C8051F540DK
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4.3. CP210x USB to UART VCP Driver Installation
The C8051F540 Target Board includes a Silicon Laboratories CP2102 USB-to-UART Bridge Controller. Device
drivers for the CP2102 need to be installed before PC software such as HyperTerminal can communicate with the
target board over the USB connection. If the "Install CP210x Drivers" option is selected during installation, a driver
“unpacker” utility will launch.
1. Follow the steps to copy the driver files to the desired location. The default directory is
C:\SiLabs\MCU\CP210x
.
2. The final window will give an option to install the driver on the target system. Select the “Launch the CP210x VCP Driver
Installer” option if you are ready to install the driver.
3. If selected, the driver installer will now launch, providing an option to specify the driver installation location. After pressing
the “Install” button, the installer will search your system for copies of previously installed CP210x Virtual COM Port drivers. It
will let you know when your system is up to date. The driver files included in this installation have been certified by Microsoft.
4. If the “Launch the CP210x VCP Driver Installer” option was not selected in step 3, the installer can be found in the location
specified in step 2, by default
C:\SiLabs\MCU\CP210x\Windows_2K_XP_S2K3_Vista
. At this location, run
CP210xVCPInstaller.exe
.
5. To complete the installation process, connect the included USB cable between the host computer and the USB connector
(P5) on the C8051F540 Target Board. Windows will automatically finish the driver installation. Information windows will pop
up from the taskbar to show the installation progress.
6. If needed, the driver files can be uninstalled by selecting “Silicon Laboratories CP210x USB to UART Bridge Driver
Removal” option in the “Add or Remove Programs” window.
5. Software Overview
The following software is necessary to build a project, download code to, and communicate with the target
microcontroller.
Silicon Labs Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
8051 Toolset
Other useful software that is provided on the development kit CD and the Silicon Labs Downloads
(www.silabs.com/mcudownloads) website includes the following:
Configuration Wizard 2
Keil µVision2 and µVision3 Drivers
MCU Production Programmer and Flash Programming Utilities
5.1. Silicon Labs IDE
The Silicon Labs IDE integrates a source-code editor, source-level debugger and in-system programmer. The use
of third-party compilers, assemblers, and linkers is also supported. This development kit includes evaluation
versions of commercial C compilers and assemblers which can be used from within the Silicon Labs IDE.
5.1.1. Third Party Toolsets
The Silicon Labs IDE has native support for many 8051 compilers. Natively-supported tools are as follows:
Keil
IAR
Raisonance
Tasking
Hi-Tech
SDCC
Specific instructions for integrating each of the supported tools can be found in the application notes section of the
CD, or on the Silicon Labs web site (http://www.silabs.com).
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