Silicon Laboratories ToolStick Base Adapter manual

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    Rev. 0.1 9/06 Copyright © 2006 by Silico n Laborato ries ToolStick Base Adapter T oolS tick Base Adapter T OOL S TICK B ASE A DAPTER U SER ’ S G UIDE 1. Handling Recommendations T o enable development, the T oolS tick Base Adapter and daughter cards are distribut ed without any protective plastics. T o prevent damage to the d evices and/or t he [...]

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    T oolS tick Base Adapter 2 Rev. 0.1 2. Content s The T oolS tick Base Adapter package includes the following items:  T oolS tick Base Adapter  3-foot USB extension ca ble The T oolS tick S tarter Kit packag e includes the following items:  T oolS tick Base Adapter  T oolS tick C8051F330 Daughter Card  3-foot USB extension ca ble A T [...]

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    T oolS t ick Base Adapter Rev. 0.1 3 4. Getting St arted The necessary sof tware to download, debu g and communicate with the t arget microcontroller must be do wnloaded from www .silabs.com/toolstick . The following software is necessary to build a project, download code to, and communicate with the target microcontr oller:  Silicon Laboratorie[...]

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    T oolS tick Base Adapter 4 Rev. 0.1 6. Silicon Laboratories IDE and Keil Demonstration T oolset The Silicon Laboratories IDE integrates a source-code editor , sour ce-level debugger , and an in-system Flash programmer . See the User's Guide for the T oolS tick daughter card for detailed informatio n on how to use the IDE. The Keil Demonstratio[...]

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    T oolStick Base Adapter Rev. 0.1 5 8. T oolStick Base Adapter Schematic[...]

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    T oolStick Base Adapter 6 Rev. 0.1 C ONT ACT I NFORMATION Silicon Laboratories Inc. 400 West Cesar Chavez Austin, TX 78701 T el: 1+(512) 416-8500 Fax: 1+(512) 416-9669 T oll Fr ee: 1+(877) 444-3032 Email: MCUinfo@silabs.com Internet: www .silabs .com Silicon Laboratories and Silicon Labs are trademarks of Silico n Laboratories Inc. Other products o[...]