Free Cypress workshops on PSoC Bluetooth - and you get a free dev kit too - Page 1
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author: Corporate666
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 04, 2015, 02:00:53 pm
content: I got a note from my Cypress FAE regarding intro/training seminars on the new Cypress PSoC BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) product.The seminar is free, and around here a 5 hour affair plus a free continental breakfast. You also get a free PSoC BLE dev kit to use at the seminar and take home with you afterwards. The dev kit is the CY8C-042-BLE (normally $49 at Cypress.com).There are 63 seminars and they are going on worldwide from February through April - France, Turkey, Austria, Poland, UK, Spain, Germany, etc. And a bunch in the USA of course.I have no affiliation with Cypress, but I really like their products - and for anyone interested, it's most likely a free day off work as well as a $50 dev kit for free also. I went to a PSoC training event years ago - that's what first got me hooked on the product. If anyone is interested, I find them to be a great company - hungry to make their mark and very willing to work with customers and get you what you need to get your products done and working as intended.Here's the seminar listinghttp://www.cypress.com/trainings/workshops/Here's the dev kit you get for attendinghttp://www.cypress.com/?rid=102636

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2015, 05:35:19 pm
content: Darn, nothing even close to the Dallas area.

author: Corporate666
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 04, 2015, 05:59:45 pm
content: Quote from: Stonent on February 04, 2015, 05:35:19 pmThat's too bad... I noticed there were 63 classes earlier today, now it's showing 62... so perhaps some are still being added?The one I am going to is at Arrow Electronics, but I also got an email from Future Electronics that they are hosting some, and from the Cypress website, looks like Cypress is doing some too. Do you have any big offices for the major distributors in Dallas? I'd guess there must be - maybe they will join in and host a class if a few guys in the area are interested?Or, I can put you in touch with my FAE - I am pretty sure they would be happy to send you a free dev kit if you are interested - or I can try to grab two at the event and send one your way? If interested, just let me know - I'm happy to help.

author: georges80
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2015, 05:59:07 am
content: Went to the one in Milpitas (SF South Bay) c/o Future a week or so ago. You get free lunch tooAnyhow, it was interesting to learn about their BLE offering. Quite a nice solution and I can imagine using it in a few new products I'll be developing. Their development kit and other goodies that come with the kit is well thought out and implemented. The 'class' walks you through 4 demos. Makes it easy to play with BLE.The only negative (nothing to do with Cypress) is that I discovered there's quite a large 'fee' involved in releasing a 'real product' that is in the $8k range (unless you join the BT Sig and pay another fee, then it's only $4k). This is a fee to the BT Sig since they 'own' a bunch of the core BT 'stuff'... If you're a little guy with less than $1M per year sales AND this is your first product with BT then it's a mere $2.5k to help you get going.... I can only imagine that a lot of the little projects out there that use BT have likely not paid the fee and are flying under the radar.cheers,george.

author: jmole
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2015, 03:40:37 am
content: Quote from: georges80 on February 07, 2015, 05:59:07 amI imagine that this is the same thing as the USB consortium rules. Don't pay, and you can't use the logo, but you can still use the technology.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2015, 05:52:38 am
content: Quote from: Corporate666 on February 04, 2015, 05:59:45 pmI've been wanting to take a look at PSoC for a while. As far as distributors in the area, the only one I know of is Mouser HQ in Mansfield, but it's about twice as far away from me as Dallas, so I'd be looking at about a 2 hour drive in morning traffic. So not really worth my time for that. I can't do any kind of connection with my employer though as we're prohibited from receiving anything more than $20 from a vendor, but it would be great if you could get me one somehow.

author: rx8pilot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2015, 06:04:12 am
content: signed up for Los Angeles on Feb 27.