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[[Category:8051 Development Boards]]
{{Popup|type=l|text= ''This is latest 8051 Starter Development board from Explore Embedded, the board uses '''SST89E512RD''' Microcontroller which is '''100%''' compatible with '''P89V51RD2'''. The board has USB to Serial Convertor which can be used to program/flash the MCU; eliminates need for a programmer. It can used with laptops as well!''}}
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*SST89E516RD Microcontroller with bootloader ''(no programmer needed)''
*CP2102 USB to Serial Convertor on board
*16 x 2 LCD Interface
*Switches x2
*LEDs x2
*All Ports pins as breakout.
*High quality FR4 , wave soldered PCB.
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*1 KByte Internal RAM
*Dual Block SuperFlash EEPROM– 64 KByte primary block +8 KByte secondary block
*Support External Address Range up to 64KByte of Program and Data Memory
*Three High-Current Drive Ports (16 mA each)
*Three 16-bit Timers/Counters
*Full-Duplex, Enhanced UART– Framing Error Detection– Automatic Address Recognition
*Ten Interrupt Sources at 4 Priority Levels– Four External Interrupt Inputs
*Programmable Watchdog Timer (WDT)
*Programmable Counter Array (PCA)
*Four 8-bit I/O Ports (32 I/O Pins) andOne 4-bit Port
*Second DPTR register
*Low EMI Mode (Inhibit ALE)
*SPI Serial Interface
*Standard 12 Clocks per cycle, the device has adoption to double the speed to 6 clocks per cycle.
*TTL- and CMOS-Compatible Logic Levels
*Brown-out Detection
*Low Power Modes– Power-down Mode with External Interrupt Wake-up– Idle Mode
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=Downloads=
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*[http://xplorelabz.com/wiki/images/a/a7/8051_USB_Development_Board.pdf 8051 USB Development Board Schematic]
* [http://xplorelabz.com/wiki/images/d/d3/CP210x_VCP_Windows.zip Windows USB to UART Drivers for CP2102]
*[http://exploreembedded.com/wiki/images/c/cb/EasyIAP_Rev_6.0.zip Programming Software: EasyIAP]
*[http://exploreembedded.com/wiki/images/2/2c/Starter_x51_USB.zip Sample Code]
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=Setting up EasyIAP SW and programming the hex file=
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*Connect the Board to the computer and install [http://xplorelabz.com/wiki/images/d/d3/CP210x_VCP_Windows.zip Windows USB to UART Drivers for CP2102].
*Note down the '''COM Port Number e.g. COM 2''' from device manager
*[http://exploreembedded.com/wiki/images/c/cb/EasyIAP_Rev_6.0.zip Download EasyIAP] and install it.
*Follow the steps in the pictures below to detect the board and flash the hex file
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