Firmware, Software, Firmware software – Zilog ZUSBOPTS User Manual
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The Zilog Educational Platform as a Development Board
Zilog Educational Platform
User Manual
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Standard 2.1 mm x 5.5 mm wall outlet power jack
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Mini-USB connector
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Connects the Educational Platform to the PC via a Serial/UART USB cable
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Console software interface for the command shell
Firmware
The Zilog Educational Platform is preprogrammed with a command shell that allows con-
trol of the Platform out of the box; full C source code is provided.
Software
The Educational Platform requires two USB drivers for operation. These drivers, named
Driver 1 and Driver 2, are described in this section.
Driver 1
Driver 1 is used to enable the USB Smart Cable connection to the PC and to the ZDS II
development software; this driver is supplied by Zilog and can be found in the USB Flash
drive that shipped with your Kit. Alternatively, it can be found in the folder containing the
ZDS II software that you downloaded and installed on your computer; the default path to
this driver is:
C:\Program Files(x86)\Zilog\ZDSII_ZNEO_5.0.1\device drivers\USB Smart Cable
Driver 2
Driver 2 is used to enable the PC console serial connection used by the command shell.
Like Driver 1, this driver can be found in the USB Flash drive that shipped with your Kit.
Alternatively, it can be downloaded from the following path on the FTDI website:
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A terminal emulator program is also required to link the PC with the Educational Plat-
form. As previously stated, Tera Term is used in this document, but any terminal emula-
tion program can be used.
Tera Term can be downloaded for free from
log does not provide technical support for Tera Term or any
terminal emulator program.
Note: