Infineon PSoC 6, Getting Started

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1 Introduction
PSoC
™
6 MCU is an ultra-low-power PSoC
™
device with a dual-CPU architecture tailored for smart homes, IoT
gateways, and so on. The PSoC
™
6 MCU device is a programmable embedded system-on-chip that integrates the
following features on a single chip:
•
Single-CPU microcontroller: Arm
®
Cortex
®
-M4 (CM4) or Dual-CPU microcontroller: Arm
®
Cortex
®
-M4 (CM4)
and Cortex
®
-M0+ (CM0+)
• Programmable analog and digital peripherals
• Up to 2 MB of flash and 1 MB of SRAM
• Fourth-generation CapSense
®
technology
• PSoC
™
6 MCU is suitable for a variety of power-sensitive applications such as the following:
- Smart home sensors and controllers
- Smart home appliances
- Gaming controllers
- Sports, smart phone, and virtual reality (VR) accessories
- Industrial sensor nodes
- Industrial logic controllers
- Advanced remote controllers
The programmable analog and digital subsystems allow flexibility and dynamic fine-tuning of the design using
PSoC
™
Creator , the schematic-based design tool.
Figure 1 illustrates an application-level block diagram for a real-world use case using PSoC
™
6 MCU.
Motion Sensor
Ambient Light
Sensor
I2C Block
SAR ADC
Block
CapSense
Block
Universal Digital
Block (UDB)-
Based LCD
Parallel Interface
PWM Block
PSoC 6 MCU
TFT LCD Display
RGB LED
CM4 CPU
Touch
Interface
CM0+ CPU
Buck
Converter
Figure 1 Application-level block diagram using PSoC
™
6 MCU
PSoC
™
6 MCU is a highly capable and flexible solution. For example, the real-world use case in Figure 1 takes
advantage of these features:
•
A buck converter for ultra-low-power operation
• An analog front end (AFE) within the device to condition and measure sensor outputs such as ambient light
sensor
• Serial Communication Blocks (SCBs) to interface with multiple digital sensors such as motion sensors
• CAPSENSE ™ technology for reliable touch and proximity sensing
Getting started with PSoC
™
6 MCU on PSoC
™
Creator
1 Introduction
Application Note 3 002-21774 Rev. *G
2022-07-21