Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has developed an unprecedented 2.4-GHz radio-on-a-chip with a programmable mixed-signal array. Cypress’s new Programmable Radio-on-a-Chip (PRoC) includes two of the company’s most noteworthy technologies--wirelessUSB and Programmable System-on-Chip (PSoC)--in one integrated device. It delivers the benefits of both WirelessUSB and PSoC into a variety of applications, including consumer electronics, home and industrial automation, Human Interface Device (HID), transportation, security and medical systems.

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PRoC offers access to a general-purpose mixed-signal array with four programmable analog and four programmable digital blocks, 8K Bytes of Flash program memory storage, 512 Bytes of SRAM data storage, and a powerful direct-sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) 2.4 GHz radio system-–all integrated in a compact, 48-pin QFN package. It is designed to implement highly integrated, space-saving, low-cost, wireless systems operating in the 2.4-GHz ISM band.

Sampling the CYWUSB6953 today in 48-pin QFN packages, full production quantities are expected to be available in Q3, 2005. Pricing is approximately $3.50 each, depending on quantities.