Cypress Semiconductor

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Micrium, Inc. announced that Micrium's uC/OS-III RTOS (Real-Time Operating System) supports Cypress's PSoC(r) 5 development platform. The unique programmable analog and digital peripherals in PSoC 5, along with the high performance 32-bit ARM(r) Cortex(tm)-M3 processor, position PSoC 5 for demanding applications such as industrial, medical, automotive, and consumer equipment. PSoC 5 devices offer industry-leading integrated analog resources and powerful, PLD-based Universal Digital Blocks for implementing standard and custom digital peripherals.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced that Pioneer has selected its CapSense® solution to implement the capacitive touch-sensing controls in the SD8200 family of cordless digital phones. A single CapSense device controls 22 capacitive buttons on the phones, including illuminating the buttons when selected.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced it has eclipsed the 750 million unit mark in shipments of its fast-growing PSoC® programmable system-on-chip. The world’s only programmable analog and digital embedded design platform combines analog and digital peripheral controllers with memory on a single piece of silicon, maximizing designers’ flexibility.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced that its PSoC® programmable system-on-chip played an important part in the riveting rescue of the 33 trapped miners in the San José copper and gold mine near Copiapó, Chile. Fresno, California-based Central California Video Engineering & Manufacturing (CCV), a subsidiary of Aries Industries, built the specialized camera that was dropped into the initial bore hole to deliver the first pictures that confirmed the miners were alive. A single PSoC chip replaced an entire two-inch wide circuit board, enabling the ultra-thin camera that was lowered 2,300 feet below ground to the miners. The PSoC device inside the camera provides bandpass filtering and demodulation of the control signal protocol.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced two extensions to Cypress’s popular VITA family of image sensors—the 2.3-megapixel VITA 2000 and the 5.3-megapixel VITA 5000. They are ideal for machine vision, high-end security, 2D barcode and intelligent traffic applications.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced that both its CapSense® capacitive touch controllers and TrueTouch™ touchscreen controllers are now available in tiny Wafer-Level Chip-Scale Packages (WLCSPs). These ultra-small packages enable manufacturers of personal media players, mobile handsets, PC peripherals (printers & mice), and other consumer electronic products to offer end products that are smaller and more attractive to consumers. A photo of the devices is available at www.cypress.com/go/wlcsp_photo.com.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.announced new features for its revolutionary PSoC Creator™ Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the PSoC® 3 and PSoC 5 programmable system-on-chip families. PSoC Creator now supports enhanced low-power design techniques, new LCD design capabilities and faster, easier CapSense® capacitive sensing design.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced that Fujitsu Limited has selected Cypress's TrueTouch(tm) solution to implement the touchscreen in the world's first separable handset from NTT DOCOMO, the docomo PRIME series F-04B mobile phone. The new phone leverages Cypress's CY8CTMG200 controller to power the robust multitouch interface with a slim 9.8-mm form-factor that can operate separately from the keyboard. By detaching the phone's keyboard from the display, users can easily send e-mails, watch TV broadcasts or search address books using the touchscreen interface while talking on the baseband.

Cypress and Future Electronics Jointly Develop Low-Cost PSoC® 3 Development Board Showcasing New Architecture’s Ease-of-Use and Fast Design Cycle Designers Can Request Free Onsite PSoC 3 Demonstrations and Half-Day Workshops

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. introduced a high-sensitivity, high-speed CMOS image sensor targeted for the high-end machine vision market. The new 25-megapixel VITA 25K sensor offers the market's highest throughput for a device with a pipelined and triggered global shutter. The sensor has 32 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. Each channel runs at a 620 Mbps, which results in a high frame rate of 53 frames-per-second (fps) at full resolution for undistorted images and fast readout. The VITA 25K is ideal for high-end machine vision applications, such as inspection machines; biometric inspection, such as next-generation palm print readers; and intelligent traffic systems.