Silicon Laboratories C8051T620/2-DK Software Overview, Evaluation Toolset, Silicon Labs IDE

C8051T620/2-DK

5. Software Overview

The following software is necessary to build a project, download code to, and communicate with the target microcontroller.

8051 Evaluation Toolset

Silicon Labs Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Other useful software that is provided on the development kit CD and the Silicon Labs Downloads website ( www.silabs.com/mcudownloads) includes:

Configuration Wizard 2

Keil µVision2, µVision3, and µVision4 Drivers

MCU Production Programmer and Flash Programming Utilities

5.1. 8051 Evaluation Toolset

The Silicon Labs IDE has native support for many third-party 8051 toolsets. Included with this kit is an 8051 evaluation assembler, compiler, and linker. For further information on the tools, including limitations, see the corresponding application note. Application notes can be found in the documentation section of the Development Kit CD or on the Silicon Labs web site (http://www.silabs.com/appnotes). See Table 1 for a list of supported toolsets and associated application notes.

	Table 1. Supported Third Party 8051 Toolsets
Toolset	Application Note
Keil	“AN104: Integrating Keil 8051 Tools into the Silicon Labs IDE”
Raisonance	“AN125: Integrating Raisonance 8051 Tools into the Silicon Labs IDE”
Tasking	“AN126: Integrating Tasking 8051 Tools into the Silicon Labs IDE”
HI-TECH	“AN140: Integrating Hi-TECH 8051 Tools into the Silicon Labs IDE”
SDCC	“AN198: Integrating SDCC 8051 Tools into the Silicon Labs IDE”
IAR	“AN236: Integrating IAR 8051 Tools into the Silicon Labs IDE”

5.2. Silicon Labs IDE

The Silicon Labs IDE integrates a source-code editor, source-level debugger, and in-system programmer. The following sections discuss how to open an example project in the IDE, build the source code, and download it to the target device.

5.2.1. Running the T620_Blinky or T622_Blinky example program

The T620_Blinky or T622_Blinky example program blinks an LED on the target board.

1.Open the Silicon Labs IDE from the Start menu.

2.Select Project→Open Project to open an existing project.

3.Browse to the C:\SiLabs\MCU\Examples\C8051T620_1_T320_3\Blinky or SiLabs\MCU\Exam- ples\C8051T622_3_T326_7\Blinky directory (default) and select the T620_Blinky_C.wsp pr T622_Blinky_C.wsp project file. Click Open.

4.Once the project is open, build the project by clicking on the Build/Make Project button in the toolbar or selecting Project→Build/Make Project from the menu.

Note: After the project has been built the first time, the Build/Make Project command will only build the files that have been changed since the previous build. To rebuild all files and project dependencies, click on the Rebuild All button in the toolbar or select Project→Rebuild All from the menu.

5.Before connecting to the target device, several connection options may need to be set. Open the Connec- tion Options window by selecting Options→Connection Options... in the IDE menu. First, select the “USB Debug Adapter” option. Next, the correct “Debug Interface” must be selected. C8051T62x/32x devices use Silicon Labs “C2” 2-wire debug interface. Once all the selections are made, click the OK but- ton to close the window.

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