Cypress Semiconductor PSoC 6 BLE Pioneer Kit

The Cypress Semiconductor PSoC 6 BLE Pioneer Kit is based around the company’s PSoC 6 MCU, purpose-built for the Internet of Things (IoT). The MCU delivers the ultralow power, high performance and built-in security features that the IoT devices of the future are likely to demand.

The MCU uses an ultralow-power 40 nm process and offers flexible power modes to help IoT devices run longer on one charge. Flexible dual-core ARM Cortex-M architecture enables optimisation of system power consumption and high-performance processing.

The MCU supports independent, hardware-based trusted execution environments for IoT security. Featuring flexibility and ease of use, the PSoC MCU architecture is said to enable visionary designs.

The PSoC 6 BLE Pioneer Kit includes the following: the dual-core ARM Cortex-M4 and Cortex-M0+ PSoC 63 MCU with BLE 5.0; a 2.7″ e-ink display shield board with onboard digital microphone and thermistor; an onboard BLE antenna; 512 Mb high-speed Quad-SPI NOR Flash; an EZ-PD CCG3 Type-C system for power delivery; a CapSense linear slider, touch buttons and proximity sensors; an onboard programmer/debugger; an RGB LED; and two push-button switches. It is compatible with Arduino Uno shield boards.