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3.3. ToolStick Terminal
The ToolStick Terminal program provides the standard terminal interface to the target microcontroller's UART.
However, instead of requiring the usual RS-232 and COM port connection, ToolStick Terminal uses the USB
interface of the ToolStick Base Adapter to provide the same functionality. The firmware on the target microcontroller
does not need to be customized to use the UART and communicate with ToolStick Terminal. The firmware on the
microcontroller should write to the UART as it would in any standard application and all of the translation is handled
by the ToolStick Base Adapter.
The ToolStick Base Adapter is integrated on the WMB and is also part of the RFStick platform as a separate
device.
The ToolStick Terminal program is part of the Silicon Labs IDE and is also available as a separate application. Both
can be installed as part of the Silicon Labs 8-bit Microcontroller Studio from:
http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/8-bit-microcontroller-software.aspx
The IDE and its built in ToolStick Terminal can communicate with the target MCU simultaneously on the C2
interface and on the UART respectively.
To use the ToolStick Terminal in the IDE (above v4.60.00), follow these steps:
1. Open the Silabs IDE from the Start
Programs
Silicon Laboratories menu.
2. Go to the Options
Connection Options menu and select the desired ToolStick Base Adapter from the drop
down list.
3. Click on the Connect button to connect the IDE to the target MCU via the C2 interface.
4. From the Tools menu, start the Toolstick Terminal. In the top left-hand corner of the Terminal application, go
to the ToolStick
Settings menu and set the communication parameters. Now the ToolStick Terminal is
ready for use. In the "Receive Data" window, text indicating the received characters will appear.
In addition to the standard two UART pins (TX and RX), there are two GPIO/UART handshaking pins on the
ToolStick Base Adapter. On both the WMB and RFStick platforms GPIO0 is used for the internal purpose of the
WDS to select between the C2 interface of the target MCU and the EBID MCU. GPIO1 is not connected. Although
the separate ToolStick Terminal application provides the functionality to control these GPIOs, default settings for
GPIO0 should not be changed.
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