ToolStick-F321DC
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:
Silicon Laboratories Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Keil Demonstration Tools
ToolStick Terminal application
The Keil Demo Toolset includes a compiler, assembler, and linker. See Section “5.2.2. Keil Demonstration C51 C Compiler” for more details about the demo tools. ToolStick Terminal communicates with the target microcontroller's UART through the ToolStick Base Adapter. It can also read/write the two GPIO pins available on the ToolStick Base Adapter.
Other useful software that is provided on the Silicon Labs Downloads (www.silabs.com/mcudownloads) website includes:
Configuration Wizard 2
Keil uVision2 and uVision3 Drivers
The software described above is provided in several download packages. The ToolStick download package includes example code, documentation, including user’s guides and data sheets, and the ToolStick Terminal application. The IDE, Keil Demonstration Tools, Configuration Wizard 2, and the Keil µVision Drivers are available as separate downloads. After downloading and installing these packages, see the following sections for information.
5. Software Overview
5.1. Silicon Laboratories IDE
The Silicon Laboratories IDE integrates a source code editor,
5.1.1. IDE System Requirements
The Silicon Laboratories IDE requirements:
One available USB port.
5.1.2. 3rd Party Toolsets
The Silicon Laboratories IDE has native support for many 8051 compilers. The full list of natively supported tools is:
Keil
IAR
Raisonance
Tasking
SDCC
Please note that the demo applications for the C8051F321 Daughter Card are written for the Keil toolset.
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