Starter Kit, ToolStick Base Adapters can be purchased separately at www.silabs.com/toolstick. 3. ToolStick Overview The purpose of the ToolStick is to provide a development and demonstration platform for Silicon Laboratories microcontrollers and to demonstrate the Silicon Laboratories software tools, including the Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
ToolStick-F330DC 4. Getting Started The necessary software to download, debug and communicate with the target microcontroller must be downloaded from www.silabs.com/toolstick. The following software is necessary to build a project, download code to, and communicate with the target microcontroller: ...
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To olSti ck-F 33 0DC The following Simplicity Studio components are required for the C8051F330 ToolStick Starter Kit: 8051 Products Part Support Simplicity Developer Platform Download and install Simplicity Studio from www.silabs.com/simplicity-studio. Once installed, run Simplicity Studio ...
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Search. 5.3. Configuration Wizard 2 The Configuration Wizard 2 is a code generation tool for all of the Silicon Laboratories devices. Code is generated through the use of dialog boxes for each of the device's peripherals. Figure 5. Configuration Wizard 2 Utility The Configuration Wizard 2 utility helps accelerate development by automatically generating initialization source code to configure and enable the on-chip resources needed by most design projects.
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To olSti ck-F 33 0DC 5.4. ToolStick Terminal The ToolStick Terminal program provides the standard terminal interface to the target microcontroller's UART. However, instead of requiring the usual RS-232 and COM port connection, ToolStick Terminal uses the USB interface of the ToolStick Base Adapter to provide the same functionality. The software is available on the ToolStick webpage (www.silabs.com/toolstick).
ToolStick-F330DC 6. Using the C8051F330 Daughter Card as a Development Platform The prototyping area on the ToolStick C8051F330 daughter card makes it easy to interface to external hardware. All of the digital I/O pins are available so it possible to create a complete system.
ToolStick-F330DC OCUMENT HANGE Revision 0.1 to Revision 0.2 Added Section "7. Board Revision Information‚" on page 7. Revision 0.2 to Revision 0.3 Added ToolStick Terminal, Configuration Wizard 2, and Keil uVision drivers to Section “5. Software Overview”. ...
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