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Thermal Management Expansion Board Kit Guide, Doc. No. 001-89649 Rev. **
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1. Introduction
Thank you for your interest in the CY8CKIT-036 PSoC
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Thermal Management Expansion Board Kit (EBK). This kit is
intended for creating thermal management solutions using PSoC products.
The CY8CKIT-036 supports the following thermal management features:
Interfacing with four-wire fans. The kit comes with two fans installed onboard and has a provision for connecting
two additional fans.
Temperature measurement of analog temperature sensors. The kit includes two general purpose transistors
configured as diodes for measuring temperature.
Temperature measurement of digital temperature sensors. The digital temperature sensors on the kit include an
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C interface sensor, a one-wire sensor, and two pulse-width modulator (PWM) based sensors.
This kit guide provides details on the kit contents, hardware, schematics, and BOM.
1.1 Kit Contents
The PSoC Thermal Management Expansion Board Kit (CY8CKIT-036 EBK) includes:
Thermal Management Expansion Board
Quick Start Guide
Power DC Adaptor 12 V/2 A
1.2 Getting Started
This section provides details on the hardware requirements, software requirements, and associated application notes for
using CY8CKIT-036 with various PSoC devices. Refer to the kit webpage
www.cypress.com/go/CY8CKIT-036
for the latest
information on using CY8CKIT-036 with various PSoC devices. The webpage will be updated as new PSoC devices and
development kits that work with CY8CKIT-036 are released to the market.
1.2.1 Beginner Resources
An overview of various PSoC devices is available at
www.cypress.com/psoc/
. The webpage includes a comparison of
PSoC devices, software IDE information, and associated development kits. In addition, refer to the following application
notes to get started with PSoC devices:
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