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    Rev. 0.2 10/05 Copyright © 2005 by Silico n Laboratories ToolStick T oolS tick-EK T OOL S TICK U SER ’ S G UIDE 1. Kit Content s The T oolS tick kit cont ains the following items: •T o o l S t i c k • Silicon Laboratories Ev aluation Kit IDE and Product Inform ation CD-ROM. CD content includes: • Silicon Laboratories Integrated Development[...]

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    T oolS tick-EK 2 Rev. 0.2 3. Sof tware Setup The included CD-ROM contains the Silic on Laboratories Integrated Developm ent Environment (IDE), Keil software 8051 tools and additional documentation. Insert the CD-ROM into your PC’ s CD- ROM drive. An ins taller will automatically launch, allo wing you to insta ll the IDE sof tware or read document[...]

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    T oolS tick-EK Rev. 0.2 3 5.1. Connecting to the Device and Downloading Firmware This section describes how to open the IDE, open and build a project, connect to a device and downl oad the firmware. 1. Open the Silicon Labo ratories IDE fro m the S tart → Programs → Silicon Laboratorie s menu 2. Connect the T oolS tick to a USB port on the PC 3[...]

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    T oolS tick-EK 4 Rev. 0.2 Changing the values of registers do es not require recompiling the code or redownloading the firmware. At any time, the device can be halted and the values of the registers can be changed. The firmware will continue execu- tion using the new values. Th is capability greatly speeds up the debugging process. The debug win do[...]

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    T oolS tick-EK Rev. 0.2 5 5.6. Single-Stepping Through Firmware The IDE supports the ability to single-step through firmware one assembly instruction at a ti me. The IDE reads the Flash from device, convert s the instructions to assembly and d isplays them in a disassembly win dow . The following steps show how to op en the disassembly window an d [...]

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    T oolS tick-EK 6 Rev. 0.2 7.2. Generating Initialization Code As an example, the following steps show how to generat e initialization code for the P rogrammable Counter Array module on a C8051F30 0. The code generated is simila r to the PWM PCA initialization exa mple code describe d in Section 6. 1. Open Configuration W izard from the S t art → [...]

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    T oolS tick-EK Rev. 0.2 7 9. Schematic[...]

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    T oolS tick-EK 8 Rev. 0.2 C ONT ACT I NFORMATION Silicon Laboratories Inc. 4635 Boston Lane Austin, TX 78735 T el: 1+(512) 416-8500 Fax: 1+(512) 416-9669 T oll Free: 1+(87 7) 444-3032 Email: MCUinfo@silabs.com Internet: www . silabs.com Silicon Laboratories and Silicon Labs are trademarks of Silico n Laboratories Inc. Other products or brandnames m[...]