Silicon Laboratories C8051F500, User Manual

Rev. 0.1 6/08

Copyright © 2008 by Silicon Laboratories

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1.  Relevant Devices

The C8051F500 Development Kit is intended as a development platform for the microcontrollers in the C8051F50x
MCU family. The members of this MCU family are: C8051F500, C8051F501, C8051F502, C8051F503,
C8051F504, C8051F505, C8051F506, and C8051F507.

The target board included in this kit is provided with a pre-soldered 

C8051F500

 MCU (QFP48 package) and a 

C8051F502

 (QFN32 package).

Code developed on the C8051F500 can be easily ported to the other members of this MCU family.
Refer to the C8051F50x data sheet for the differences between the members of this MCU family.

2.  Kit Contents

The C8051F500 Development Kit contains the following items:

C8051F500 Target Board
C8051Fxxx Development Kit Quick-Start Guide
Silicon Laboratories IDE and Product Information CD-ROM. CD content includes:
Silicon Laboratories Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Keil 8051 Development Tools (macro assembler, linker, evaluation ‘C’ compiler)

Source code examples and register definition files

Documentation

C8051F500 Development Kit User’s Guide (this document)

AC to DC Power Adapter
USB Debug Adapter (USB to Debug Interface)
Two USB Cables

3.  Getting Started

The necessary software to download, debug, and communicate with the target microcontroller is included in the
CD-ROM. The following software is necessary to build a project, download code to, and communicate with the
target microcontroller:

Silicon Laboratories Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Keil 8051 Development Tools (macro assembler, linker, evaluation ‘C’ compiler)

Other useful software that is provided in the CD-ROM includes:

Configuration Wizard 2
Keil uVision Drivers
CP210x USB to UART Virtual COM Port (VCP) Drivers