ToolStick-F330DC
2 Rev. 0.4
2. Contents
The C8051F330 ToolStick DC (TOOLSTICK330DC) kit contains the following items:
ToolStick C8051F330 Daughter Card
The ToolStick Starter Kit (TOOLSTICKSK) includes the following items:
ToolStick Base Adapter
ToolStick C8051F330 Daughter Card
3-foot USB extension cable
A ToolStick daughter card requires a ToolStick Base Adapter to communicate with the PC. If the daug hter card was
not purchased as part of a Starter Kit, 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 C8051F330 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 C8051F330 Daughter Card includes a pair of LEDs, a potentiometer, a resistor across the C8051F330’s
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 conn ect a dd itio nal hardwar e to th e micr ocontroller a nd use the daughte r car d as a
development platform. See Section "7. Board Revision Information‚" on page 7 for information regarding the
prototyping area.
Figure 3 shows the ToolStick C8051F330 Daughter Card and identifies the various component s.
Figure 3. ToolStick C8051F330 Daughter Card
Power LED P1.3 LED
C8051F330
P1.6 Poten tiometer
Full Pin Access