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Forth for the 8051
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Which 8051 for beginner? #1

Closed larsbrinkhoff closed 6 years ago

larsbrinkhoff commented 6 years ago

Hello,

I'd like to ask your advice. Do you know a 8051 part which is easy to use for a beginner? Preferrably one which can be programmed with a command-line tool in Linux, and is simple to connect to a PC (USB?).

Thanks!

jamesbowman commented 6 years ago

Hmm, I am using two 8051 parts: the CC1110 and the Silicon Labs series. Neither are supported by Linux as far as I know - both require proprietary programmer hardware that only runs under their IDE.

However the CC1110 debug/flash protocol is fully documented. I have some tools to program it that I am running on Raspberry Pi - would that help?

larsbrinkhoff commented 6 years ago

Thank you. That might help in the future, but for now I'm looking for something more plug-and-play.

SiLabs' Simplicity Studio does run on Linux. There's even an undocumented command line tool for programming. But I haven't been able to make it work with my ToolStick yet.