Rev. 0.1 11/08 Copyright © 2008 by Silicon Labo ratories C8051F582
ToolStick-F582DC
TOOLSTICK C8051F582 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 ToolStick-F582DC kit contains the ToolSt ick C8051F582 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 C8051F582 Daughter Car d includes a CAN transceiver, a pair of LEDs, a potentio meter, a switch connected to
a GPIO pin, and a small prototyping area which provides access to all of the pins of the device. This prototyping
area allows additional hardware to be connected to the board to enable it as a development platform.
Figure 3 shows the ToolStick C8051F582 Daughter Card and identifies the various component s.
Figure 3. ToolStick C8051F582 Daughter Card
P1.2 LED
Full Pin Access
CAN Conn ector
P1.4 Switch
P1.3 Potentiometer
Power LED
C8051F502 MCU
CAN Transceiver