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Re: What is a Cypress?

Once it is wired, its simple. Go to the FIRST control system documentation page and find a pinout of the Cypress IO board. Depending on what you want, you can use Compatibility or Enhanced IO. I used Enhanced, but Compatibility allows Virtual IO if you would rather have that. On your Classmate, you can configure if any digital input is pulled high, pulled low, floating, or out. You will want "pulled high" for all of the input/output you use, so the electrical team can wire between the signal and GND. In software, all pulled high inputs will be TRUE until the button is pressed, so NOT gates will become your friend. For analog Inputs, voltage in will be between 0v and 3.3v, or you can use the "analog range" for 0-1. There are also more advanced features, like two quadrature encoders on four inputs and some even more advanced IO on the Wireless connector (two DAC's, PWM Out, HDDIO, etc. ) and you can also use the buttons , LED's, 3-axis accelerometer, and touch slider on the board itself. It's all in "Enhanced IO". One thing you might find useful is the front panel. You can just put an indicator on all of the Cypress IO of the category you want and see what it does.
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