Cypress Introduces The new CY8CKIT-006 PSoC 3 LCD Segment Drive Evaluation Kit and the CY8CKIT-029 PSoC LCD Segment Drive Expansion Board Kit

The new CY8CKIT-006 PSoC 3 LCD Segment Drive Evaluation Kit and the CY8CKIT-029 PSoC LCD Segment Drive Expansion Board Kit demonstrate how a single PSoC 3 device can drive up to 736 LCD segments, more than any microcontroller-based solution. With the kits, designers can leverage the drag-and-drop LCD Drive component in the PSoC Creator™ Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to quickly and easily design products with an LCD screen for the consumer electronics, handheld, medical, industrial, white goods, automotive and other markets. The new PSoC 3 architecture delivers unparalleled flexibility for LCD Drive applications with up to 16 common pins, versus only 4 or 8 for microcontroller-based solutions. This reduces the number of I/Os required for an LCD screen, freeing up pins for more peripheral integration and providing the option for smaller packages. The architecture allows any GPIO to be set as an LCD pin for simplified routing, requiring fewer PCB layers. PSoC 3 devices offer software contrast control, eliminating the need for an external potentiometer. The devices integrate internal voltage generation requiring no external resistors or capacitors, and can drive an LCD screen with a battery voltage as low as 0.5V, enabling operation from a single solar cell…

LCD Segment Drive Kit
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