I have talked to the Software Engineering Director for Tools and he is setting up a UM boot camp for me to take.  It it I will learn what it takes to get custom UMs into Designer 5.  I will pass the information  on once I am full of knowledge. 

Time Line Industries has updated it PSoC books. The beginner's Guide to PSoC Express and PSoC Designer 5.0 System View will start shipping the week of August 11th.The addendum supplements the content of "The Beginner's Guide to PSoC Express" with four additional chapters. These chapters are:

New Features of PSoC Express 3.0Using the I2C Line MonitorCapSense Proximity DriversAdding User...

This is the first article in a series that will show you how to start developing with the family of PSoC micros.  This time I'll describe where to get and how to install a full C-based development environment for free.  This series of articles will focus on PSoC Designer 5.0 which has recently been released and the HI-TECH LITE C compiler. Both tools are free for both personal and...

Well I upgraded to PSoC Designer 5 ans frankly I'm impressed.

First of all they got rid of the User Module view (I call it the useless view). It is now one surface with windows on the side.  I don't like splitting up a project between hardware and software.  (I have spent a lot of time in the middle trying to troubleshoot).  With 5  I can be changing hardware and software...

Cypress Semiconductor has released a major update to their PSoC IDE, the new version is called PSoC Designer 5.0. PSoC Designer 5.0 incorporates the full functionality of PSoC Designer 4.4 and PSoC Express 3.0 in single integrated design environment. PSoC Designer 5.0 improves on previous versions of PSoC Designer and PSoC Express, providing a flexible, updated design environment with many new...