TOOLSTICK370-A-DC Silicon Labs

ToolStick370DC TOOLSTICK C8051F370 DAUGHTER CARD USERS 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. Rev. 0.2 8/12 Copyright 2012 by Silicon Laboratories TOOLSTICK370DCToolStick370DC 2. Contents The TOOLSTICK370DC kit contains the following item: ToolStick C8051F370 Daughter Card A ToolStick daughter card requires a ToolStick Base Adapter to communicate with the PC. ToolStick Base Adapters can be purchased separately 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 target microcontroller and application circuitry are located on the daughter card. Some daughter cards, such as the C8051F370 Daughter Card, are used as general-purpose development platforms for the target microcontrollers and some are used to demonstrate a specific feature or application. The C8051F370 Daughter Card includes a pair of LEDs, a potentiometer, a resistor across the C8051F370s current DAC output pin, 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 C8051F370 Daughter Card and identifies the various components. Power LED P1.3 LED Full Pin Access C8051F370 P1.6 Potentiometer Figure 3. ToolStick C8051F370 Daughter Card 2 Rev. 0.2