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Analogue and Mixed Signal ICs
News Release from: Silicon Laboratories | Subject: ToolStick evaluation platform
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 November 2005
USB stick contains MCU evaluation
platform
The ToolStick platform is a fully contained evaluation system in a USB stick.
The ToolStick platform is a fully contained evaluation system stored on a USB stick Using only a PC with a USB port, designers can fully experience the Silicon Laboratories software development environment in conjunction with the on-chip debugging hardware that allows full, non-intrusive access to the C8051F mixed-signal MCU CPU, peripherals and memory
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The C8051F350 is precision mixed-signal microcontroller that integrates an eight-channel, 24bit ADC with a high-speed 8051-compatible CPU.
The software development environment consists of the easy-to-use integrated development environment (IDE), editor, debugger, Flash programmer as well as an evaluation copy of the Keil compiler.
Silicon Laboratories' C8051F mixed-signal MCUs include up to a 100 MIPS 8051 CPU, up to 128 kB Flash memory and high-precision analogue peripherals in packages as small as 3 x 3mm.
All of Silicon Laboratories' mixed-signal MCUs are supported by a complete set of low-cost, easy-to-use, professional development tools that complement the on-chip debugging hardware.
The simplified development environment significantly reduces the costs typically associated with switching processor architectures and enables designers to quickly evaluate, design and debug their systems when using the Silicon Laboratories MCU.
The ToolStick is based on Silicon Laboratories' industry leading F300 small form factor MCUs which interface with the PC via the integrated Silicon Laboratories USB debug adapter that uses the F321 USB MCU.
Connected via the USB port on the PC, the ToolStick acts as a human interface device so drivers are not necessary to communicate with the MCU on board.
Two sample programs are included to quickly demonstrate the ease-of-use of the development environment and MCU.
The demo allows users to view and change the contents of internal registers and memory.
The user can also set breakpoints in the code or perform single stepping through disassembled code.
"Silicon Laboratories' mixed-signal MCUs offer customers a significant advantage in terms of performance, size and analogue capability - but they also offer a very comprehensive, easy-to-use development environment", said Derrell Coker, Vice President of Silicon Laboratories.
"Customers can use the ToolStick to evaluate Silicon Laboratories' world-class MCUs and tool suite risk free".
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