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Question: What do the naming conventions in PSoC® 3, PSoC 5, and PSoC 5LP application note (AN) project files mean?

Answer: Application notes are updated when a new version of software (PSoC Creator) or silicon is released. The software version and silicon version supported for a particular AN is specified along with the zip file of the corresponding project. See the following screenshot for an example.

In this example, the first zip file (AN64275.zip) contains the project for the AN64275, which is designed using the latest version of PSoC Creator software, that is, PSoC Creator 2.1 SP1 and supports PSoC 3 and PSoC 5LP devices for production. The second zip file (AN64275_Archive.zip) contains projects for the AN64275, which is designed using previous versions of PSoC Creator software such as PSoC Creator 2.1 and PSoC Creator 2.0. This supports only PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 devices.

Question: How do I select a device and device revision from PSoC Creator™?

Answer: Go to Project > Device Selector in PSoC Creator. If you are using PSoC 3 device (such as CY8C3866AXI-040) with production revision, then use the selection shown in the following screenshot.

Similarly, select the appropriate device number to work with the PSoC 5 device family (for example, CY8C5568AXI-060) and PSoC 5LP family (for example, CY8C5868AXI-LP035).