USB Debug Adapter
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4. Software Setup using a USB Debug Adapter
The Silicon Laboratories Integrated Development Environment (IDE) along with other software tools are provided
for device development and debugging. The IDE is available for download from the Silicon Laboratories website
and is also available on microcontroller development kit CD-ROMs. Once the IDE has been installed and the hard-
ware has been connected as shown in Section 3, follow the steps below to built a project, connect and download to
a target board using the USB Debug Adapter.
1. Select
Project
→
Open Project...
to open a previously
saved project.
2. Before connecting to the target device, several connec-
tion options may need to be set. Open the
Connection
Options
window (shown in Figure 3) by selecting
Options
→
Connection Options...
in the IDE menu.
3. Select USB Debug Adapter in the “Serial Adapter”
section.
4. If more than one adapter is connected, choose the
appropriate serial number from the drop-down list.
5. Check the “Power target after disconnect” if the target
board is currently being powered by the USB Debug
Adapter. The board will remain powered after a software
disconnect by the IDE.
6. Next, the correct “Debug Interface” must be selected.
Check the Debug Interface corresponding to the Silicon
Laboratories device on the target board.
7. Once all the selections are made, click the OK button to
close the window.
8. Click the
Connect
button in the toolbar or select
Debug
→
Connect
from the menu to connect to the
device.
9. Download the project to the target by clicking the
Download
Code
button in the toolbar.
10. Save the project when finished with the debug session to preserve the current target build configuration,
editor settings and the location of all open debug views. To save the project, select
Project
→
Save Project
As...
from the menu. Create a new name for the project and click on
Save
.
Figure 3. Connection Options