TOOLSTICK990DC Silicon Laboratories Inc, TOOLSTICK990DC Datasheet - Page 2

• Manufacturer Part Number: TOOLSTICK990DC
• Description: DAUGHTER CARD TOOLSTCK C8051F990
• Manufacturer: Silicon Laboratories Inc
• Series: ToolStickr
• Type: MCUr

Specifications of TOOLSTICK990DC

• Contents: Daughter Card
• Processor To Be Evaluated: C8051F990
• Processor Series: C8051F9xx
• Interface Type: USB
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• For Use With/related Products: C8051F990
• Lead Free Status / Rohs Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• Other names: 336-1964

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2. Contents
The ToolStick-F990DC kit contains the following items:
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A ToolStick daughter card 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 target microcontroller and application circuitry are located on the daughter card. Some daughter cards, such
as the C8051F990 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 C8051F990 Daughter Card includes a pair of GPIO controlled LEDs, a potentiometer, a switch connected to a
GPIO, a capacitive touch sense switch, and a small prototyping area which provides access to all of the pins of the
device. This prototyping area can be used to connect additional hardware to the microcontroller and use the
daughter card as a development platform. The C8051F990 Daughter Card also includes a CR2032 3.0 V coin cell
battery which can be used to power the board when not connected to the Toolstick Base Adapter.
Figure 3 shows the ToolStick C8051F990 Daughter Card and identifies the various components.
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ToolStick C8051F990 Daughter Card
One CR2032 coin cell battery (pre-installed)
ToolStick Power Available
Power Source
Power Source Indicator
Selector
Switch
Yellow LED
Red LED
P0.6 Potentiometer
C8051F990
Figure 3. ToolStick C8051F990 Daughter Card
Rev. 0.2
Red LED
P0.3 Capacitive
P0.0
Touch Sense
Switch
Yellow LED
P0.1
Button Switch (S2)
Full Pin Access
P0.2 Push