C.U. Around: Cypress University Program Blog - Cypress.com: Blog Posts http://www.cypress.com/?id=2315 The year is off to a running start! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=74823 The year has just started and I have already been to 6 universities (MIT, UW Madison, MSOE, Marquette, UPENN and RPI).

PSoC workshops are getting really popular! Tomorrow I am headed to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to advise some students on their PSoC projects and attend the winter career fair.

Hope your year is going well so far!

C. U. Around

 

]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:29:50 -0600 Wlecome to 2013! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=73915 Now that the Mayans have been proved wrong ... Happy New Year!

We are in the midst of our freesoc/Arduino Shield contest and still accepting entries. For more information visit www.freesoc.net .

I'll be at MIT next week with Dave Van Ess, Mike Daly and Greg Landry (all Cypress employees) co-teaching a PSoC short course.

We will have a guest lecture by Prof. Andrzej Rucinski on how PSoC is an integral part of the Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure as well.

Until Then,

C. U. A.round

]]> Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:11:09 -0600 PSoC World Is Coming! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=72496 PSoC World is an online virtual event happening Dec. 12 and 13. It is 24 hours of all things PSoC and you do not have to leave your browser to attend.

This is a great opportunity to take a short break from finals and attend the virtual show of shows.

You can register by clicking here: PSoC World

See you there - there will be a few academic goodies on the show.

Until then,

C. U. A.round

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:45:43 -0600 PSoC World Is Coming! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=72495 PSoC World is an online virtual event happening Dec. 12 and 13. It is 24 hours of all things PSoC and you do not have to leave your browser to attend.

This is a great opportunity to take a short break from finals and attend the virtual show of shows.

You can register by clicking here: PSoC World

See you there - there will be a few academic goodies on the show.

Until then,

C. U. A.round

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:45:41 -0600 ECE Dept. Heads Association Meeting http://www.cypress.com/?rID=60717 This weekend I will be presenting and exhibintg at the ECEDHA conference on the UT Austin campus. If you are attending be sure and stop by the CUA table and say hello. I am also presenting a PSoC overview on Sunday March 25 at 12:30. Again, if you are at the conference please feel free to attend.

12:30 pm - 12:50 pm

ECEDHA - Cypress Semiconductor

www.cypress.com/go/psoc

Learn how PSoC (Programmable System on Chip) Can Enhance Engineering Education
PSoC is a device consisting of programmable analog modules, programmable digital modules and an MCU (ARM Cortex M3 or 8051) all on one piece of silicon. Coupled with the PSoC Creator IDE, PSoC enables the hands on teaching of many classes from fundamentals of digital and analog to embedded systems and beyond using one technology and one software platform. Students learn the device architecture and design flow once and can spend most of their time building projects. To learn more about this exciting technology visit www.cypress.com/go/psoc.

Presenter
Patrick Kane, Director, Cypress University Alliance; Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:21:01 -0600 Arduino Friendly PSoC? http://www.cypress.com/?rID=70564 Here is link to an article on embedded.com regarding a new PSoC Project!

]]> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:22:16 -0600 Vote for your favorite PSoC! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=40636 PSoC35

  

PSoC 3, PSoC 5 and PSoC Creator are finalists for EDN magazine's Innovation Awards. Vote at: http://bit.ly/bUkQhb . PSoC Rocks! #psoc

 

Heading to UNCC tomorrow for PSoC 3 workshops Friday and Saturday. If you are already going to IEEE South East CON come by and check us out.

Cheers

]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:55:16 -0600 PSoC on Kickstarter! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=69902 I was at the Open Source Hardware Summit in NYC this week where Jon Moeller introduced his freeSOC board. Find out more about the  freeSOC . If you like what you see, you can get one on his  Kickstarter  page.

]]> Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:36:54 -0600 45 Degrees of Hong Kong http://www.cypress.com/?rID=68509 Looking South East into Tsim Sha Tsui from Sky 100 building

The tall building in the center is the new Hyatt. My hotel is forward and to the right (you cannot see it really).

You are looking into Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island in the background.

Moving to a more directly Southern view. Looking at the famous Victoria Peak behind the Central area of Hong Kong Island

]]> Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:16:36 -0600 4th Highest is in Hong Kong http://www.cypress.com/?rID=68245 I was recently in Hong Kong for the Teaching, Assesment, and Learning for Engineering Conference (TALE).

Last Sunday, I had the opportunity to visit the 4th highest commercial building in the world - Sky 100 in Hong Kong.

I took almost 100 pictures. I will upload a few of the best over the next week until you get a 360 degree bird's eye view of Hong Kong.

Until then,

C. U. Around

]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:22:45 -0600 PSoC in Japan http://www.cypress.com/?rID=67925 On Friday, I was in Tokyo meeting with Professor Renji Mikami. In addition to managing the CUA program in Japan, Mikami-san teaches over 180 students per year about PSoC at Meijo University.

Professor Renji Mikami

 

View of Tokyo from Cypress Japan office

I will be presenting a PSoC workshop at TALE 2012 being held at Hong Kong Polytechnic on Monday.

Until Then,

C. U. Around

]]> Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:08:29 -0600 ASEE International Forum http://www.cypress.com/?rID=67245 I attended the innaugural ASEE International Forum in June and there were professors from 20 different countries in attendance. It was held at the Hotel Pacio Del Rio in San Antonio Texas.

]]> Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:16:32 -0600 China Ministry of Education http://www.cypress.com/?rID=63159 Last Month I visited Beijing for the Chinese Ministry of Education's Conference where I gave one of the key notes

I was also fortunate enough to visit the summer palace while in Beijing

The 17 Arch bridge on lake Kunming

And of course the golden arches ;<)

C. U. Around

]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:44:10 -0600 Empty Nest Syndrome http://www.cypress.com/?rID=63120 I travel a fair amount. Hence my car is parked in various parking lots for periods of up to two weeks. I was checking my oil last week before a drive to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. Whne I opened my hood this is what I found ...

What kind of bird brain decides to build a nest on an engine block?

C. U. Around

]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 15:57:09 -0600 FIRST Robotics http://www.cypress.com/?rID=62455 Meet me in St. Louis for the FIRST Robotics FInals! www.usfirst.org

 

 

C. U. in St. Louis

         or

C. U. Around

]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:19:59 -0600 PSoC Workshop at UT http://www.cypress.com/?rID=61616 A PSoC workshop was held at UT in Austin March 23rd and 27th. We had a lecture and then a workshop a few days later. It was very successful, pizza was enjoyed by all.

 

]]> Sat, 07 Apr 2012 05:26:50 -0600 ECEDHA 2012 http://www.cypress.com/?rID=61186 I was at the ECE Department Heads Conference earlier this week. Recognize anyone on the cover?

]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:20:21 -0600 The Monster Bot from Madrid http://www.cypress.com/?rID=60255 Hi All,

I just got back from Madrid where I made a new Amigo - Tio Gil ...

Gil is a talented field applications engineer who works for the Cypress Rep in Spain: Sensetronics.

Gil has built a PSoC 3 powered bot he calls "The Monster" or "El Bicho"

You can see it in action here

Enjoy!

C. U. Around

]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:55:31 -0600 ALTSTADT NEURNERG http://www.cypress.com/?rID=59902 Pictures of the ALTSTADT or old city of Nuremberg

 

Back to Munchen tonight.

Until then ...

C. U. Around

]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:45:24 -0600 EW2012 http://www.cypress.com/?rID=60003 The Cypress stand at Embedded World 2012

Your's Truly presented to a rapt audience at EW2012

The Cypress Stand was incredibly busy

Next stop ... Madrid

Until Then,

C. U. Around

]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:43:00 -0600 Scenes from a train http://www.cypress.com/?rID=59767

Pulling out of Munchen HBF

]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:20:36 -0600 PSoC Rocks MIT http://www.cypress.com/?rID=59746 Our PSoC workshop at MIT on Feb. 23rd was a great success with over 20 attendees from 3 universities. I was too involved in the actual workshop and forgot to take some pictures, but I did get these snaps of the Dreyfoos Building on the MIT campus.

]]> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:46:41 -0600 PSoC workshop at MIT http://www.cypress.com/?rID=59517 PSoC workshop at MIT Tang Center focusing on CapSense - This Thursday!

Here is the place to register if you want to attend http://psoccapsense.eventbrite.com/

]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:23:34 -0600 Back to School http://www.cypress.com/?rID=53564 School starts again in just a few weeks and I will be at the FIRST robotics supplier summit next week. This will be Cypress' third year sponsoring the competition.  I'll be sure to post pictures of the amazing robots that the students have built. In the meantime, I had a bit of downtime so I will post of few pictures of my vacation. It's nice to get out of the office for a week, but even more exciting to see what students are going to create with PSoC this year!

Waikiki

USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor

Hanauma Bay - Great Snorkeling

Sunset

Until next time,

C. U. Around

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:27:33 -0600 FIRST Robotics Finals http://www.cypress.com/?rID=42814 I attended the FIRST Robotics Finals in Atlanta last week. Amazing robots built by High School students in just 6 weeks or so. You can find out more about this at the FRC web site. Meantime here are some pictures.

The Cypress table just before the second day's exhibit opened.

 

FIRST Founder (and SEGWAY Scooter inventor) Dean Kamen speaking at the finals.

 

Beverly Hills High entry 1515. They controlled the robot with a touch screen and integrated the PSoC 3 FTK into the control module.

Those kids from 90210 are a lot smarter than they looked on TV!

One of six playing fields. The robots are ready to rock and roll!

The Emcee introduces the teams while standing on his head!

Next year the finals are in St. Louis - maybe I'll see you there.

Until then,

C. U. Around

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:24:09 -0600 More India http://www.cypress.com/?rID=57401

Welcome to Field Programmable Technology 2011

Cypress Exhibit

We were treated to a classical Indian dance recital as part of the festivities

Meanwhile back at the hotel ...

]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:48:24 -0600 IIT Delhi http://www.cypress.com/?rID=56959

Sign for the PSoC Workshop at IIT Delhi

 

View From the Terrace at CSE Bharti IIT Delhi

View from the terrace at IIT Delhi CSE building

]]> Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:48:06 -0600 Download from Delhi http://www.cypress.com/?rID=56945 I am in Delhi for the FPT Conference. On today's menu is a PSoC workshop at IIT Delhi. Meantime here are a few pics from my window...

Dawn In Delhi

Realizing my status, I have apparently been booked into the "Brad Pit" suite!

Hope to post some pics from the workshop later today!

Until then,

C. U. Around

]]> Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:23:16 -0600 Greetings from the Forbidden City http://www.cypress.com/?rID=56832 I was recently in Beijing, China for the Global Engineering Deans Conference (GEDC). While there I had 1/2 day to visit the famous Forbidden City.

]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:23:48 -0600 Hot Off The Presses! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=43147 Well not actually since it is a soft copy book ...

My First 5 PSoC 3 Designs is now available for free download.

Get it here: http://www.cypress.com/?docID=21920

C. U. Around

]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:10:35 -0600 Just Back from China http://www.cypress.com/?rID=55602 Hi All,

I just returned from 2 weeks in China and have a lot to talk about over the next few blogs. I am just catching up on all my mail etc. that arrived while I was gone,so for today I will just upload some pictures I took while at a conference in Beijing.

This is the opening of the Global Engineering Dean's council that I attended in Beijing, China.

The conference was sponsored by PKU - Peking (beijing) University - the oldest university in China.

Until Next Time,

C. U. Around

 

 

]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:49:18 -0600 IFEES in Lisbon http://www.cypress.com/?rID=55239 I was recently in Lisbon to attend the SEFI and IFEES academic conferences. The meetings were good and the organizers arraned a bit of Portuguese culture for us.\

Potruguese parade in traditional costume

 

Traditional Portuguese Fado

Today I am off to Beijing to meet with the Ministry of Education. They are interested in creating a country wide PSoC certifications program!

More on this later in the week.

Until Then,

C.U. Around

 

]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:56:38 -0600 PSoC Workshop in Hyderabad http://www.cypress.com/?rID=53607 Last week there was a PSoC workshop at Osmani University in Hyderabad India. Feddback was very good! Here are some pictures:

I'll post some pictures from the FIRSt robotics event at the end of the week.

Until Then,

C. U. Around

]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:55:02 -0600 Cypress at ASEE in Vancouver http://www.cypress.com/?rID=52493 CUA is in Vancouver this week for the annual ASEE conference. Come by booth 221 and see us if you are here.

We are raffling off a PSoC enabled  OSCIUM iMSO scope (iPAD NOT included), as well as 10 PSoC CY8CKIT-050 development kits at 5 PM on Tuesday June 28th.

Here are some pix from my window

Hope to

C. U. Around Vacouver!

]]> Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:42:21 -0600 XBEE meets PSoC http://www.cypress.com/?rID=52137 Students at Michigan State University built an XBEE interface for PSoC. You can check it out here .

 

 

 

Come and see a live demo at ASEE booth 421 June 26-27, 2011

C.U. Around (there)

 

 

]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:08:14 -0600 Zero Touch Project at Texas A&M http://www.cypress.com/?rID=51951 Students in the Interface Ecology Lab at Texas A&M recently exhibited their PSOC 5 powered Zero Touch Project at the ACM CHI conference in Vancouver! Check it out here Cool Beans!

Speaking of Vancouver ... Don't forget to visit us in booth 421 at ASEE in Vancouver June 26-29. More info on that can be found here .

Hope to

C. U. Around

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:22:24 -0600 Rose-Hulman Develops PSoC based Lab Bench On Chip http://www.cypress.com/?rID=51789 Students at Rose-Hulman in Terre-Haute Indiana spent the spring of 2011 developing a PSoC based Lab Bench on Chip along with an Android GUI. You can see a video here .

Let us know your thoughts ... We will be posting the links to the project and GUI on the Cypress forums.

BTW if you are attending ASEE in Vancouver at the end of June, please drop by the Cypress stand #421 and say hello.

Until then,

C. U. Around

]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:25:59 -0600 Picnic Day at UC Davis http://www.cypress.com/?rID=51212 On a recent Saturday, students at UC Davis used PSoC and Matlab to make a musical staircase at their annual Picnic Day. Here's a link enjoy!

]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 18:11:52 -0600 UC Davis http://www.cypress.com/?rID=50541 I was at UC Davis this month where I saw a few PSoC projects. Both were different implementations of pulse oximeters also known as SpO2 monitors.

Here is one implementation using the CY8CKIT-001, PSoC 5 and the custom board they built for the class.

This is the Lab View VI reading the data from the PSoC board.

Here is another implementation that uses not only the CY8CKIT-001 but also the CY8CKIT-014 (First Touch Kit)

If you want to share your PSoC project, email me at cua@cypress.com

C. U. Around

]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:43:25 -0600 PSoC Based VCO http://www.cypress.com/?rID=50106 Check out this PSoC based VCO designed by a student named Eric Brombaugh at Georgia Tech. He used PSoC 1. I have a feeling the circuit could be improved using PSoC 3/5. First one to come up with solution get a CY8CKIT-001 PSoC 1/3/5 Development Kit!

C. U. Around

]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:23:39 -0600 Embedded World Video http://www.cypress.com/?rID=49696 Here is a video interview I did at Embedded World recently in Nurnberg Germany.

]]> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:35:15 -0600 CapSense Design guides http://www.cypress.com/?rID=49590 Cypress has just released new CapSense Design Guides . Since all PSoC 3 and 5 devices are CapSense enabled, doesn't it make sense to use CapSense instead of any mechanical buttons, switches, or sliders in your next design?

My next conference is ASEE in Vancouver June 26-29. Until then ...

C. U. Around

]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:24:23 -0600 ECE Department Heads Association http://www.cypress.com/?rID=49406 I will be in Phoenix showing our latest PSoC demo kits and solutions at the ECEDHA conference. Come check us out Sunday evening and all day Monday.

]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:58:10 -0600 Embedded World! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=49123 I will be at Embedded World March 1-3 in Nuernbeg Germany. The Cypress booth is #12-219. Please stop by and say hello and see some of our new PSoC development kits!

Wednesday is Student day!

C.U. Around (Nuernbereg;<)

]]> Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:10:13 -0600 C.U. Around ... India http://www.cypress.com/?rID=48713 I am on my way to India to meet with universities and some local companies who are interested in fostering innovation in Indian Universities. I will be in Delhi, Mumbai, Pilani, Bangalore and Amedabad.

Photo Journal to follow.

]]> Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:36:02 -0600 Cypress at MIT http://www.cypress.com/?rID=48610 Cypress will be at MIT's Tech fair on Monday and the career fair on Tuesday. Drop on by the Rockwell cage 10 AM to 3:30 PM. We are hiring!

]]> Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:30:35 -0600 The ARM PSoC5 design challenge deadline extended! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=48410 If you haven't yet entered - here's your chance!  Over $10,000 in prizes and development kits!

What are you waiting for?

Details here: http://www.cypress.com/?id=3271

 

]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:07:58 -0600 Ni Hao from China http://www.cypress.com/?rID=47443 Greetings from Beijing. I attended the Field Programmable Technology conference in Beijing last week. I heard a lot of interesting papers and we also hosted a PSoC workshop as well.

Dr. Ivo Bolsens CTO of Xilinx opens the special box entree at the welcome dinner Zhili restaurant at FPT 2010

I will post more as time allows as download speed is pretty slow.

Unil then,

C. U. Around

 

]]> Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:55:39 -0600 The PSoC Lab at UNH http://www.cypress.com/?rID=47150 Prof. Andrzej Rucinski has initiated the PSoC lab at UNH. Here Dr. Rucinski and a student are working on a PSoC project.

]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:43:47 -0600 Green Launching Pad http://www.cypress.com/?rID=47074 Last week I attended the Green Launching Pad event in Portsmouth New Hampshire. This is an intiative co-sponsored by Dartmouth College and The University of New Hampshire to fund start-up companies that have products that will lower power consumption, pollution and so on. One of the products is a smart meter to gauge the amount of fuel oil in a customer's tank. Currently the oil company must make about 20 trips to a customer a year to make sure they do not run out of heating oil. With these smart meters installed, this will reduce the number of yearly trips to 7 - clearly a more efficient proposition for the oil company, the highways and the customer.

]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:10:34 -0600 PSoC Design Challenge! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=46964 Hello,

At most universities I visit I am asked when we will hold the next PSoC design contest. Well that time is now! In association with ARM and  EETimes, Cypress is sponsoring a Design Challenge that was annoucned at ARM Tech Con this week.

Details can be found here   .

Good Luck!

I will be traveling to Portsmouth New Hampshire next week for the Green Launch Plan conference to discuss how PSoC can play a role in new green intitatives and products. I will report on the conference on Tuesday.

Until Then,

C. U. Around

]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:57:33 -0600 From Aggie to Aggie http://www.cypress.com/?rID=46935 It has been a busy week starting Thursday Nov. 4th when I held a PSoC 5 workshop at San Jose State University for the student chapter of IEEE and robotics teams. On Friday, I was in Davis, CA at UC Davis (whose nickname is the Aggies) where I had meetings and presented two more PSoC 5 workshops as well as a quick tour of the winery where PSoC and CyFi are being used to automate and collect data during the fermentation process. At both universities many of the students commented on how much easier PSoC Creator is to use than some of the other design programs they have been working with.

As I write this I am on my way to Texas A&M (also nicknamed the Aggies) at College Station, to meet with professors and students and present the PSoC 5 story. Students at A&M have been using PSoC 1 for almost 4 years and they have been using CyFi as well as PSoC 3 in their projects.

C. U. Around

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

]]> Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:20:50 -0600 Innovate in New Hampshire http://www.cypress.com/?rID=46865  

I had the opportunity to attend the inaugural “Innovate or Die” conference in Wolfeboro New Hampshire where money really does grow on trees!
 
 
The event was held at the historic Wolfeboro Inn (1812) on lake Winnipisaukee.
 
 
The conference was attend by technical folk from Cypress, Maxim, and Green Hils as well as local consultants and start-ups.
 
 
 
 
Next up is Texas A&M - until then ...
 
C. U. Around

 

]]> Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:43:54 -0600 Boston Bound http://www.cypress.com/?rID=46257 Those of you in the Boston area - or heading there for the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC), please stop by the ARM booth and check out the ARM Cortex M3 enabled PSoC 5 demos. In addition to ESC I will also be presenting a PSoC5 workshop at Northeastern U in Boston and Marquette in Milwaukee, next week.

You can get an expo pass for ESC here: ESC 2010

C. U. Around (ESC)

]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:57:12 -0600 Vital Electronics http://www.cypress.com/?rID=46107 A few months ago I asked if you knew what the Term "Vital Electronics" means.

Vital Electronics is the study and use of electrical components, circuits, networks, and systems
to achieve a design goal of protecting, saving, and improving critical infrastructure and hence the
quality of life. Vital electronics domain is a heterogeneous computing environment derived from
sensors, and actuators, networks, embedded systems, and ambient intelligence with intelligent,
robust, and trustworthy nodes capable of building Application-Centric Embedded Computers
from “off-the-shelf,” dynamically configurable virtual computational and networking parts.

And I have put my money where my mouth is by signing up for ECE994 at University of New Hampshire.

It is a graduate level course on - you guessed it - Vital Electronics! I am taking it online trhough a UNH program called "Farview".

You can take it as well if you are interested. Details can be found below:

University of New Hampshire Offers New PSoC Class:
Vital Electronics: Networked Computing Using Programmable Systems-On-Chip

 

Uses PSoC as the Building Block for Next-Generation, Networked Embedded Systems

 

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 3, 2010 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced that the University of New Hampshire (UNH) College of Engineering and Physical Sciences is offering a new course highlighting the PSoC® programmable system-on-chip. The course, open to interested students and the community at large (for continuing education credits) is part of Far View Distance Learning Program at UNH, allowing students to take the course remotely. More information and registration for the course is available at
http://e-learn.unh.edu/coursesF10.html.

 

The course is entitled: ECE 994 - Vital Electronics: Networked Computing Using Programmable Systems-On-Chip. It is offered on Tuesday evenings from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Eastern time. It will use PSOC as the building block for the next generation networked embedded systems, focusing on sensing, controlling, and communicating challenges, as well as innovation, economics, validation, robustness, and the application domain. It will also use case studies, including sensorized laboratories; critical infrastructure monitoring and protection and global design methodology for in-situ hardware development.

 

“We’re pleased to offer this important course to our students and interested community members,” said Professor Andrzej Rucinski, the course architect and instructor. “I believe the principles covered in this course are essential to those involved in designing next-generation embedded systems. The PSoC architecture is a perfect platform for this subject matter.”

 

“We’re pleased to see more and more prestigious universities around the world adopt PSoC as an integral part of their curricula,” said Patrick Kane, Cypress’s director of University Relations. “Professor Rucinski has developed a course that will be of great benefit to both current students and to practicing engineers who want to stay ahead of the curve in embedded design.”

 

Next trip is to UNH and ESC Boston SEP 20-24

 

Until then,

C. U. Around

]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:30:54 -0600 CUA Survey http://www.cypress.com/?rID=45732 It's that time of year again!

We are sending out our Cypress University Alliance survey. If you get an email from us, please take the time to complete this short, 5 minute survey so we at CUA can serve you better.

Just in case you do not receive an email from us and you are using Cypress PSoC, USB etc. in an academic setting here is the link to the survey:

http://www.cypress.com/?app=mysurveys&surveyID=21

Next adventure is to ESC Boston in September.

Until Then,

C. U. Around

]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:56:16 -0600 NI Week http://www.cypress.com/?rID=45642 NI Week is where all the folks who use Lab View get togehter to see the latest software and projects developed with Lab View. You can send and receive data to PSoC via labview using the "Bulk Raw USB" Vi

Dr. David Barrett of Olin College (formerly VP at iRobot and Disney's Imagineering), discusses the future of robotics at NI Week.

On of the many Lab View powered robots at NI Week

Manufacturing/Test bot

Robotic Bull at Ni Week party (actually it is a real bull).

 

]]> Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:39:05 -0600 FIRST Robotics Supplier Summit http://www.cypress.com/?rID=45583 I attended the FIRST Robotics supplier summit in Manchester New Hampshire.  It is where the suppliers meet to discuss how the contest can be improved for 2011. Here are some pictures of the event.

CY8CKIT-FTK - PSoC3 First Touch Kit (FTK) used in the control module of the robot

The FTK is installed in one of the control modules

Another Control Module

"Dean's Award" Student Panel giving Suppliers Feedback on what was good and bad about the various modules

Dean Kamen, Founder of FIRST speaks at the supplier summit.

Next trip is to NI Week in Austin Texas - until then

C. U. Around

]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:56:40 -0600 Monet's Garden http://www.cypress.com/?rID=44225 While in Paris last week I had the opportunity to visit Monet's gardens about 1 and 1/2 hours outside Paris in Giverny, France. This cat designed and built these gardens and ponds just so he could paint them! That made quite an impression on me - well I guess it is because Monet was an impressionist ;<)

 

Lily Pads

Purple Puff Bally Thing

Flowers and Tourists

The gardener's boats

Backstreet in the village of Giverny

Until next time,

C. U. Around

 

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:43:25 -0600 Who's Blog is This Anyhow? http://www.cypress.com/?rID=44198

What is Dave Van Ess doing in this picture?

Best answer gets a PSoC 3 First Touch Kit (must not be a Cypress employee).

Email me at cuap@cypress.com with your guess.

Unitl then,

C. U. Around

 

]]> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:16:08 -0600 ASEE bound http://www.cypress.com/?rID=43950 Starting a 24 hour sojourn from Paris to lovely Louisville KY. ASEE starts Sunday June 20 with a PSoC workshop - come join us! Failing that, visit Dave Van Ess and myself at booth 420 Monday and Tuesday on the exhibition floor. From the top of the Eiffel Tower to Churchill Downs ... some kind of weird symmetry there ;<)

Hope to see you in Louisville!

Until then,

C. U. Around

]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:39:06 -0600 Schloss Linderhof http://www.cypress.com/?rID=43883 During some free time I made a trip out to Schloss Linderhof in the German Alps. This was the retreat for Ludwig II the last King of Bavaria. No pictures are allowed inside, but I have some of the exterior and surrouonding grounds.

The palace as seen from the temple of Venus across the pond.

The temple of Venus as seen from the Schloss.

Sun King emblem on the ceiling of the Schloss entry (before we were told not to take pictures).

The temple of Venus.

Also went to Oberammergau - more pictures on that later.

C. U. Around

]]> Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:57:19 -0600 Entering Paris With a Bang! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=43879 When we arrived at Orly yesterday, we were kept out of the baggage area by armed soldiers because someone had apparently abandonded a bag. About 15 minutes later there was a very loud explosion! After we were allowed through I observed 3 soldier with sub machines guns keeping close watch over an exploded suitcase. Quite the welcome to Paree!

 

View of Avenue de Terne from my 6th floor window.

C. U. Around

]]> Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:24:53 -0600 Mehr Munchen http://www.cypress.com/?rID=43843 Had  great meeting at Techical University of Munich yesterday. I predict a great raltionship is brewing! While I didn't think to pull out my camra at TUM, I did pass through the center of Munich known as Marienplatz on my way there ... it was an unseasonably warm 86 Deg. F

The Mariensäule Obelisk in Marienplatz

Town Hall Clock Tower in Marienplatz

Church Steeple

I'll be spending the weekend touring in and around Munich. More to come.

C. U. Around

]]> Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:26:39 -0600 Munich in 24 hours http://www.cypress.com/?rID=43829 After traveling for 24 hours straight after a few flight canellations and other delays finally touched down in Munich yesterday afternoon. I will go to the Technical University of Munich for meetings on the Vital Electronics initiative to day and then have a few days of vacation before heading to Louisville, KY for ASEE 2010.

Church Steeple from my hotel window in Munich. More pictures over the next few days.

Until Then,

C. U. Around

]]> Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:08:42 -0600 Meet you in the "ENGLICHER GARTEN" http://www.cypress.com/?rID=43789 Getting ready for trip to TU Munich, then after a few days vacation CUA will host a workshopp at ASEE June 20 in Lousiville KY - hope to see you there!

BTW the ENGLICHER GARTEN is Munich's version of New York's Central Park - only bigger ...

C. U. Around

 

]]> Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:11:43 -0600 PSoC 5 in the Windy City http://www.cypress.com/?rID=43734 See PSoC 5 demoed in the ARM booth at ESC Chicago this week!

]]> Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:47:58 -0600 First Five PSoC 3 designs - now in hardcopy! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=43569 Get it here!

www.lulu.com/product/paperback/first-five-psoc-3-designs---color/11170899

 

 

]]> Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:44:22 -0600 The PSoC Lab at UCSD http://www.cypress.com/?rID=43469 On Monday May 24, Dinseh Rmamnathan (Cypress EVP of  DCD), and a score of luminaries from UCSD officially opened the PsoC lab in the ECE buidling.

PSoC sign in the lab

Dr. Dinesh Ramanathan speaks about the history of PSoC

A variety of PSoC kits are available to the students in the lab - including the latest PSoC 3 and 5 kits!

I also presented a PSoC workshopp to the IEEE student chapter - more on that later.

Unitl Then,

C. U. Around

]]> Thu, 27 May 2010 13:17:30 -0600 Vital Electronics http://www.cypress.com/?rID=43418 What in the world is Vital Electronics? Stay tuned - more to come on this...

C. U. Around

]]> Mon, 24 May 2010 11:40:59 -0600 Above and Beyond the Call of Duty http://www.cypress.com/?rID=43357 I awarded four FAEs with the University Alliance "Above and Beyond the Call of Duty" (ABCD), plaques at the FAE award dinner. They were: Ernie Buterbaugh, John Wisniewski, Rob Dick and Rob Swan. Congrats guys - the program would not be nearly as successful without your support.

]]> Fri, 21 May 2010 13:04:37 -0600 Notes from India part 1 http://www.cypress.com/?rID=40425 I spent the last week in India. I will be posting several updates over the next few days. Didn't have very good connections while there so I waited to get back to the USA.

I landed in New Delhi airport at 10 PM, had a meeting with several professors from Birla Institute of Technology (BITS) who had come from Rajastan to meet with me and was back at the domestic terminal the next day for a flight to Hyderabad.

Newly opened domestic terminal at Delhi ariport

View from my room at the Taj Bandera Hyderabad

I also signed an MOU with BITS Hyderabd while there. I will post those pictures in the next episode.

Until then ...

CU_Around

 

]]> Wed, 05 May 2010 17:05:23 -0600 Notes from India part 2 http://www.cypress.com/?rID=40439 Here are some more pictures from my trip to India... this time from the BITS PIlani Hyderbad campus

Signing the MOU with BITS Pilani Hyderbad Campus

BITS Hyderbad Rocks! Literally since it is built on top of a mountain.

A student shows me a pulse monitoring project.

BITS Hyderaqbad students who have just shown me their PSoC projects, which were very diverse including medical, wireless and

remote sensing.

Pictures from Chennai universities are in the next post.

Until Then,

CU_Around

]]> Wed, 05 May 2010 17:04:04 -0600 Boston Baked Beans http://www.cypress.com/?rID=43144 Last week I was in Boston for a couple of days where I had meetings at Northeastern University, Olin College of engineering and MIT Lincoln labs.

Northeastern University

 

Boston Skyline on a sunny but windy day (from NEU parking structure)

Professor Ted Kochanski speaking at the Vital Electronics PSoC workshop at  MIT Lincoln Labs

Next trip is at the end of May to UC San Diego to attend the formal opening of the PSoC Center of Excellence Lab in the ECE department

Until then,

C. U. Around

 

]]> Wed, 05 May 2010 16:38:21 -0600 PSoC 3 and IEEE http://www.cypress.com/?rID=40831 Last weekend Ernie Buterbaugh (FAE in Raleigh, NC) and I attended the IEEE South East Regional Conference in Charlotte, NC. We gave two workshops there. On Friday we had 22 people signed up and 27 attendees. On Saturday we had 8 people signed up and 58 attendees!  All due to word of mouth from Friday's workshop. Here are some pictures.

Next trip is to Atlanta, GA for the FIRST Robotics finals April 15-17.

CU Around

Ernie talks to a conference attendee about PSoC 3.

 

Ernie kicks off one of the workshops.

Saturday's workshop - standing room only!

 

]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:29:24 -0600 Notes From India Part 3 http://www.cypress.com/?rID=40486  After the meeting at BITS Hyderabad, I flew to Chennai and had meetings at Anna University and VIT.

Students and Faculty learning about PSOC

After leaving Chennai, I flew to Coimbatore to innaugurate the PSoC Center of Excellence lab there.

]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:26:09 -0600 Greetings from Bangalore http://www.cypress.com/?rID=40390 I am just finishing up a week in India visiting universities. I have been running hard from dawn to dusk so haven't had time to post. I only have time now because one of my flights was canceled.

In any case the Indian students are an enthusiatic bunch and have produced many wonderful PSoC Projects. This computer at the airport will not let me insert a USB cable so I cannot post any pix now - but I will soon.

 

P.S. Be sure and check out and join the Cypress PSoC Academic Support Group on facebook!

CU Around

]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:32:52 -0600 FIRST http://www.cypress.com/?rID=40293 When Last I posted I was headed off to New Hampshire for the FIRST Robotics Kick-off. It was a very energetic event with over 50,000 people "attending" world wide via NASA TV. If you are interested you can find the archived video here: www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/content.aspx
Meanwhile here are some pictures of the event and scenery. My room looked out on the home field of the AA ball club "Manchester Fisher Cats" Needless to say they were not playing in January.

 

View from center field - a great seat when a game is being played!

The crowd at the kick-off event.

We have been getting good reports from the teams on the PSoC 3 First Touch Kit that is part of the "Kit Of Parts" each team gets from FIRST. I am looking forward to attending the finals in Atlanta in April.

Cheers

C. U. Around

 

 

]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:42:03 -0600 National Engineer's Week http://www.cypress.com/?rID=40326 Feb. 14 - 20 is National Engineer's Week. New England kicked off National Engineer's Week 2010 on February 11th and 12th at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Boston.

Professor Ted Kochanski of the University of New Hampshire attended the career fair on behalf of the IEEE and showed interested students PSoC solutions.

Professor Kochanski is showing a student PSoC Designer Software. The kits on the table are CY3269N Lighting Kit,

CY3271 PSOC First Touch Kit with Cy Fi and in the lower left corner most of a CY8CKIT-003 PSoC 3 First Touch Kit.

Professor Kochanski explains how the Capsense module in the CY3269N lighting kit works.

As for me, I will be at UC San Diego the next few days conducting a PSoC 3 workshop then it is off to India

Cheers

 

 

]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:54:03 -0600 Boston Bound http://www.cypress.com/?rID=40062 I am on my way to (warm ;<) Manchester New Hampshire for the FIRST Robotics Competition Kick-off. You can watch it live on NASA TV  from 10 AM to 12 PM EST Saturday morning.

Cypress is a sponsor this year and the 1900 teams will be using a PSoC3 FTK in the control module.

I will be posting pictures soon.

 

]]> Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:03:11 -0600 Demo Night at FPT http://www.cypress.com/?rID=39748 The paper I wrote for FPT was regarding Partial Dynamic Reconfiguration in a PSoC device. I used a temperature compensated fan controller design originally designed by Dave Van Ess as the example. This design dynamically reconfigures the UART and TachTimer.

 

This is the demo table set-up. All of the other demos were Xilinx Virtex or Spartan.  If you want to know more about DYNAMIC RECONFIGRATION send me an email.

Below are some pictures of the demo session in full swing and the view from the deck outside the demo room looking down on the lower campus at UNSW

 

]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:53:24 -0600 PSoC heads downunder http://www.cypress.com/?rID=39645 After a 14 hour flight SFO to Sydney I finally arrived at University of New South Wales where i will demonstrate PSoC Dynamic Reconfigurability at a conference session later today.

                 

View from my dorm room at UNSW

CUA display at FPT 2009

Stay tuned for some demo pictures

 

Cheers Mates!

 

 

 

]]> Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:39:46 -0600 More in Shanghai http://www.cypress.com/?rID=39409 While in Shanghai I visited 4 universities and talked about their success with PSoC 1 and introduced them to PSoC 3/5 everyone I talked to is excited about the possibilities of what can be done with the new best in class solutions.


 


 

Jiangsu U in Zhenjiang (2 hours outside of Shanghai) They have used PSoC in the motor control function for the very popular e-bike


 


 

Electric WheelChair at Shanghai Jiao Tong U - PSoC is in the box with the Chinese characters. This will be exhibited at the Shanghai EXPO 2010


 


 

Presenting PSoC 3 and 5 to students and professors at Tonji University in Shanghai


 

Untl next time ...

]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:43 -0600 Snowy Beijing http://www.cypress.com/?rID=39415 It snowed three times in Beijing last week. I was there on Thursday for one of the storms. I visited Tsing Hua University (THU) where they are not only teaching with PSoC they are writing lab books and training other teachers on how to integrate PSoC nto their curricula.

Just outside the EE building at Tsing Hua University. Profs. Jia, Hua, (me), Wei, and Ye

PsoC Trainer developed by Prof. Jia and used at THU and other universities.

THU campus on a snowy day.

 

 

 

 

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:59:31 -0600 Tweet, tweet http://www.cypress.com/?rID=39271 Just started a twitter account under the moniker cu_around.

Heading for China this weekend and will tweet when there is no opportuntiy to blog.

You can find me on twitter  here .

It will be a long trip as I will be visitng universities in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei.

Zaijian!

]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:17 -0600 More from FIE http://www.cypress.com/?rID=39255 Here is a picture of the Cypress stand at FIE in San Antonio.  Over 500 professors from 26 countries attended. I will be in China for the next two weeks so stay tuned for more ... C. U. A.round!

                       

 

]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:10:36 -0600 Shanghai U http://www.cypress.com/?rID=39297 I spent the day at Shanghai university where they are having a flower festival and using PSoC in some interesting ways. Here are some pictures - cool beans!

                    

Chinese Dragon at Shanghai University

Professor Guo Shuai and his team of graduate students have used PSoC and built some huge robots that perform Chinese Opera - they are looking forward to using PSoC 3 and 5 in the next version.

Maggie works in the Cypress office and is translating for me while I am in Shanghai.

The robots just returned from the Shanghai exhibition so they are still being put back together after being shipped back to the university - when fully assembled the one below has a staff with a blade on the end, the one above wield two giant swords.

The Emperor has no clothes!

Meanwhile the Empress is all wrapped up! She looks a bit like Rosie the maid on the Jetsons no? Her eyes, mouth and head motors are contolled by a PSoC.

Tomorrow it is off to Jiangsu University where they have designed PSoC into the e-bike.

 

 

]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:09:56 -0600 CUA@ASEE http://www.cypress.com/?rID=38219 Dave Van Ess and I spent some time in Austin at the American Society of Engineering Educators conference this summer. It was 0ver 100 Deg. F every day we were there. We spoke with over 100 educators and introduced them to the next generation of PSoC . Here is a picture of Dave showing one of the professors a PSoC Creator design. To get your own copy of PSoC Creator visit www.cypress.com/go/psoc3

]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:17:47 -0600 That Time of Year! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=38221 Well, its that time of year again! You either just started class or will very shortly do so. The purpose of this blog is let you the readers, know what interesting things students and schools are doing with PSoC. I will also let you know where we will be giving PSoC workshops and attending conferences.

If you have an interesting PSoC project you would like to share please email me at PSoCU@cypress.com and I wil see that it gets posted here or on our Cypress University Alliance web site: www.cypress.com/cua 

You can visit us at the same URL to learn about upcoming contests, career fairs and other CUA events .

]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:17:45 -0600 Microlectronic Systems in Education Conference http://www.cypress.com/?rID=38226 I present many academic workshops each year. I get to meet a lot of professors and students in this way. It is interesting and I usually learn new things based on the questions I am asked. My last worskshop was at the MSE conference at the end of July. My next one is at ASU in 10 days.

Here Prof. Ted Kochanski of the University of New Hampshire is examining a PSoC 3 Development Kit at the MSE workshop. He will be using PSoC in a short course for the Boston IEEE this fall.

This is me getting ready to demonstrate the CY3271 First Touch Kit with CyFi.

If you are a professor (or a student who can get your professor's permission) who would like to evaluate this technology, visit us online at www.cypress.com/cua and fill out and submit the donation request form you will find there.

That's all for now - have a great weekend!

 

 

]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:17:44 -0600 CUA in India http://www.cypress.com/?rID=38299 At the end of July Dr. Rabi Mahapatra of Texas A&M, a professor I have known and worked with for many years was in San Jose. He has been telling me about a new university he has founded in India in Bhubaneswar where he grew up: http://www.bit.edu.in/homepage.aspx 

 

CUA signed an MOU with the university to provide PSoC kits and training. The students will start using PSoC to learn about digital and analog circuits as well as microcontrollers starting fall 2009.

If your school would like to use Cypress PSoC devices to teach principles of digital and analog circuits, microcontrollers, robotics, mechatronics etc. please visit us online at www.cypress.com/cua to learn details about the program.

]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:17:43 -0600 ELVIS is in the building! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=38373 I have been working with Digilent Inc. to design and build a PSoC board to interface with the National Instruments ELVIS platform. This board will allow students to interface PSoC 1/3/5 with Lab View and other NI products. We are currently making a few changes and hope to have the board available by January 2010 - stay tuned!

If you are interested in getting one for evaluation, please let us know at cuap@cypress.com.

Here is what it looks like:

]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:17:42 -0600 Greetings from 30,000 feet! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=38432 I am on my way to Texas for some PSoC workshops. Free internet on this flight so I am able to write this blog entry from 30,000 feet! Exciting day as Cypress has announced our new PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 platforms.  "We Change the Way YOU Change the World".  To learn more about the new platform visit us at www.cypress.com and stay tuned to the blog ...

Howdy from 30,000 Feet!

]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:17:41 -0600 ESC in Boston this week http://www.cypress.com/?rID=38604 On the way to ESC in Boston if you are going stop by the Cypress stand to see the new products. Cypress CEO T. J. Rodgers will be giving the keynote speech Wednesday morning at 9:30. Hope to see you there!

]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:17:40 -0600 ESC - Boston http://www.cypress.com/?rID=38846 Cypress was at ESC Boston last week - here are some pictures:

Derek and Jim getting ready for the conference.

Meng Is a Cypress application engineer. Here she is demonstating various PSoC powered kits.

I will be at UC Sant Cruz next week - stay tuned.

 

 

]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:17:39 -0600 Texas and Philly http://www.cypress.com/?rID=38730

Texas A&M 9/15:

Lots of travel this week. It begins in College Station Texas home of the Aggies! They are the first university to hear about PSoC3/5 the day after it has been announced! TAMU engineering have a multitude of projects in the wings that can take advantage of the “no excuses analog” and digital functionality of the new generation of PSoC that includes 8051 and ARM Cortex M3 technology.

 

 Houston 9/17:

Spent time at the University of Houston college of technology this week where I was happy to instruct 34 professors, TAs and students in the fundamentals of PSoC and CyFi. UH will be integrated PSoC and CyFi technology into their curriculum over the next several semesters. The profs. were especially interested in the 8051 based PSoC 3 and will be replacing the current 8051 classes with PSoC3 technology.

Students at University of Houston working ion a PSoC design

Students at University of Houston working on a PSoC lab

Drexel 9/18:

I was at Drexel on Friday. With Help from John Wisniewski (Cypress FAE) and Jude Brown (Cypress Sales) I was able to show the benefits of PSoC and CyFi to professors from Drexel’s ECE, Engineering Technology and Mechanical Engineering colleges. Prof. Prawat Nagvajara (the one and only member of Thailand's Olympic cross coutnry ski team!) came up with a unique idea for the PSoC3 First Touch Kit (FTK). I won’t say more except it involves a rocket, the accelerometer on the board and terminal velocity. Hopefully Prawat will send us some pictures of PSoC in flight!

 

JW helps a student with a PSoC lab

Next week it is on to ESC Boston and a visit to MIT …

 

]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:17:38 -0600 Talkin' bout China Grove .... http://www.cypress.com/?rID=39068 I am heading to San Antonio, Texas for the Frontiers in Education conference.  http://fie-conference.org/fie2009/  Stop by and say "Howdy!" if you are attending.

H

Here's some trivia ... You may have heard a song by the Doobie Brothers called "China Grove". Turns out China Grove is a suburb of San Antonio. Next time you hear from me I will be rembering the Alamo.

Have a great weekend!

 

]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:17:36 -0600 Remember the PSoC! http://www.cypress.com/?rID=39170 Spent most of this week in San Antonio at the FIE Conference. Over 500 professors from 41 states and 26 countries. I took PSoC over to the Alamo ...

                  

Here are some other pictures from around the Alamo. It is much smaller than most people think! For those of you who do not know the story, the battle of the Alamo started the process of liberating Texas from Mexico in March 1836 The Texans lost that battle but ultimately triumphed over the forces of Generalissimo Santa Ana. The Alamo is the most visited tourist site in all of Texas.

 

And finally - Jim Bowie and his famous Bowie Knife

 

 

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