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TOOLSTICK342DC

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Rev. 0.2 5/14 Copyright © 2014 by Silicon Laboratories ToolStick-C8051F342DC
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TOOLSTICK C8051F342 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 C8051F342 ToolStick DC (TOOLSTICK342DC) kit contains the following items:
ToolStick C8051F342 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 Laboratories
microcontrollers and to demonstrate the Silicon Laboratories 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 C8051F342 Daughter Card includes a pair of LEDs, a potentiometer, a micro USB connector, a switch
connected to a GPIO, and a small prototyping area which provides access to all of the pins of the device. This
prototyping area can be used to connect additional hardware to the microcontroller and use the daughter card as a
development platform.
Figure 3 shows the ToolStick C8051F342 Daughter Card and identifies the various components.
Figure 3. ToolStick C8051F342 Daughter Card
S1
R4
F342
U2
D1
D2
TOOLSTICK F342 DC
PWR
GND
P3
P2
P1
P0
Px.0 Px.1 Px.2 Px.3 Px.4 Px.5 Px.6 Px.7
GND
VDD
VBUS_BA
VBUS_COMM
VBUS
Power LED
P2.2 LED
P2.0 Switch
USB
Connector
Full Pin
access
P2.0
C8051F342
P2.5
P2.2
P2.5 Potentiometer
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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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