Automotive PSOC™ 4100S Plus
PSoC™ 4 is a scalable and reconfigurable platform architecture for a family of programmable embedded system controllers
The core of the Automotive PSoC™ 4100S Plus family is a 48 MHz Arm® Cortex®-M0 CPU, offering exceptional processing power for your automotive applications. With single-cycle multiply instructions, your algorithms run faster and more efficiently than ever before. Flash goes up to 128 KB, complete with the read accelerator technology.
This allows for lightning-fast access to your program code, ensuring responsive and reliable performance. Incorporating up to 16 KB of SRAM, the Automotive PSoC™ 4100S Plus microcontroller family supports advanced capacitive sensing applications. This feature enables precise touch and proximity sensing, enhancing user interfaces and controls in your automotive designs. Unparalleled signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and water tolerance with Infineon capacitive sigma-delta technology - this innovation guarantees exceptional sensitivity and robustness in capacitive touch applications, even in challenging environments.
Available in space-saving 40-pin QFN, 64-pin QFN, and 64-pin TQFP packages, our Automotive PSoC™ 4100S Plus Arm® Cortex®-M0 microcontrollers are ideal for applications where size matters.
Key Features
- Arm® Cortex®-M0/M0+ MCU
- Up to 128 KB flash/16 KB of SRAM
- CAN 2.0B block
- Up to 5 SCBs and 8 TCPWM blocks
- AEC-Q100 qualified
- 8-channel DMA engine
- LCD segment drive capability - GPIO
- Auto hardware tuning (Smart sense)
- Up to 48 MHz CPU speed
- 12-bit 1 Msps SAR ADC
- 4 to 33 MHz ECO
- Temperature: -40°C to +125°C
Features of our Automotive PSoC™ 4100S Plus microcontroller family
In terms of serial communication, the Automotive PSoC™ 4100S Plus family boasts five independent run-time-reconfigurable SCBs. These SCBs support reconfigurable I2C, SPI, UART, or LIN 1.3, 2.1/2.2 functionality, providing versatile communication options for your automotive systems with up to 54 programmable GPIO pins. Any GPIO pin can be configured for CAPSENSE™, LCD, analog, or digital functions, giving you the freedom to tailor your design to your exact specifications.
The family offers a range of analog capabilities, including one opamp with reconfigurable high-drive external and high-bandwidth internal drive. It also supports comparator mode and ADC input buffering capability. Moreover, PSoC™ 4100S Plus offers a high-resolution ADC with a 12-bit 1 Msps SAR ADC with differential and single-ended modes.
The integrated channel sequencer with signal averaging ensures accurate data acquisition for applications. Two current DACs are available for general-purpose or capacitive sensing applications on any pin, providing flexibility in analog circuitry. Two low-power comparators operate even in deep-sleep mode ensuring system functionality while conserving power.
PSoC™ Creator
PSoC™ Creator is an integrated design environment (IDE) that enables concurrent hardware and firmware editing, compiling, and debugging of PSoC™ and FM0+ systems. Applications are created using schematic capture and over 150 pre-verified, production-ready peripheral components.
ModusToolbox™
ModusToolbox™ Software is a modern, extensible development environment supporting a wide range of Infineon microcontroller devices, including automotive PSoC™ Arm® Cortex® Microcontrollers. Infineon's Modustoobox offers a variety of code repositories on GitHub that are comprehensive, flexible, and atomic. This means that you will have access to all of the resources you need, can use them in your own workflow, and obtain only those resources which are necessary for your project. These repositories include board support packages (BSPs), low-level resources like a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) and peripheral driver library (PDL), and middleware that enables industry-leading features such as CAPSENSE™.
Automotive PSoC™ preferred design houses
Our Automotive PSoC™ preferred design houses is a trusted partners' ecosystem that extends the support force by tailoring
their know-how to meet your specific needs.
By partnering with one of our qualified preferred design houses, you can be assured that you'll receive expert advice and customized support to help you achieve your goals. Our team of professionals brings added value to customer service, working together to optimize your design and help you succeed in your business objectives.
We understand that every customer is unique, which is why we offer tailored solutions to meet your specific needs. From product-specific support to application-specific advice, our preferred design house is fully trained to use Automotive PSoC™ 4, PSoC™ High Voltage and PSoC™ Automotive Multitouch and provides a wealth of knowledge and expertise to help you succeed.
Together with our partners, we offer optimized customer support for systems using our products. Our preferred design houses are committed to delivering exceptional service and support to ensure your success.
Access to additional PSOC™ technical documentation
Register to the myInfineon Collaboration Platform (myICP) and gain access to additional microcontroller information: Technical add-on documentation, training, tools, and much more. Follow these steps to get started:
- Sign up to myInfineon here
- Send your access request to autopsoc@infineon.com (with your MyInfineon login name)
- You will receive a confirmation email explaining how to use your new access
Key Features
- 48-MHz Arm® Cortex®-M0 CPU
- Up to 128 KB of flash with Read Accelerator
- Up to 16 KB of SRAM
- 8-channel DMA engine
- Two opamps with reconfigurable high-drive external and high-bandwidth internal drive and Comparator modes and ADC input buffering capability. Opamps can operate in Deep Sleep low-power mode.
- 12-bit 1-Msps SAR ADC with differential and single-ended modes, and channel sequencer with signal averaging
- Single-slope 10-bit ADC function provided by a capacitance sensing block
- Two current DACs (IDACs) for general-purpose or capacitive sensing applications on any pin
- Two low-power comparators that operate in Deep Sleep low-power mode
- Programmable logic blocks allowing Boolean operations to be performed on port inputs and outputs
- Deep Sleep mode with operational analog and 2.5 µA digital system current
- Capacitive sigma-delta (CSD) provides best-in-class signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) (>5:1) and water tolerance
- Infineon-supplied software component makes capacitive sensing design easy
- Automatic hardware tuning (SmartSense™)
- Five independent run-time reconfigurable serial communication blocks (SCBs) with re-configurable I2 C, SPI, UART functionality, or LIN slave functionality
- LCD segment drive capability on GPIOs
- Eight 16-bit timer/counter/pulse-width modulator (TCPWM) blocks
- Center-aligned, Edge, and Pseudo-random modes
- Comparator-based triggering of Kill signals for motor drive and other high-reliability digital logic applications
- Quadrature decoder
- 4 to 33 MHz external crystal oscillator (ECO)
- PLL to generate 48-MHz frequency
- 32-kHz watch crystal oscillator (WCO)
- ±2% internal main oscillator (IMO)
- 32-kHz internal low-power oscillator (ILO)
- TRNG generates truly random number for secure key generation for cryptography applications
- CAN 2.0B block with support for time-triggered CAN (TTCAN)
- 40-pin QFN, 48-pin QFN, 64-pin QFN, and 64-pin TQFP packages
- Any GPIO pin can be CapSense, analog, or digital
- Drive modes, strengths, and slew rates are programmable
- Integrated Development Environment (IDE) provides schematic design entry and build (with analog and digital automatic routing)
- Applications Programming Interface (API) component for all fixed-function and programmable peripherals
- After schematic entry, development can be done with Arm-based industry-standard development tools
- A Grade: –40 °C to +85 °C
- S-Grade: –40 °C to +105 °C
- E-Grade: –40 °C to +125 °C
Key benefits
PSOC™ 4 S-Series delivers robust noise immunity with superior SNR (>300:1), allowing home appliance customers to easily pass IEC 61000 standards. CapSense fourth-generation also implements robust liquid-level sensing solutions with mutual-capacitance sensing support and improving manufacturing robustness with SmartSenseTM auto-tuning.
PSOC™ 4 S-Series expands the portfolio by introducing Cypress’s fourth-generation CapSense®, Smart I/Os to implement pin-level digital logic and the 32-bit ARM® Cortex®-M0+ for all your mixed-signal embedded requirements.
PSOC™ 4 S-Series reduces average power consumption by boosting performance. Processing instructions at more than 2x the rate of legacy 8-bit and 16-bit MCUs the system is allowed to spend more time in sleep modes. CapSense fourth-generation also simplifies low-power system design with a low 3µA average current.
- Enables a touch user interface with up to 24 I/Os
- SmartSense Auto-tuning speeds time-to-market and eliminates the need for manual system tuning.
- Prevents false touches caused by liquids.
- Implements advanced proximity sensing: wake-on-approach, liquid level detection, and IR sensor replacement.
Automotive PSOC™ 4 reduces system cost with Programmable Digital Blocks, Programmable Analog Blocks, CapSense and LIN Slave to:
- Create custom AFEs for sensors and add sophisticated user interfaces
- Communicate to car network with integrated LIN
- Slave controllers
- PSOC™ Creator enables easy integration of multiple ICs and system interfaces into one PSoC
- Zero false touches reported by the touch sensors in harsh automotive environment.
- Reduces Radiated Emissions (RE) by easily modifying CapSense Component parameters in PSOC™ CreatorTM IDE.
- Complies with standard emission and immunity specifications like CISPR 25, ISO 11452, IEC 61967 and IEC 62132.
Key application
- HVAC
- Infotainment & Navigation
- Integrated Systems
- Interior HMI
- Natural HMI surfaces
- Door lock / unlock
- Foot-kick, emblem touch
- Buttons/Sliders/TP
- Force-sensing, haptics
- AdBlue
- Water & Fuel, Quality
- Smart Sensor
