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Cypress Programming Solutions
Programmer Software | Devices | Cypress Debug Probe | IDE Support | Host OS | Communication Firmware |
Cypress Programmer | PSoC 6® MCU IoT Platforms such as CYW94390x CYW207xx |
MiniProg4 | ModusToolbox™ IDE | Windows Linux macOS |
KitProg3 |
PSoC Programmer | Most PSoC 6 devices* PSoC 5LP PSoC 4 PSoC 3 PSoC 1 FM0+ devices USB Type C |
MiniProg4 (for PSoC 4, PSoC 5LP, and PSoC 6 MCU devices) MiniProg3 |
PSoC Creator PSoC Designer (for PSoC 1 devices) |
Windows | KitProg3 KitProg2 KitProg1 |
*Hardware support is fully described in each tool’s release notes, found on the documentation tab, or in the doc folder in the installation root folder.
Cypress Programmer
Cypress Programmer is a flexible, cross-platform application for programming Cypress devices. It can Program, Erase, Verify, and Read the flash of the target device. It includes:
- OpenOCD is a programming tool modified slightly from OpenOCD FOSS tool to support Cypress devices and is installed as part of Cypress Programmer.
Cypress Programmer and ModusToolbox IDE use KitProg3 low-level communication firmware. fw-loader is a software tool you can use to easily switch back and forth between KitProg2 and KitProg3. fw-loader is installed with ModusToolbox IDE.
PSoC Programmer
PSoC Programmer is a complete package that installs all components required for a programming and debug solution. In addition, the following tools are installed.
- Clock Programmer is used in configuring Cypress' configurable Clock devices. The Clock Programmer utilizes the CY3240 USB-I2C Bridge kit to configure Cypress' Clock devices.
- Bridge Control Panel is a simple debugging tool that comes with PSoC Programmer. Use it to communicate with target devices over I2C/UART/SPI serial communications interfaces.
KitProg
KitProg is Cypress’ low-level communication firmware for programming and debugging. It is not available as a separate product. Many of the programming tools listed here use a version of KitProg. Cypress development kits have KitProg firmware installed, and so “just work” with supported IDEs. See the IDE or kit documentation for details.
You can get the latest version of KitProg3 delivered with the Firmware Loader available at the Cypress GitHub repository. Use the Firmware Loader to upgrade (or downgrade) the KitProg firmware on a kit. The readme file at the GitHub link has full instructions.
KitProg has changed over the years, and Cypress maintains three versions, KitProg1, KitProg2, and KitProg3. If you are interested in the inner-workings of KitProg software, see the KitProg user guides listed on the Documentation tab.
Cypress Programmer and PSoC Programmer are designed for product development. For production-quality programmers, please see our Device Programmer System Partners page for information about third-party programmers.
File Title | Language | File Size | Last Updated |
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Cypress Programmer 3.0
|
English English English |
21.7 MB 16.9 MB 40.7 MB |
05/19/2020 05/19/2020 05/19/2020 |
PSoC Programmer |
English |
39.9 MB |
09/03/2020 |
Older versions of PSoC Programmer are archived at the following page: Click here
Document Type | Title |
Release Notes | Cypress Programmer 3.0 Release Notes |
MiniProg 4 Release Notes | |
PSoC Programmer 3.29.0 Release Notes | |
MiniProg3 Release Notes | |
Cypress Programmer Documentation | Cypress Programmer 3.0 GUI User Guide |
Cypress OpenOCD CLI User Guide | |
PSoC Programmer Documentation | PSoC Programmer 3.29.0 COM Guide |
PSoC Programmer 3.29.0 CLI Guide | |
Clock Programmer User Guide | |
Other Documentation | KitProg3 User Guide |
KitProg2 User Guide | |
KitProg User Guide | |
MiniProg4 User Guide | |
MiniProg3 User Guide | |
Third-Party Tools for Cypress Devices User Guide |
Programming Kits |
CY8CKIT-005 MiniProg4 Program and Debug Kit |
CY8CKIT-002 PSoC® MiniProg3 Program and Debug Kit |
CY3217 MiniProg1 - PSoC 1 Programmer |
For the many Cypress development kits that use KitProg communication firmware, see the MCU Kits page.
Cypress devices support standard SWD interface for programming and debugging. The table below lists the programming specifications to program Cypress devices. There is a comprehensive list of third-party programming partners and supported devices here. If you are a programming tools vendor and want to support any of the Cypress devices, please contact
programming-partners@cypress.com.
Device Family | Programming Specifications |
PSoC 3 | PSoC 3 Device Programming Specifications |
MBR3 | CY8CMBR3xxx Device Programming Specifications |
PSoC 4 | |
PSoC 5LP | PSoC 5LP Device Programming Specification |
PSoC 6 | PSoC 6 Programming Specifications |
USB Type-C | CYPDxxxx Programming Specification |
TrueTouch | CYTMAxxx, CY8CTMAxxx, CYTTxxx Programming Specifications |