Revision as of 16:43, 25 August 2014

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!

Features

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.

SST89E516RD MCU Features

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

Downloads

Setting up EasyIAP SW and programming the hex file

Connect the Board to the computer and install Windows USB to UART Drivers for CP2102.
- Note: Power up the board with 7 to 12V, 1A adapter, the board does not power up from USB.
Note down the COM Port Number e.g. COM 2 from device manager
Download EasyIAP and install it.
Follow the steps in the pictures below to detect the board and flash the hex file