TOOLSTICK540DC Datasheet TOOLSTICK540DC | P1-P3

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TOOLSTICK C8051F540 DAUGHTER CARD USER’S GUIDE

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 edges of the boards.

Figure 1. Proper Method of Holding the ToolStick

 Avoid directly touching any of the other components.

Figure 2. Improper Method of Holding the ToolStick

 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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2. Contents

The ToolStick-F540DC kit contains the following items:

 ToolStick ToolStick-C8051F540DC Daughter Card

A ToolStick daughter card requires a ToolStick Base Adapter to communicate with the PC. ToolStick Base Adapters

can be purchased at www.silabs.com/toolstick.

3. ToolStick Overview

The purpose of the ToolStick is to provide a development and demonstration platform for Silicon Labs

microcontrollers and to demonstrate the Silicon Labs software tools, including the Integrated Development

Environment (IDE).

The ToolStick development platform consists of two components: the ToolStick Base Adapter and a daughter card.

The ToolStick Base Adapter provides a USB debug interface and data communications path between a Windows

PC and a target microcontroller.

The C8051F540 Daughter Card includes a LIN transceiver, a pair of LEDs, a potentiometer, a switch connected to

a GPIO pin, and a small prototyping area which provides access to all of the pins of the device. This prototyping

area allows additional hardware to be connected to the board to enable it as a development platform.

Figure 3 shows the ToolStick C8051F540 Daughter Card and identifies the various components.

Figure 3. ToolStick C8051F540 Daughter Card

P1.2 LED

Full Pin Access

LIN Connector

P1.4 SwitchP1.3 Potentiometer

Power LED

C8051F540 MCU

LIN Transceiver

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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:

Simplicity Studio

Keil C51 Tools

ToolStick Development Tools

The software described above is provided in the Simplicity Studio and 8-bit microcontroller studio download

packages. The ToolStick Development Tools selection includes example code specifically for the ToolStick

daughter card, documentation including user’s guides and data sheets, and the ToolStick Terminal application.

After downloading and installing these packages, see the following sections for information regarding the software

and running one of the demo applications.

5. Software Overview

Simplicity Studio greatly reduces development time and complexity with Silicon Labs EFM32 and 8051 MCU

products by providing a high-powered IDE, tools for hardware configuration, and links to helpful resources, all in

one place.

Once Simplicity Studio is installed, the application itself can be used to install additional software and

documentation components to aid in the development and evaluation process.

Figure 4. Simplicity Studio

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