The Beginner's Guide to PSoC ExpressManufacturer: Timeline Industries Price: $19.99Reg. $ The Beginner's Guide to PSoC Express, Microcontroller Development without Writing Code is a 250-page book that covers all aspects of PSoC Express through hands-on examples using a variety of PSoC parts. While these examples were developed using the World Tour board from Cypress, they can be easily be ported to other PSoC devices by simply changing the target device type and pin assignments. Cypress Semiconductor’s PSoC configurable microcontroller is a terrific part to use in an embedded application because half of its peripheral set is specified by the designer. Cypress created the PSoC Express development tool to greatly simplify the process. PSoC Express is a graphical modeling system that allows developers to create applications without resorting to text-based programming tools. The book begins by taking a tour of the PSoC Express visual design desktop. It then moves on to developing a couple of real-world projects using simulations. While PSoC Express doesn't offer source-level debugging, it has an excellent simulation system that allows proof-of-concept without source code debugging. Afterwards, several chapters are dedicated to developing a working hour meter which includes buttons, potentiometers, seven-segment displays, I2C communications, and LCD outputs. The remaining chapters cover USB, Wireless Communications, CapSense, and an example on how to modify C code generated by PSoC Express. The book concludes with a chapter of available resources developers will find useful in their own projects, a notes section for personal notes, and a subject index. The Beginner's Guide to PSoC Express retails for $49.95 but Saelig is pleased to make this valuable resource available at a special discount to our customers. |
