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TOOLSTICK C8051F342 DAUGHTER CARD USER’S 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.
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2. Contents
The C8051F342 ToolStick DC (TOOLSTICK342DC) kit contains the following items:
ToolStick C8051F342 Daughter Card
A ToolStick daughter car d requires a ToolStick Base Adapter to communicate with the PC. ToolStick Base Adapters
can be purchased 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 C8051F342 Daughter Card includes a pair of LEDs, a potentiometer, a micro USB connector, a switch
connected to a GPIO, 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
developme nt platform.
Figure 3 shows the ToolStick C8051F342 Daughter Card and identifies the various component s.
Figure 3. ToolStick C8051F342 Daughter Card
S1
R4
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U2
D1
D2
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PWR
GND
P3
P2
P1
P0
Px.0 Px.1 Px .2 Px .3 Px.4 Px.5 Px .6 Px.7
GND
VDD
VBUS_BA
VBUS _CO M M
VBUS
Power LED
P 2 .2 LED
P2.0 Switch
USB
Connector
Full Pin
access
P2.0
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P2.5
P2.2
P 2 .5 Pote n tiome ter