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The Zilog Educational Platform as a Development Board

Zilog Educational Platform

User Manual

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The following procedure describes how to get ZDS II – ZNEO up and running.

Do not apply power to the Zilog Educational Platform until you have established all
hardware connections.

1. Download the latest version of the ZDS II – ZNEO software from the

Free Software

category of the

Zilog Store

and follow the prompts to install it on your development

PC. A ZDS II – ZNEO icon will appear on your desktop.

2. Locate the USB Smart Debug Cable that shipped with your Kit. Insert the cable’s USB

A connector into a USB port on the PC, and insert the 6-pin connector on the other end
of the cable to the Base Board P1 (Console) connector.

The A to Mini-B USB cable is not required for this function.

3. After the USB Smart Debug Cable is connected, apply power to the Platform and dou-

ble-click the ZDS II – ZNEO icon to launch the ZDS II Development Environment.

4. In ZDS II, navigate via the

File

menu to the

Samples

folder on your Kit’s USB drive,

and open a project file labelled

LightMeUp.zdsproj

.

5. If your system does not recognize the USB Smart Cable, you will be prompted for the

location of the USB Smart Cable driver. If your system does recognize the USB Smart
Cable, proceed to

Step 6

.

The USB Smart Cable driver can be found in the Drivers folder of the USB Flash Drive
that shipped with your Kit. It is also located in the ZDS II – ZNEO directory that you just
installed on your PC, and it can also be found in the

RD0005-SC01.zip

file, which is avail-

able free for download from the Zilog website.

6. From the

Project

menu in ZDS II, select

Settings

to open the Project Settings dialog.

From the

Configuration:

drop-down menu located at the top of this dialog, select

Debug

, as shown in Figure 12.

Figure 12. Selecting the Debug Tool from the ZDS II Taskbar

Caution:

Note:

Note: