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The following Simplicity Studio components are required for the C8051F342 ToolStick Starter Kit:

8051 Products Part Support

Simplicity Developer Platform

Download and install Simplicity Studio from www.silabs.com/simplicity-studio. Once installed, run Simplicity Studio

by selecting Start

Silicon LabsSimplicity StudioSimplicity Studio from the start menu or clicking the

Simplicity Studio shortcut on the desktop. Follow the instructions to install the software and click Simplicity IDE

to launch the IDE.

The first time the project creation wizard runs, the Setup Environment wizard will guide the user through the

process of configuring the build tools and SDK selection.

In the Part Selection step of the wizard, select from the list of installed parts only the parts to use during

development. Choosing parts and families in this step affects the displayed or filtered parts in the later device

selection menus. Choose the C8051F34x family by checking the C8051F34x check box. Modify the part selection

at any time by accessing the Part Management dialog from the Window

PreferencesSimplicity

Studio

Part Management menu item.

Simplicity Studio can detect if certain toolchains are not activated. If the Licensing Helper is displayed after

completing the Setup Environment wizard, follow the instructions to activate the toolchain.

5.1. Running the Features Demo

To create a project for the Features Demo example:

1. Click the Software Examples tile from the Simplicity Studio home screen.

2. In the Kit drop-down, select C8051F342 ToolStick Daughter Card, in the Part drop-down, select

C8051F342, and in the SDK drop-down, select the desired SDK. Click Next.

3. Select Example and click Next.

4. Under C8051F342 ToolStick Daughter Card, select TS F34x FeaturesDemo and click Finish.

5. Click on the project in the Project Explorer and click Build, the hammer icon in the top bar. Alternatively,

go to Project

Build Project.

6. Click Debug to download the project to the hardware and start a debug session.

7. Follow the instructions at the top of the example file to run the demo.

8. Press the Resume button to start the code running.

9. Press the Suspend button to stop the code.

10. Press the Reset the device button to reset the target MCU.

11. Press the Disconnect button to return to the development perspective.

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5.2. Simplicity Studio Help

Simplicity Studio includes detailed help information and device documentation within the tool. The help contains

descriptions for each dialog window. To view the documentation for a dialog, click the question mark icon in the

window:

This will open a pane specific to the dialog with additional details.

The documentation within the tool can also be viewed by going to Help

Help Contents or HelpSearch.

5.3. Configuration Wizard 2

The Configuration Wizard 2 is a code generation tool for all of the Silicon Laboratories devices. Code is generated

through the use of dialog boxes for each of the device's peripherals.

Figure 5. Configuration Wizard 2 Utility

The Configuration Wizard 2 utility helps accelerate development by automatically generating initialization source

code to configure and enable the on-chip resources needed by most design projects. In just a few steps, the wizard

creates complete startup code for a specific Silicon Laboratories MCU. The program is configurable to provide the

output in C or assembly.

Installing the Simplicity Studio software will automatically install Configuration Wizard 2 if it’s required for the

selected devices. After selecting the desired device in the Product area, the Configuration Wizard 2 tile will appear

in the Tools section.

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5.4. ToolStick Terminal

The ToolStick Terminal program provides the standard terminal interface to the target microcontroller's UART.

However, instead of requiring the usual RS-232 and COM port connection, ToolStick Terminal uses the USB

interface of the ToolStick Base Adapter to provide the same functionality. The software is available on the ToolStick

webpage (www.silabs.com/toolstick).

In addition to the standard terminal functions (send file, receive file, change baud rate), two GPIO pins on the target

microcontroller can be controlled using the Terminal for either RTS/CTS handshaking or software-configurable

purposes.

To use the ToolStick Terminal program:

1. Download an example to the ToolStick device that uses UART communication. One example of this type is

the TS F34x FeaturesDemo example from the Simplicity Studio example project creation wizard.

2. Disconnect from the device in the Simplicity IDE. The IDE and the ToolStick Terminal cannot communicate

with the daughter card simultaneously.

Open ToolStick Terminal from the

Start



Programs



Silicon Labs

menu.

4. In the top, left-hand corner of the Terminal application, available devices are shown in the drop-down

Connection menu. Click Connect to connect to the device.

5. If using the TS F34x FeaturesDemo example, text printed from the device will appear in the Receive Data

window.

6. Rotate the potentiometer on the board to change the blink rate or brightness of the LED.

In addition to the standard two UART pins (TX and RX), there are two GPIO/UART handshaking pins on the

ToolStick Base Adapter that are connected to two port pins on the target microcontroller. ToolStick Terminal is used

to configure and read/write these pins. Under Pin State Configuration area in ToolStick Terminal, select the

desired state from the drop-down menu and click the Set Selected Pin States button.

The firmware on the C8051F342 target microcontroller does not need to be customized to use the UART and

communicate with ToolStick Terminal. The firmware on the microcontroller should write to the UART as it would in

any standard application, and all of the translation is handled by the ToolStick Base Adapter.

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