New Cypress CapSense Express(TM) Touch Sensing Solution Enables Industry's Easiest...

New Cypress CapSense Express(TM) Touch Sensing Solution Enables Industry's Easiest and Fastest Button and Slider Replacement in Any System

New PSoC(R)-Based Solution Adds to Industry's Broadest Offering
from Touch Sensing Leader
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) today introduced the
CapSense Express(TM) capacitive touch sensing solution for button and
slider replacement. The CapSense Express solution enables designers to
implement up to 10 buttons and/or sliders in as little as five minutes
-- with no coding. The PSoC Express(TM) visual embedded system design
tool and CapSense Express configuration tool allow designers to
monitor and tune the performance of the buttons and sliders in real
time using a graphical user interface. Competing solutions require
designers to program and test each adjustment, adding design time and
cost.

Cypress is the worldwide leader in capacitive sensing. Its
PSoC(R)-based CapSense devices have implemented over 2.5 billion
buttons, sliders and other touch sensing interfaces in systems
worldwide. The CapSense portfolio offers unmatched flexibility and
integration, addressing a broad range of designs from complex,
feature-rich applications to simple button replacement. More
information about the new solution is available at
www.cypress.com/capsense.

"Mechanical buttons and sliders are prone to wear and tear from
prolonged usage and exposure to heat, moisture and other elements. In
addition, they do not provide the clean, elegant styling preferred by
today's consumer," said Robert Dunnigan, vice president of Cypress's
Non-Volatile and Mixed-Signal Business Unit. "The CapSense Express
solution offers our customers an easy to use, cost-competitive
solution to button replacement that enables innovative new products
with the fast time-to-market needed to beat the competition."

About Cypress

Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable
solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and
exceptional system value. Visit Cypress online at www.cypress.com.

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
Samer Bahou, 408-544-1081
Public Relations
samer.bahou@cypress.com

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