," said Robert Dunnigan, vice president of Non-Volatile Memory business unit at Cypress. "In addition, we offer the market's broadest distribution and best support for these products."

"This introduction represents a seminal touchpoint in Cypress's process development evolution," said Paul Keswick, Cypress's executive vice president of new product development. "We have turned our internal resources towards value-added, proprietary processes such as S8 that yield market-differentiated solutions. A number of important new products are under development using this process."

The 4-Mbit nvSRAM is available in either a 512-Kbit x 8 (CY14B104L) or 256-Kbit x 16 (CY14B104N) configuration. The devices are ROHS-compliant and directly replace SRAM, battery-backed SRAM, EPROM and EEPROM devices, offering reliable non-volatile data storage without batteries. Data transfers from the SRAM to the device's nonvolatile elements take place automatically at power down. On power up, data is restored to the SRAM from the nonvolatile memory. Both operations are also available under software control.

Availability

Cypress's 4-Mbit nvSRAM is currently sampling, with production starting in the first quarter of 2008. To download a photo of the nvSRAMs, visit www.cypress.com/go/NVSRAMphoto.

About Cypress nvSRAMs

Cypress's nvSRAMs use charge stored on an external capacitor instead of a battery, making the devices compatible with standard PCB assembly processes." The devices are available in 4-Mbit/3V 1-Mbit/3V, 256-Kbit/3V, 256-Kbit/5V, 64-Kbit/5V and 16-Kbit/5V configurations. The devices are highly scalable, with 1-Mbit and 256-Kbit devices available in small 32-pin SOIC and 48-pin SSOP packages. The 4-Mbit devices are available in 44 TSOPII and 54 TSOPII packages.

About Cypress

Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value." Cypress offerings include the PSoC® Programmable System-on-Chip™, USB controllers, general-purpose programmable clocks, image sensors and memories. Cypress also offers wired and wireless connectivity solutions ranging from its WirelessUSB™ radio system-on-chip, to West Bridge™ and EZ-USB® FX2LP controllers that enhance connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial, and solar power. Cypress trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at www.cypress.com.

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Press Release - Cypress - New Cypress Kits Showcase Simplicity of LCD Segment Drive Design with Flexible New PSoC®︎ 3 Architecture[1]

tech5 — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 02:15:06 GMT

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Enables Drive of Up to 736 LCD Segments with No Additional Driver or MCU;
Drag-and-Drop Design with LCD Component in PSoC Creator™ IDE

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 19, 2009 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today introduced two evaluation kits showing the ease-of-use, fast development time and flexibility of its new PSoC® 3 architecture for LCD segment drive applications. The new CY8CKIT-006 PSoC 3 LCD Segment Drive Evaluation Kit and the CY8CKIT-029 PSoC LCD Segment Drive Expansion Board Kit demonstrate how a single PSoC 3 device can drive up to 736 LCD segments, more than any microcontroller-based solution. With the kits, designers can leverage the drag-and-drop LCD Drive component in the PSoC Creator™ Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to quickly and easily design products with an LCD screen for the consumer electronics, handheld, medical, industrial, white goods, automotive and other markets.

Currently, design of LCD segments requires hundreds of lines of complex code to define a screen’s segment intersections. The set-up wizard in the PSoC Creator IDE now enables designers to visually map these intersections in an intuitive drag-and-drop style. The tool then provides the power to manually configure LCD pin locations or automatically routes all on-chip signals and can even direct I/O to the optimum pins if desired. The PSoC Creator IDE also provides all of the APIs required to write to the LCD screen instead of requiring designers to create them. The complete PSoC 3 platform significantly cuts development time for LCD applications.

The new PSoC 3 architecture delivers unparalleled flexibility for LCD Drive applications with up to 16 common pins, versus only 4 or 8 for microcontroller-based solutions. This reduces the number of I/Os required for an LCD screen, freeing up pins for more peripheral integration and providing the option for smaller packages. The architecture allows any GPIO to be set as an LCD pin for simplified routing, requiring fewer PCB layers. PSoC 3 devices offer software contrast control, eliminating the need for an external potentiometer. The devices integrate internal voltage generation requiring no external resistors or capacitors, and can drive an LCD screen with a battery voltage as low as 0.5V, enabling operation from a single solar cell. More information on each kit is available at www.cypress.com/go/cy8ckit-006 and www.cypress.com/go/cy8ckit-029.

“The combination of our revolutionary new PSoC 3 architecture and PSoC Creator software offers the easiest-to-use and most flexible LCD drive system on the market,” said Matt Branda, director of marketing for PSoC products at Cypress. “The new development kits show designers how to easily implement LCD segment displays, with no external components needed, enabling fast time to market via the PSoC Creator software set-up wizard.”

PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 devices extend the world’s only programmable analog and digital embedded design platform, delivering unmatched time-to-market, integration, and flexibility across 8-, 16-, and 32-bit applications. The platform is powered by the revolutionary PSoC Creator IDE, which introduces a unique schematic-based design methodology along with fully tested, pre-packaged analog and digital peripherals easily customizable through user-intuitive wizards and APIs to meet specific design requirements.

The PSoC 3 LCD Segment Drive Evaluation Kit contains:
• PSoC 3 LCD Segment Drive Evaluation Board
• 9V Battery
• 12V Wall Power Supply
• MiniProg3 Programmer / Debugger
• USB Cable (to connect MiniProg3 to the PC)
• Kit Stand
• Quick Start Guide
• Kit CD, which includes: PSoC Creator, PSoC Programmer, Projects and Documentation.

The PSoC LCD Segment Drive Expansion Board Kit includes an expansion board with an LCD screen that plugs into the development board of the PSoC Development Kit (CY8CKIT-001) for simplified testing of LCD design functionality. The kit features battery meter and stopwatch example projects on a 7- and 14-segment multi-function display.

Availability and Photo
The CY8CKIT-006 PSoC 3 LCD Segment Drive Evaluation Kit is priced at US $149 and the CY8CKIT-029 PSoC LCD Segment Drive Expansion Board Kit is US$59. Both kits are available on the Cypress eShop at www.cypress.com or through authorized distributors. A high-resolution photo of each kit is available at www.cypress.com/go/LCDdriveKit.

About PSoC 3 and PSoC 5
The new PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 architectures include high-precision programmable analog capability (up to 20-bit resolution for an Analog to Digital Converter) and expanded programmable digital resources integrated with powerful, industry-standard MCU cores and ample memory and communications peripherals. The PSoC 3 devices are based on a new, high-performance 8-bit 8051 processor, while the PSoC 5 devices include a powerful 32-bit ARM Cortex™-M3 processor. The new products provide designers with a seamless, programmable design platform, enabling easy migration from 8 to 32 bits. The robust features of these new solutions dramatically expand the applications and markets that PSoC can address, including automotive, portable medical, industrial and many more. More information about PSoC products is available at www.cypress.com/psoc and free online training is at www.cypress.com/psoctraining.

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Press Release - Cypress - Introduces Versatile CMOS Image Sensor with Pipelined Snapshot Shutter Capability

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New 1.3-Mega-Pixel VITA 1300 Image Sensors Delivers 150 fps at Full Resolution For Fast, Reliable Machine Vision and Other Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 3, 2009 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY), today introduced a high-sensitivity, high-speed CMOS image sensor targeted for the machine vision market. The new 1.3-megapixel VITA 1300 sensor combines a pipelined and triggered global snapshot shutter with a high frame rate of 150 frames-per-second (fps) for undistorted images and fast readout. The pipelined snapshot shutter capability enables exposure during read-out to reduce motion blur. The sensor also works in a rolling shutter mode with Correlated Double Sampling (CDS) to reduce noise and increase dynamic range. The new VITA 1300 family builds on the success of Cypress’s IBIS5 imagers in the machine vision market, and also addresses barcode scanning, motion monitoring and security applications.

The VITA 1300 sensor offers a 1/2-inch optical format with monochrome or color digital output. The sensor has four 10-bit digital Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) outputs that enable transfer of image data over a standard industry protocol at low power and low noise. It also has a multiple slope capability to maintain good contrast in shadowed regions without saturating bright areas in scenes with a high contrast ratio. Cypress will demonstrate its industry-leading custom and standard CMOS image sensor solutions at VISION 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany from November 3-5, in Hall 6, stand C 23. For more information on the VITA 1300 CMOS image sensor visit www.cypress.com/go/vita1300 or email imagesensors@cypress.com.

“Cypress has established a leadership position in the machine vision market by providing a broad portfolio of high-performance CMOS image sensors with strong customer support,” said Georges Hiltrop, general manager of Cypress’s image sensor business unit. “The VITA 1300 sensor adds a pipelined shutter, over 5X faster frame-rate and other innovative features to the strong foundation the IBIS5 has built for machine vision applications.”

The VITA 1300 sensor has 1280 x 1024 active pixels with 4.8 µm x 4.8 µm pixel size. The image sensor integrates a programmable offset and gain amplifier for each channel of the LVDS outputs. Each channel runs at a 620 Mbps, which results in 150 fps frame rate at full resolution. Higher frame rates can be achieved by windowed or sub-sampled readout modes. Settings of the sensor are programmable over the SPI interface. All internal exposure and timing of read-outs are generated by an on-board sequencer. Extended optical dynamic range can be achieved by setting multiple slopes. The VITA 1300 sensor also features a 10-bit on-chip analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for digital output and on-chip timing control for easy application development. An alternative data output is available through a single 10-bit parallel CMOS data output, operating at 62 Msps.

Availability
Samples of the VITA 1300 image sensor are expected to be available in February 2010, with production devices expected in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Cypress Image Sensors
Cypress offers standard and customized CMOS image sensors for consumer as well as industrial and professional applications. Consumer applications include solutions for fast growing high-speed machine vision, motion monitoring, medical imaging, intelligent traffic systems, security, and barcode applications. Cypress's customized CMOS image sensors are characterized by very high pixel counts, large area, very high frame rates, large dynamic range, and high sensitivity.

CMOS image sensors complement Cypress's technology and market strengths and expand Cypress's existing presence in numerous complementary markets where it sells a broad array of timing and USB solutions, configurable microcontrollers and memories.

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Press Release - Cypress - New Cypress Kits Showcase Simplicity of LCD Segment Drive Design with Flexible New PSoC®︎ 3 Architecture

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Enables Drive of Up to 736 LCD Segments with No Additional Driver or MCU;
Drag-and-Drop Design with LCD Component in PSoC Creator™ IDE

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Press Release - Cypress - Cypress Introduces Supercharged West Bridge®︎ Turbo-MTP™︎ 2.0 Solution That Enables Transfer of a Full 1 GB Feature-length Movie in Under 45 Seconds

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New Module Accelerates Sideloading Via Media Transfer Protocol and Supports Android OS

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 11, 2009 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) today introduced an upgraded module for its West Bridge® peripheral controllers that offers the fastest sideloading solution for transfer of multimedia files from a PC to handheld device via the widely-used Media Transfer Protocol (MTP). The new Turbo-MTP™ 2.0 module enables users to sideload a feature-length movie in less than 45 seconds – more than 10 times faster than traditional MTP implementations. Additionally, the new module includes drivers for the Android operating system, making the West Bridge solution compatible with a wider array of handhelds.

Since its introduction of the West Bridge architecture, Cypress has continued to raise the bar for user sideloading experience. The Turbo-MTP 2.0 solution provides a 2X improvement over Cypress’s earlier Turbo-MTP 1.0 module. The Turbo-MTP modules dramatically increase the effectiveness of MTP, a USB-based protocol used by Rhapsody, Napster, Verizon V CAST and other online video and music services. MTP is the de-facto method for sideloading due its simplicity and ease of use for consumers. Using MTP, transferring media becomes a seamless operation with automatic synchronization and hot-unplug features. With MTP, a handheld retains access to storage even while plugged into a PC – users can still make a phone call or watch videos while connected, instead of facing a “PC Connect” frozen screen. Additionally, MTP enables the transfer of metadata such as song titles, images, user ratings and Digital Rights Management (DRM) information. Natively supported in Windows Media Player (WMP), MTP enables direct, drag-and-drop synchronization between WMP and a handheld.

An application note on the Turbo-MTP module is available at www.cypress.com/go/westbridge, and a video demonstration of Turbo-MTP 2.0 capabilities is available at www.cypress.com/go/tmtp2video.

“Our Turbo-MTP 2.0 solution has turbo-charged sideloading for MTP handhelds, with internal tests reaching speeds close to 30 Megabytes per second,” said Alakesh Chetia, Vice President of the USB Business Unit at Cypress. “In addition, with Android quickly gaining adoption in top-tier multimedia handhelds, we made it a priority to add drivers to support this user-friendly OS with our West Bridge peripheral controllers. This along with our membership in the Symbian Foundation demonstrates Cypress’s commitment to turbo-charging sideloading with all the latest mobile operating systems.”

In October 2009, Cypress joined the Symbian Foundation, which maintains the code for an open source software platform based on Symbian OS and software assets contributed by Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, and Sony Ericsson, including the S60 and MOAP(S) user interfaces.

West Bridge Antioch™ devices achieve superior data transfer performance by providing a direct path from Hi-speed USB 2.0 to handset storage devices such as Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC), MultiMedia Card (MMC), Hard Disk Drive (HDD) and NAND Flash. By fully offloading management of USB and storage from the main baseband processor, the controller saves critical processor resources and allows a mobile handset to maintain full functionality while simultaneously sideloading multimedia files, synchronizing PIM data, or even using the phone as a PC modem. The West Bridge Astoria™ controllers adds to this performance with a configurable multimedia storage interface and flexible processor interface, easing connections to a broad range of embedded processors and mass storage devices. These features allow Astoria to connect to any embedded processor or DSP, bringing MLC NAND support to new applications including portable media players (PMPs), wireless cards, dongles, portable navigation devices (PNDs), digital cameras, POS terminals and more.

Availability
West Bridge Antioch and Astoria peripheral controllers with the Turbo-MTP 2.0 module are currently in full production. The Turbo-MTP 2.0 firmware module is supported in the West Bridge Antioch Development Kit and the West Bridge Astoria Development Kit. More information is available at www.cypress.com/go/westbridge.

About the West Bridge Family
Devices in the new West Bridge family of peripheral controllers function as a companion chip to an embedded central processing unit (CPU) to free it from data-intensive operations. In the same way the North Bridge and South Bridge were introduced in the PC architecture to enable the main CPU to evolve independently from quickly changing memory and peripheral interfaces, embedded systems are evolving towards a similar architecture, where a West Bridge device manages the interfaces and offloads from the main CPU specific peripheral-to-peripheral traffic.

The West Bridge family is based on Cypress’s Simultaneous Link to Independent Multimedia™ (SLIM™) architecture, which manages multiple, dedicated paths between peripherals, memory and the processor to allow maximum data throughput. In addition to providing a path to interfaces not supported by the main processor, the SLIM architecture allow direct and independent data transfer from one interface to another, offloading the main CPU, and freeing up its resources for higher system performance. For more information, visit www.cypress.com/go/westbridge.

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Press Release - Cypress - Cypress's New Auto-Tuning SmartSense™︎ CapSense®︎ Solution Revolutionizes Touch-Sensing Design

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For the First Time, True Plug-and-Play Performance with No Need for Manual Tuning of Multiple Parameters, Enabling Customers to Get to Market Faster than Ever

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 3, 2009 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY), the market leader in touch-sensing, today announced an automatic tuning solution for its CapSense® capacitive touch-sensing devices. While existing solutions require engineers to perform time-consuming calibrations for up to 15 capacitive-sensing parameters, the new patent-pending SmartSense™ solution sets these automatically during the design process, significantly reducing development time. The solution dynamically optimizes the baseline and detection threshold and adjusts for the optimal capacitance range. The SmartSense capability greatly simplifies the replacement of mechanical buttons and sliders, allowing designers to create a single platform for multiple industrial designs without having to manually optimize performance for each design.

Engineers can simply incorporate the SmartSense firmware using the PSoC Designer™ embedded design tool and instantly develop touch-sensing interfaces that provide reliable operation over a wide range of capacitance values. This eliminates the need to retune a design each time the thickness or material used for the interface overlay changes, reducing time to market and saving development costs for customers. Furthermore, the solution ensures that manufacturing variations in PCBs, overlays and changes in noise environment are automatically calibrated out. For more information on the SmartSense CapSense solution visit www.cypress.com/go/capsense.

The firmware for the SmartSense capability is supported in Cypress’s new CY8C20xx6A CapSense devices with low-power 1.8V operation, which the company announced today in a related release (see “New Cypress CapSense® Device is Industry’s Lowest-Power, Configurable Touch-Sensing Controller”). Existing CY8C20xx6A customers can upgrade current projects to the SmartSense firmware module today in PSoC Designer 5.0 software with Service Pack 6 at www.cypress.com/go/designerpack6.

“The popularity of capacitive-sensing for user interfaces continues to rise rapidly,” said Bill Morelli, Director of the Mobile Technologies Group at technology analyst firm IMS Research. “The combination of Cypress’s easy-to-use solution with the new low-power CapSense offering will appeal to mobile handset makers as well as customers in a broad range of other markets.”

“Cypress has built a leadership position in touch-sensing by continually pushing the envelope of innovation, and our new SmartSense capability makes Cypress CapSense by far the market’s simplest solution for developing touch-sensing interfaces,” said Gokul Krishnan, director of marketing for CapSense User Interfaces at Cypress. “The SmartSense auto-tuning solution allows Cypress to address new segments, catering to new customers who may not be very familiar with capacitive sensing. At the same time, the solution helps existing customers respond to changes in market requirements and/or industrial design much more rapidly.”

The new CY8C20xx6A devices have up to 36 CapSense I/Os and 6 sliders, along with I2C, SPI and USB interfaces. The low-power devices provide best-in-class immunity to conducted and radiated noise and extended battery life in applications such as mobile handsets, Bluetooth headsets, multimedia buttons, LCD TVs and monitors, printers and more. CapSense devices also provide robust waterproofing and proximity sensing with industry-leading range. Leveraging the PSoC® programmable system-on-chip architecture, a single CapSense device can also manage functions such as haptics, intelligent sensing, LED control and more – a capability called CapSense Plus™.

About CapSense
Cypress's CapSense touch-sensing solution has replaced 3.5 billion mechanical buttons in mobile handsets, laptops, consumer electronics, white goods, automotive applications, and virtually any system that has a mechanical button or switch, making Cypress the industry touch-sensing leader. The CapSense portfolio, the industry's broadest and most integrated, enhances industrial design and reliability with the most noise-immune and water tolerant capacitive touch-sensing interfaces, including proximity sensing where direct touch is not required. CapSense proximity sensing, with its industry leading detection range up to 25 cm, provides power savings by activating an interface only when needed while further enhancing industrial designs by only exposing interfaces when necessary. Based on the PSoC programmable system-on-chip architecture and the PSoC Designer™ Embedded-System Design Tool, users complete CapSense designs quickly and easily using pre-configured and verified "user modules" and real-time sensor tuning and monitoring. Learn more about CapSense online at www.cypress.com/go/capsense.

Availability
The SmartSense CapSense firmware module is available today with PSoC Designer 5.0 Service Pack 6 for use with the CY3280-20X66 CapSense Development Kit. Visit the Cypress eShop at www.cypress.com to order the kit.

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Press Release - Cypress - Begins Trading on NASDAQ

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Last Updated: 11/12/2009

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 12, 2009 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) begins trading its stock on the NASDAQ today under the ticker symbol CY, shifting from the New York Stock Exchange. The company’s CEO, T.J. Rodgers, will mark the date by ringing the NASDAQ Opening Bell remotely at 6:30 a.m. PST from Cypress’s headquarters in San Jose, Calif.

About Cypress

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Press Release - Cypress - Envirosystems and Invensys Form Technology Alliance to Deliver Energy-Efficient Monitoring and Control Solutions to Industrial and Commercial Facilities

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Cypress Envirosystems’ Wireless Automation Solutions Now Compatible with New Wonderware Corporate Energy Management Application

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 12, 2009 – Cypress Envirosystems, a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:CY), and Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the process and manufacturing industries, today announced the companies have formed a technology alliance. The agreement ensures seamless interoperability between Cypress Envirosystems’ wireless monitoring and control solutions and a wide range of Wonderware® software solutions, including Invensys Operations Management’s new Wonderware Corporate Energy Management Application. The combined solutions can be set up quickly to make it simple for customers to conserve energy and cut costs in industrial and commercial facilities.

“We are pleased to join forces with Invensys and to leverage their Wonderware software solutions, which are widely recognized for their ease of use and the versatility they bring to manage diverse plant and facilities functions effectively,” said Harry Sim, CEO of Cypress Envirosystems. “Our combined solutions allow managers of existing facilities to automate processes with minimal disruption, significantly boosting operational efficiency while conserving energy.”

Cypress Envirosystems' technologies enable older buildings and manufacturing sites to adopt the latest automation technologies at an affordable cost, and with minimal disruption to existing occupants, processes and staff. The products require minutes to install and typically provide payback within 12 months. The alliance with Invensys includes Cypress Envirosystems' Wireless Gauge Reader, the Wireless Steam Trap Monitor, the Wireless Transducer Reader and the Wireless Pneumatic Thermostat.

The new Wonderware Corporate Energy Management Application transforms data into vital plant information to synchronize operations and business objectives. This application enables manufacturing, industrial and commercial facilities customers to easily and quickly implement energy management programs to achieve corporate-wide sustainability goals. It allows users to monitor, detect and notify personnel of energy inefficiencies when demand and usage limits have been exceeded and require attention. It also connects directly to meters through automation systems and building information networks, as well as accepts manual entry via Wonderware InTouch® HMI interface for operations management, control and optimization. Field information may also be supplied from the Wonderware IntelaTrac mobile workforce and decision support system. The energy management application checks consumption and demand at main and sub meters operating a wide range of power generation methods, including power, water, gas, air and steam. Alarms detect when demand limits are exceeded with visualization of alarms provided by InTouch software.

“End users have a growing need to extract data from their sustainability, energy savings and leak detection applications, but manufacturers are not always in a position to access this information because legacy systems are monitoring and controlling important processes such as water, steam, oil and natural gas consumption,” said Craig Resnick, Research Director, ARC Advisory Group. "The strategic alliance between Cypress Envirosystems and Invensys will provide solutions that will connect these automation islands and extend the lifecycle of legacy assets, enabling the deployment of applications that will result in energy and natural resource savings, increased plant efficiency and a quick return on investment.”

“Our open technology platform is a collaborative foundation that ecosystem partners use to develop a wide variety of targeted solutions for industrial automation and facilities management markets at competitive prices,” said Matt Bauer, vice president of ecosystems, Invensys Operations Management. “Cypress Envirosystems is an example of the power in that approach. Together we deliver an outstanding value proposition that overcomes a major issue for many organizations: interactive control of, and data collection from, traditional analog-style instrumentation associated with energy usage and management. Their low-cost conversion of legacy meters, dials and valves into a wireless digital environment creates rapidly deployable, highly cost-effective data sources for our corporate energy management solution. Together we offer a granular level of energy-usage visibility, tracking and control that simply has not been available in any of our served markets to date.”

About the Cypress Envirosystems Product Line
The patent-pending Wireless Gauge Reader (WGR) clips-on to the front face of an existing gauge to capture and transmit the readings. It installs in minutes and does not require removing old gauges, breaking pressure seals, performing leak checks, running wires or interrupting the underlying process.

The Wireless Steam Trap Monitor (WSTM) mounts non-invasively onto existing steam traps in minutes and uses a proven algorithm to detect steam trap failures, particularly expensive steam leaks. An estimated 15-20% of steam traps are malfunctioning at a given time, and the WSTM augments manual audits to detect failures in a timely manner and avoid wasting resources.

The Wireless Transducer Reader (WTR) provides a fast and inexpensive solution to read and transmit data from existing standalone transducers with no need to run wires. Packaged with clamp-on current meters and ultrasonic flow meters, the WTR is an extremely cost effective and flexible method to obtain energy-use characterization and baseline data for audits.

The patent-pending Wireless Pneumatic Thermostat (WPT) retrofits existing pneumatic thermostats to deliver DDC-like functionality in minutes. Compared with a cost of $2,500 or more per zone for implementing DDC systems, the WPT costs less than 20% as much and enables remote temperature sensing and control of setpoints, programmable zone control, self-calibration and Demand Response program usage.

About Invensys Operations Management
Invensys Operations Management, a division of Invensys, is a leading provider of automation and information technology, systems, software solutions, services and consulting to the global manufacturing and infrastructure industries. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, its solutions are used by more than 40,000 clients around the world in more than 200,000 plants and facilities.

Invensys Operations Management’s offerings are delivered under several prominent industry brands, including Action Instruments, ArchestrA, Avantis, Barber-Colman, Chessell, Continental, Eurotherm, Foxboro, IMServ, InFusion, SimSci-Esscor, Triconex and Wonderware. The company’s approximately 9,000 employees and its global partner ecosystem integrate these products and services to help clients collaborate across systems and enterprises in real time, extracting critical data to make faster, better decisions and synchronize their operations from the plant floor to the executive offices, aligning production goals with business objectives. To learn more about Invensys Operations Management, visit iom.invensys.com.

Invensys plc (www.invensys.com) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ISYS.L), with approximately 20,000 employees working in 50 countries.

Invensys, the Invensys logo, Action Instruments, ArchestrA, Avantis, Chessell, Continental, Eurotherm, Foxboro, IMServ, InFusion, IntelaTrac, InTouch, SimSci-Esscor, Triconex and Wonderware are trademarks of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries or affiliates. Barber-Colman is a trademark of TAC, LLC and used under license from TAC, LLC. All other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

About Cypress Envirosystems
Cypress Envirosystems is a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CY). Its mission is to save energy and improve productivity in older plants and buildings, using state-of-the-art non-invasive and wireless technologies to minimize disruption and cost, delivering payback of 12 months or less. More information is available at: www.CypressEnvirosystems.com.

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Press Release - Cypress - New High-Accuracy CMOS Image Sensors Fly Into Space On-Board European Space Agency's Proba-2 Satellite

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HAS2 Image Sensor, Developed for In-Space Navigation Applications, on Satellite Launched This Week

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 4, 2009 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) today announced three of its state-of-the-art CMOS Image Sensors for space applications are on-board the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-2 Satellite, which was successfully launched on November 2. Cypress’s new HAS2 image sensor, specially designed for high accuracy star tracking, is implemented on a new Star Tracker developed by SELEX Galileo of Italy. The HAS2 image sensor is also being used in an extreme-ultraviolet telescope scientific experiment for solar corona observation. Additionally Cypress’s STAR-250 image sensor is used on a new Digital Sun Sensor developed by TNO of the Netherlands. Both the HAS2 and STAR-250 devices were developed for the ESA by Cypress’s Image Sensor Business Unit in Belgium.

Cypress also announced commercial availability of the HAS2 image sensor, the latest development in the Cypress STAR family of radiation-tolerant image sensors. The device has an array of 1024 x 1024 active pixels (18 µm) and it supports on-chip Non-Destructive Readout and multiple windowing. The HAS2 sensor is qualified for space applications in accordance with the ESA’s European Space Components Coordination (ESCC) standards. Cypress will demonstrate its industry-leading custom and standard CMOS image sensor solutions at VISION 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany from November 3-5, in Hall 6, stand C 23. For more information on Cypress’s CMOS image sensors visit www.cypress.com/go/ImageSensors or email imagesensors@cypress.com.

“We are excited to see our new HAS2 image sensors in space on the Proba-2 satellite,” said Georges Hiltrop, general manager of Cypress’s Image Sensor Business Unit. “The HAS2 demonstrates Cypress’s ability to develop leading-performance CMOS image sensors that meet the requirements of our customers’ most challenging applications.”

Cypress’s radiation-tolerant STAR-250 image sensor was originally developed for an optical inter satellite link. Currently it is mainly used for sun sensor applications. The device has an array of 512 x 512 pixels (25 µm). STAR-250 is qualified for space applications in accordance with ESA’s ESCC standards and is commercially available.

Cypress is a center of expertise for the design of CMOS image sensors for space applications such as star tracking, hyper spectral instrumentation, earth observation, sun sensors and scientific applications. Its high-end CMOS image sensors have proven their performance on numerous European space missions, including: TeamSat, XMM, Mars Express, PROBA-1, ROCKVISS (ISS), Columbus and GOCE. In addition to ESA projects, Cypress has a number of CMOS image sensor projects for space applications with other space organizations.

The Project for On Board Autonomy (Proba) satellites are part of the ESA’s In-orbit Technology Demonstration Program – missions dedicated to the demonstration of innovative technologies. In-orbit demonstration is the last step on the technology development ladder. New technology products need to be demonstrated in orbit, particularly when users require evidence of flight heritage or when there is a high risk associated with use of the new technology. In-orbit demonstration is achieved through experiments on carriers such as the International Space Station, or through dedicated small satellites such as the Proba series, which was created to increase availability of flight-testing opportunities. The Proba satellites are among the smallest ever to be flown by the ESA, but they are making a big impact in space technology. Proba-2 is the second of the series, building on nearly eight years of successful Proba-1 experience.

Altogether, 17 new technological developments and four scientific experiments are being flown on Proba-2. The technology demonstrations and scientific experiments that use Cypress image sensors are:
• A new star tracker development by SELEX Galileo being test-flown before use on the BepiColombo mission with the HAS2 image sensor.
• A digital sun sensor, developed by TNO using the STAR-250 image sensor.
• A scientific experiment with an extreme-ultraviolet telescope (SWAP) using the HAS2 image sensor that will make measurements of the solar corona in a very narrow band. The Centre Spatial de Liège is the lead institute on the experiment supported by the Royal Observatory of Belgium, along with an industrial team comprising several companies including Cypress.

Availability and Photo
The HAS2 image sensor is now in production. Download a high-resolution photo of the HAS2 sensor at www.cypress.com/go/HAS2photo.

Cypress Image Sensors
Cypress’s Image Sensor Business Unit is based in Mechelen, Belgium, and offers standard and customized CMOS image sensors for consumer, industrial and professional applications. Industrial applications include solutions for fast growing high-speed machine vision, motion monitoring, medical imaging, intelligent traffic systems, security, barcode and space. Cypress's customized CMOS image sensors are characterized by very high pixel counts, large area, very high frame rates, large dynamic range, high sensitivity and radiation tolerance.

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PRESS RELEASE - Cypress - Cypress's PSoC®︎ 3 and PSoC 5 Architectures Recognized in EDN Magazine's Hot 100 Products for 2009

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Editor Review Highlights Scalable Architectures’ Programmable Precision Analog and Digital Logic

Along with High-Performance ARM-Cortex M3 and 8051-Based MCU Sub-Systems

SAN JOSE, Calif., December 21, 2009 – EDN magazine has recognized the PSoC® 3 and PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip architectures from Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) in the 2009 Hot 100 Products issue. EDN editors sort through thousands of new products and technologies introduced each year to identify items for the annual Hot 100 Products list. The EDN product review of PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 architectures is available at www.edn.com/article/CA6699879.html.

PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 devices extend the world’s only programmable analog and digital embedded design platform, delivering unmatched time-to-market, integration, and flexibility across 8-, 16-, and 32-bit applications. The platform is powered by the revolutionary PSoC Creator™ IDE, which introduces a unique schematic-based design methodology along with fully tested, pre-packaged analog and digital peripherals easily customizable through user-intuitive wizards and APIs to meet specific design requirements. More information about the solution is available at www.cypress.com/go/PSoC.

“Echoing the recognition of the EDN’s editors, customers are embracing our PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 architectures for their robust integration of features and revolutionary design methodology,” said Norm Taffe, executive vice president of the Consumer and Computation Division at Cypress. “The architectures provide a scalable platform with high-performance computing power, high-precision programmable analog and PSoC’s hallmark flexibility.”

About PSoC 3 and PSoC 5

The new PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 architectures include high-precision programmable analog capability (up to 20-bit resolution for an Analog to Digital Converter) and expanded programmable digital resources integrated with powerful, industry-standard MCU cores and ample memory and communications peripherals. The PSoC 3 devices are based on a new, high-performance 8-bit 8051 processor, while the PSoC 5 devices include a powerful 32-bit ARM Cortex™-M3 processor. The new products provide designers with a seamless, programmable design platform, enabling easy migration from 8 to 32 bits. The robust features of these new solutions dramatically expand the applications and markets that PSoC can address, including automotive, portable medical, industrial and many more. More information about PSoC products is available at www.cypress.com/psoc and free online training is at www.cypress.com/psoctraining.

About Cypress

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PRESS RELEASE - Cypress - New Cypress Kit Demonstrates Precision Analog of PSoC®︎ 3 Architecture via Highly Integrated Voltmeter

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Device Leverages 20-bit Delta Sigma ADC to Offer Unparalleled Analog Integration, Enabling Concurrent Measurement of Low-Amplitude Signals and Functions such as LCD Drive

SAN JOSE, Calif., December 7, 2009 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today introduced a demonstration kit highlighting the broad precision analog capabilities of its new PSoC® 3 architecture. The new CY8CKIT-007 PSoC 3 Precision Analog Voltmeter Demo Kit showcases a PSoC 3 device as a single-chip voltmeter, using an onboard 20-bit Delta Sigma Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) to measure the voltage from the included test leads and onboard thermocouple while directly driving an LCD. With the kit, designers can use pre-configured op amp, ADC and analog mux components in the PSoC Creator™ Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to quickly and easily design industrial sensors, consumer sensors, glucose meters and other analog applications.

The flexible PSoC 3 architecture combines highly integrated, programmable analog and digital peripheral functions, memory and a microcontroller on a single chip. Precise analog resources available in the kit include four digital-to-analog converters (DACs), four comparators, four op amps and four PGAs, TIAs or Mixers. The voltmeter in the kit measures -30V to 30V of DC signals and includes an onboard thermocouple that is used as a low-noise voltage input. More information on the kit is available at www.cypress.com/go/cy8ckit-007.

“The new Voltmeter Demo kit provides a practical application of the powerful precision analog capabilities of the PSoC 3 architecture,” said Matt Branda, director of marketing for PSoC products at Cypress. “With the kit, designers get a feel for the high-level of analog integration enabled by PSoC 3, along with the simplicity of analog design through our PSoC Creator IDE.”

The PSoC 3 Precision Analog Voltmeter Demo Kit contains:

• The PSoC 3-based voltmeter
• Test leads
• USB battery pack with two AA batteries
• Quick Start Guide
• Kit CD, which includes: PSoC Creator, PSoC Programmer, sample projects and documentation.

Availability and Photo

The CY8CKIT-007 PSoC 3 Precision Analog Voltmeter Demo Kit is priced at US $79 and is available on the Cypress eShop at www.cypress.com or through authorized distributors. A high-resolution photo of the CY8CKIT-007 kit is available at www.cypress.com/go/VoltmeterKitphoto.

About PSoC 3 and PSoC 5

The new PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 architectures include high-precision programmable analog capability (up to 20-bit resolution for an Analog to Digital Converter) and expanded programmable digital resources integrated with powerful, industry-standard MCU cores and ample memory and communications peripherals. The PSoC 3 devices are based on a new, high-performance 8-bit 8051 processor, while the PSoC 5 devices include a powerful 32-bit ARM Cortex™-M3 processor. The new products provide designers with a seamless, programmable design platform, enabling easy migration from 8 to 32 bits. The robust features of these new solutions dramatically expand the applications and markets that PSoC can address, including automotive, portable medical, industrial and many more. More information about PSoC products is available at www.cypress.com/psoc and free online training is at www.cypress.com/psoctraining.

About Cypress

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Cypress - AN57473 - PSoC®︎ 3/5 USB HID Fundamentals

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Introduction

Human Interface Devices (HID) are common throughout the world and used every day by consumers on their PCs. HID can be both easy to use and design. This application note explains entry level aspects of HID and report descriptors, and describes two example Universal Serial Bus (USB) HID projects. This application note is the second in the USB application note series. Refer to the USB Peripheral Basics application note as an introduction.

Author: Robert Murphy

Last Updated: 11/17/2009

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AN574731.zip (4.5 MB)

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