Category: Blog Posts

In theory, you can use the VDDIO power pins to run the I/O ports at different voltage levels. This is true, except when it is not true. You *must* run the VDDIO1 (supplies power for the P1 port, pin 17 on QFN package) power pin at around 3.3-5.0v at...

After experimenting with the USB port and debugging, I have uncovered some details not in the literature. JLINK Without Reset Line You can get the attention of an ARM processor’s Debug hardware using SCLK and SDIO without resetting the processor. That lets you “attach” to the processor and see...

VMWare’s 13.5.2 update dropped the support for (updated) Monterey in the VMWare Tools, based on my experience. (Probably also previous versions of OSX.) VMWare Tools reports “wrong processor type.” I suspect that was a mistake, but since Broadcom nuked all of my VMWare accounts, I am not reporting it...

tldr; Use KitProg3 with PSOC Creator from Windows to connect. Starts ARM Debug On USB pins, regardless of current USB port usage. USB Debug Fail — OPENOCD, JLINK If the USB port is used, or those pins are used for other purposes, then neither OPEN OCD nor JLINK can...

You can program and debug the PSOC5LP over the USB port with OpenOCD and VSCode — with some crutches. The short of it is you have to get the PSOC5’s attention with the PSOC Creator menu “Select Debug Target.” Frustrations I experimented with programming the PSOC using a KitProg....

Updated for audio choice and snapshot recommendation. I use VMWare for virtual machines on my Mac to do the things only PSOC Creator can do. Modus Toolbox does not support schematic design of internals for PSOC processors. To get that functionality on the Mac, you need to use PSOC...

In previous posts, I showed how to create a voltage 1/2 of your VDDA using analog pins with pull up/down resistors. Manipulating these pins through writing values to them provides you with the ability to output +5v (VDDA), (approx) 2.5v (~1/2 VDDA), and 0V in code, without using external...

Eventually, I’ll let you know why Android on the SOCMAKER blog. Hint: USB OTG and PSOC5. Android Studio Program (ASP) is a mess. The IntelliJ IDE may be good, but Google has burdened it so badly it can barely function on a 3.6ghz 8 core I9 with 40gb of...

If you are like me, the OpAmp in the PSOC5 is occasionally used. I use it for driving signals out from the 8 bit Voltage DAC. (The voltage DAC is the Current DAC feeding into a resistor, so it has a high signal impedance. It can’t drive any resistance...

Before I give you the gritty (dirty) details, you need to understand some things about the ABC company and the Fruit Company. They don’t care. You are dirt under their shoes. The only reason the ABC company lets you play in their store is because the Fruit company does....