I plan on roadtesting the Infineon PSoC
62S2 evaluation kit (CY8CEVAL-062S2) in May.
Besides testing and reviewing the hardware, the sponsor is especially wanting the roadtesters to review its new version of ModusToolbox v3, including testing the getting-started experience and the flexibility of ModusToolbox. The sponsor has 11 specific questions it would be very interested in getting feedback on. (Scroll down and I have pasted the questions below.)
First, let me give you some details about the hardware of this roadtest.
The PSoC 62S2 evaluation kit (CY8CEVAL-062S2) enables you to evaluate and develop applications using the PSoC 62 MCU. The kit features the PSoC 62 MCU (CY8C624ABZI-S2D44): 150-MHz Arm® Cortex®-M4 and 100-MHz Arm® Cortex®-M0+ cores, 2MB of Flash, 1MB of SRAM, hardware crypto accelerator, rich analog and digital peripherals, audio and communication interfaces, and industry-leading capacitive-sensing with CAPSENSE technology.This kit features an M.2 interface that enables you to connect the supported M.2 radio modules based on AIROC Wi-Fi/Bluetooth® combo devices. This feature enables flexible evaluation of the radio module that best suits your wireless connectivity requirements. With PSoC 62 MCU as the Wi-Fi host MCU, and the AIROC device enabling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® connectivity, you can easily prototype and evaluate embedded IoT applications using this kit. In addition, the kit also features an OPTIGA Trust-M security controller for secured cloud device provisioning.
Here are some features:
- PSoC 62 MCU (CY8C624ABZI-S2D44)
- M.2 interface connector to connect the M.2 radio modules. By default, the kit package includes Sterling-LWB5+ M.2 radio module from Laird Connectivity for out-of-the-box evaluation
- OPTIGA Trust-M security controller
- mikroBUS interface for hardware expansion using Click boards
- Headers compatible with Arduino Uno R3 for hardware expansion using Arduino shields
- 512-Mbit external Quad-SPI NOR Flash, 4-Mbit Quad SPI F-RAM, microSD card interface
- KitProg3 on-board SWD programmer/debugger, USB-UART and USB-I2C bridge functionality through USB connector
- CAPSENSE buttons and slider for touch- and proximity-sensing applications
- User buttons, LEDs, and a potentiometer for analog input
Here's the documentation:
User Manual
Web page
Schematic
Various Hardware files (including Gerber, etc.)
ModusToolbox Software
The review of the ModusToolbox Software is a key part of this roatest. The sponsor provided me with 11 specific questions that it would like feedback on. They are:
Test the getting started experience of ModusToolbox
- Are the resources you need readily available to start developing with ModusToolbox?
- What is your assessment on getting started with ModusToolbox from a new user’s perspective?
- What documentation/content was most beneficial in your ModusToolbox development experience? (User Guides, Videos, Training Classes, Community)
- Which available Code Examples did you find most useful in getting started?
Explore the flexibility of ModusToolbox
- Are you able to use the ModusToolbox Library Manager to integrate additional software? What middleware did you utilize?
- Which IDE do you prefer to use with ModusToolbox?
- Are you able to utilize both cores available on the PSoC 62 device within ModusToolbox?
- Did you use PDL drivers, Hardware Abstraction APIs, or a combination of both?
Project building with the PSoC Evaluation Kit and ModusToolbox
- How easy was it to leverage the capabilities on the board and the expansion interfaces?
- How easy was it to program and debug your application with the evaluation board?
- Are you able to utilize the wireless connectivity applications (Wi-Fi, BLE) in ModusToolbox with PSoC 6 MCU and AIROC combo module on the kit?
Prospective Roadtester Polls
Please vote in these polls. They provide me with valuable insights. Thanks.
