Silicon Laboratories ToolStick Base Adapter User Manual

Silicon Laboratories ToolStick Base Adapter User Manual

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1. Handling Recommendations

To enable development, the ToolStick Base Adapter and daughter cards are distributed without any protective
plastics. To prevent damage to the devices and/or the host PC, please take into consideration the following
recommendations when using the ToolStick:
Never connect or disconnect a daughter card to or from the ToolStick Base Adapter while the Base Adapter is
connected to a PC.
Always connect and disconnect the ToolStick Base Adapter from the PC by holding the large plastic connector.
Avoid directly touching any of the other components.
Manipulate mechanical devices on the daughter cards, such as potentiometers, with care to prevent the Base
Adapter or daughter card from accidentally dislodging from their sockets.
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Figure 1. Proper Method of Holding the ToolStick
Figure 2. Improper Method of Holding the ToolStick
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  • Page 1 To prevent damage to the devices and/or the host PC, please take into consideration the following recommendations when using the ToolStick: Never connect or disconnect a daughter card to or from the ToolStick Base Adapter while the Base Adapter is connected to a PC.
  • Page 2 3-foot USB extension cable A ToolStick Base Adapter is one component of the ToolStick development system and is not functional without a ToolStick daughter card. If the Base Adapter was not purchased as part of a Starter Kit, daughter cards can be purchased separately at www.silabs.com/toolstick.
  • Page 3: Getting Started

    Keil Demonstration Tools ToolStick Terminal application The Silicon Laboratories IDE and the Keil Demo Tools are described in more detail in Section 6. ToolStick Terminal provides data communication functions between the PC and the target microcontroller. Other useful software that is provided on the ToolStick website includes:...
  • Page 4 The C51 compiler reference manual can be found under the Help menu in the IDE or in the “SiLabs\MCU\hlp” directory (C51.pdf). 6.4. 3rd Party Toolsets The Silicon Laboratories IDE has native support for many other 8051 compilers. The full list of natively supported tools is: Keil...
  • Page 5 ToolSt ick Base Adapter 8. ToolStick Base Adapter Schematic Rev. 0.1...
  • Page 6 Silicon Laboratories products are not designed, intended, or authorized for use in applications intended to support or sustain life, or for any other application in which the failure of the Silicon Laboratories product could create a situation where per- sonal injury or death may occur.

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