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 Their development system is USB/JTAG based and very effective, with source level debugging in C, single stepping and all the debug facilities you would expect from a top of the line system. For the low-pin-count chips, Silabs has a 2 pin variant of the JTAG (they call it C2) which provides all the same debugging capabilities using only two pins, one is the Reset pin and the other can even be used for normal I/O once you are done debugging. All this is completely transparent. Their development system is USB/JTAG based and very effective, with source level debugging in C, single stepping and all the debug facilities you would expect from a top of the line system. For the low-pin-count chips, Silabs has a 2 pin variant of the JTAG (they call it C2) which provides all the same debugging capabilities using only two pins, one is the Reset pin and the other can even be used for normal I/O once you are done debugging. All this is completely transparent.
  
-I have two favorites in that family, the C8051F133 (or 123), which is close to the top of the line, with a 64 pin package, 100 MIPS and lots of flash, RAM and on-chip peripherals,​ and the C8051F530, which is an 18 pin SOIC with 8k of flash and a 12 bit A/D converter (and a UART, and a voltage reference, and a built-in voltage regulator, and ...) Being a standard half-pitch SOIC, it can be soldered by hand without difficulty.+I have two favorites in that family, the C8051F133 (or 123), which is close to the top of the line, with a 64 pin package, 100 MIPS and lots of flash, RAM and on-chip peripherals,​ and the C8051F587, which is a 32 pin SOIC with 96k of flash and a 12 bit A/D converter ​that runs from anything between 2.7 and 5V (and two UARTs, and a voltage reference, and a built-in voltage regulator, and ...) Being a standard half-pitch SOIC, it can be soldered by hand without ​too much difficulty.
  
-Silabs ​does have a couple of their chips in DIP package for prototyping and hobby applications,​ and I have made a few projects with those too. Digikey sells themso they are just an Internet purchase away. Silabs has a wide range of fully functional eval/​prototype kits that sell for $20 to $150, check their Toolstick line (http://​www.silabs.com/​toolstick). I have no interest in Silabs other than being a very satisfied customer.+Silabs ​used to have a couple of their chips in DIP package for prototyping and hobby applications,​ and I have made a few projects with those too, but that is no longer the case. Silabs has a wide range of fully functional eval/​prototype kits that sell for $20 to $150, check their Toolstick line (http://​www.silabs.com/​toolstick). I have no interest in Silabs other than being a very satisfied customer.
  
 Check my Synthesized Audio Generator page http://​www.ko4bb.com/​Test_Equipment/​AFSignalGenerator/​SigGen.php for an example of what you can do for $28.00 ($18 being the programmer which you will reuse with your next project) in one evening. Check my Synthesized Audio Generator page http://​www.ko4bb.com/​Test_Equipment/​AFSignalGenerator/​SigGen.php for an example of what you can do for $28.00 ($18 being the programmer which you will reuse with your next project) in one evening.
  
-While all Silabs ​kits come with a fully usable (but size limited) demo version of the excellent (and expensive) Keil compilerthere are cheaper alternative. The SDCC compiler ​for the 8051 is good and free (http://​sdcc.sourceforge.net/​). The SDCC compiler is supported by the Silabs IDE, so you don't have the excuse that the compiler is too expensive to do an 8051 project.+To find what development tools are available for the Silabs ​8051 microcontrollerssee [[Tools ​for the Silabs (and other) 8051 micro controllers]]
  
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