Editing Electrical Onboarding/PSoC getting started (Blink) (section)

=Setting up the project=
{{Screenshot|File:psoc_project.png|PSoC Creator project creation}}
To begin working with PSoC, download [https://www.cypress.com/products/psoc-creator-integrated-design-environment-ide PSoC Creator]. This is an IDE that will allow you to create new PSoC projects and program your PSoC mircrocontroller. Create a new project by clicking '''File''' and selecting '''New Project'''. For this project we will assume you are using the PSoC 5 development boards used in the microcontrollers class (CY8CKIT-059), so select this as the target kit (see the image above). At the next dialog, select an '''Empty''' project, and click next. Then give your workspace and project a name (eg. Blink Workspace, Blink Project). A project is simply a design to be implemented on some PSoC hardware device, while a workspace is a container for multiple projects. For this example we will only have a single project within the workspace, but you could possibly have more (eg. a bootloader program and a bootloadable project).

Once your project is created you will be presented with a white box with a dotted grid. This is a blank schematic sheet where hardware peripherals can be added from the component catalog on the right hand of the screen. You will also see you workspace explorer where all workspace files can be found on the left hand of the screen. For this design the only hardware component that will be needed is a digital output pin. Add the pin component from the catalog folder '''Ports and Pins''' to your schematic and double click on the schematic component to configure it as shown in the figure below. Change the name of the pin component to LED_PIN to give it some contextual meaning in the project.

{{Screenshot|Image:psoc_pin.png| Blue shows the schematic component symbol, red shows the catalog entry, and orange shows the pin configuration settings}}