ZiLOG Zdots eZ80AcclaimPlus, User Manual

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The eZ80AcclaimPlus! Development Kit UM024401-0412
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eZ80AcclaimPlus! Development Kit
User Manual
Procedure
Observe the following steps to build and run the sample starter program for viewing in a
terminal emulation program on your PC, such as HyperTerminal.
While HyperTerminal is discussed in this document, it is not available on Windows 7 or
Vista machines. As an alternative, consider using Tera Term, which is available for down-
load from the Internet.
1. If you haven’t already connected the UART-to-USB cable to the Board, return to the
Connecting the eZ80Acclaim
Plus!
Development Board to your PC section on page 7.
2. Launch HyperTerminal. From the
File
menu, click
New Connection
.
3. In the Name field, enter a name that describes the connection.
4. In the
Icon
box, select an appropriate icon for your connection, then click
OK
.
5. In the Connect To dialog box, and from the Connect using: drop-down menu,
choose the COM port that is connected to the UART-to-USB port on the
eZ80Acclaim
Plus! Development Board.
6. In the
Port Settings
dialog box, set the following options:
– Bits per second: 57600
– Data bits: 8
– Parity: None
– Stop bits: 1
– Flow control: None

7. Click
OK
to establish a connection between HyperTerminal and the Board.
8. Launch ZDS II by navigating from the Windows Start menu to Programs
→
Zilog
ZDS II – eZ80Acclaim! <Version>
→
ZDS II – eZ80Acclaim! <Version>
.
9. From the File menu in ZDS II, choose Open Project , and navigate to the following
filepath:
c:\Program Files\Zilog\ZDSII_eZ80Acclaim!_<Version>\samples\

StarterProject
10. Select the
starter.zdsproj
project within this filepath and click Open . A list of
source files will appear in the Workspace panel.
11. Double-click the
main.c
file in the Workspace panel to open the file in ZDS II’s Edi-
tor window. Refer to the header section of the
main.c
file for details about the proj-
ect.
Note: