Product Specifications

CY8C29466/CY8C29566
CY8C29666/CY8C29866
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microcontroller An integrated circuit chip that is designed primarily for control systems and products. In addition to a CPU, a
microcontroller typically includes memory, timing circuits, and IO circuitry. The reason for this is to permit the
realization of a controller with a minimal quantity of chips, thus achieving maximal possible miniaturization. This
in turn, reduces the volume and the cost of the controller. The microcontroller is normally not used for
general-purpose computation as is a microprocessor.
mixed-signal The reference to a circuit containing both analog and digital techniques and components.
modulator A device that imposes a signal on a carrier.
noise 1. A disturbance that affects a signal and that may distort the information carried by the signal.
2. The random variations of one or more characteristics of any entity such as voltage, current, or data.
oscillator A circuit that may be crystal controlled and is used to generate a clock frequency.
parity A technique for testing transmitting data. Typically, a binary digit is added to the data to make the sum of all the
digits of the binary data either always even (even parity) or always odd (odd parity).
Phase-locked
loop (PLL)
An electronic circuit that controls an
oscillator so that it maintains a constant phase angle relative to a reference
signal.
pinouts The pin number assignment: the relation between the logical inputs and outputs of the PSoC device and their
physical counterparts in the printed circuit board (PCB) package. Pinouts involve pin numbers as a link between
schematic and PCB design (both being computer generated files) and may also involve pin names.
port A group of pins, usually eight.
Power on reset
(POR)
A circuit that forces the PSoC device to reset when the voltage is lower than a pre-set level. This is a type of
hardware reset.
PSoC
®
Cypress Semiconductor’s PSoC
®
is a registered trademark and Programmable System-on-Chip™ is a trademark
of Cypress.
PSoC Designer™ The software for Cypress’ Programmable System-on-Chip technology.
pulse width
modulator (PWM)
An output in the form of duty cycle which varies as a function of the applied measurand
RAM An acronym for random access memory. A data-storage device from which data can be read out and new data
can be written in.
register A storage device with a specific capacity, such as a bit or byte.
reset A means of bringing a system back to a know state. See hardware reset and software reset.
ROM An acronym for read only memory. A data-storage device from which data can be read out, but new data cannot
be written in.
serial 1. Pertaining to a process in which all events occur one after the other.
2. Pertaining to the sequential or consecutive occurrence of two or more related activities in a single device or
channel.
settling time The time it takes for an output signal or value to stabilize after the input has changed from one value to another.
Glossary (continued)