BADGER-SIM3L1-EK Silicon Labs, BADGER-SIM3L1-EK Datasheet - Page 2

• Manufacturer Part Number: BADGER-SIM3L1-EK
• Description: Development Boards & Kits - ARM Low-Power SiM3L1xx 32-bit MCU Eval Kit
• Manufacturer: Silicon Labs

Specifications of BADGER-SIM3L1-EK

• Rohs: yes
• Product: Evaluation Boards
• Tool Is For Evaluation Of: SiM3L1xx
• Core: ARM Cortex M3
• Data Bus Width: 32 bit
• Description/function: ToolStick for the Precision32 low-power family
• For Use With: SiM3L1xx

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3. Hardware Setup
Connect the badger board to a USB port on the PC using the USB extender cable shown in Figure 2. Once the
board is plugged in, the blue LED (DS9) will turn on indicating that the badger board is ready for use.
Figure 2. USB Extension Cable
4. Firmware Update
To ensure that the badger board has the latest firmware, it is recommended to perform a firmware update. The
firmware update utility is installed by default at the following location:
C:\Silabs\Reference_Designs\BadgerBoard\Utilities\FlashProgrammer\update_firmware.bat
Double-click on the batch file to update firmware. Figure 3 shows a screen capture of a successful firmware
update.
Figure 3. Successful Firmware Update
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