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Design and Development Hardware
News Release from: Silicon Laboratories | Subject: ToolStick
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 November 2007
Stick-based kit expands to device
programming
Evaluation system helps evaluation and and debugging of C8051F mixed-signal 8bit MCU families and can now be used to program code into blank devices.
Silicon Laboratories has expanded its USB-stick-based ToolStick evaluation system to help customers to evaluate and debug its C8051F mixed-signal 8bit MCU families and also program code into blank devices The new programming adapter provides a unique, risk-free environment to evaluate, program and implement the MCU in a target systems
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The ToolStick Starter Kit is a comprehensive evaluation and development platform for use with C8051F mixed-signal microcontrollers.
This intuitive ToolStick system consists of three simple parts: a base USB adapter, a daughtercard and a programming adapter.
The base adapter connects to the PC using a standard USB port.
The daughter card, specific to the device the customer needs, interfaces to base adapter and enables the user to develop and debug their program.
Once the designer has evaluated the target MCU and application specific circuitry using the daughter card, the card can be disconnected and replaced with the programming adapter which transforms the ToolStick into a stand-alone programmer.
The software development environment includes the easy-to-use integrated development environment (IDE), editor, debugger, Flash programmer as well as an evaluation copy of the Keil C compiler.
"Silicon Labs pioneered the concept of a ToolStick, and we continue to innovate with the goal of making our customers' jobs easier", says Derrell Coker, Vice President of Silicon Laboratories.
"There is no other suite of tools that offers a lower cost, more complete method to evaluate, develop, and program our powerful mixed signal microcontrollers for a variety of applications".
Silicon Laboratories' C8051F mixed-signal MCUs include a pipelined 8051 CPU rated up to 100MIPS, up to 128Kbyte of Flash memory and high-precision analogue peripherals in packages as small as 3 x 3mm.
Configurable high-performance analogue, fast core and in-system programmability provide designers with complete design flexibility, improved time to market, superior system performance and greater end product differentiation.
Silicon Labs' broad MCU portfolio is ideal for a number of applications in the industrial, automotive, communications and consumer markets.
The ToolStick Starter Kit includes a base adapter and C8051F330 daughtercard is US $24.99.
Additional daughtercards are available for US $9.90.
Programming adapter kits include the programming socket and additional base adapter are available for US $69.
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