Universal Serial Bus is a specification to establish communication between devices and a host controller. USB has effectively replaced a variety of interfaces such as serial and parallel ports. There are approximately 2 billion USB devices sold per year. Although USB started out primarily being used to connect computer peripherals to PCs such as mice, keyboards, printers, and external hard drives, USB has become common place in smart phones, video game consoles, communications equipment, and even in industrial applications.
Cypress is a market leader in USB, surpassing 1 Billion units shipped by 2008. With a complete portfolio of
USB solutions, Cypress continues to innovate on emerging USB technologies. Cypress also provides the industry’s most comprehensive "whole product" support including software, reference designs and driver suites. This enables a customer to get to market faster, have a one stop shop for all USB needs, and gain a competitive advantage in the market.
The Cypress PSoC families include options with Full-Speed USB peripheral solutions. This enables integration of Cypress leading USB connectivity with other PSoC functions and applications leveraging the PSoC programmable analog and digital resources. The PSoC USB solutions are powered by the easy-to-use PSoC Creator Software IDE that enables you to quickly implement various USB connectivity solutions (HID, Audio) through intuitive configuration wizards eliminating the complexity of designing with this ubiquitous interface.