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Selected application notes to support 8-bit microcontroller designs.

Sub-Category	Title	App Note	Software
ADC	Calculating Settling Time For Switched Capacitor ADC's	AN119
	Improving ADC Resolution by Oversampling and Averaging	AN118	AN118SW
	Using the On-Chip Temperature Sensor	AN103	AN103SW
	C8051F35x Delta-Sigma ADC User's Guide	AN217
DAC	Using the DAC as a Function Generator	AN123	AN123SW
Oscillator	Temperature-Compensated Oscillator Example	AN365	AN365SW

Sub-Category	Title	App Note	Software
CP210x	CP210x Device Customization Guide	AN144	AN144SW
	Serial Communications Guide for CP210x	AN197	AN197SW
	CP210x Baud Rate Support	AN205	AN205SW
	C8051F32x and CP210x USB Driver Customization	AN220	AN220SW
	Port Configuration and GPIO for CP210x	AN223	AN223SW
	USBXpress Programmer's Guide	AN169	AN169SW
	USB Driver Installation Utility	AN335	AN335SW
	CP2501 Programmer's Guide and API Specification	AN464
CP211x	CP2110 HID to UART API Specification	AN433	AN433SW
	CP2110 Interface Specification	AN434	AN434SW
	CP2112 Interface Specification	AN495	AN495SW
	CP2112 HID USB-to-SMBus API Specification	AN496	AN496SW
Ethernet	TCP/IP Library Programmer's Guide	AN237	AN237SW
	Embedded Ethernet System Design Guide	AN292
SMBus	Serial Communication with the SMBus	AN113	AN113SW
	SMBus Communication for Small Form Factor Device Families	AN141	AN141SW
SPI	Software SPI Examples for the C8051F30x Family	AN128	AN128SW
UART	Software UART Examples	AN115	AN115SW
USB	USB Mass Storage Reference Design	AN282	AN282SW
	USBXpress Programmer's Guide	AN169	AN169SW
	USB Bootloader with Shared USBXpress Library	AN200	AN200SW
	MMC Data Logger Example	AN189	AN189SW
	Human Interface Device (HID) Tutorials	AN249	AN249SW
	HID Library API Specification	AN532	AN532SW
	C8051F32x and CP210x USB Driver Customization	AN220	AN220SW
	USB Audio Class Tutorial	AN295	AN295SW
	USB Driver Installation Utility	AN335	AN335SW
Wireless	Wireless MBus Software Implementation	AN451
	Wireless MBus Stack Programmer's Guide	AN452
	Si1000 Code Examples	AN474	AN474SW

Sub-Category	Title	App Note	Software
Code Banking	Code Banking Using the Keil 8051 Tools	AN130	AN130SW
	Code Banking Using the Tasking 8051 Tools	AN143	AN143SW
Integrating Toolsets	Integrating Keil 8051 Tools into the Silicon Labs IDE	AN104
	Integrating Raisonance 8051 Tools into the Silicon Labs IDE	AN125
	Integrating Tasking 8051 Tools into the Silicon Labs IDE	AN126	AN126SW
	Integrating HI-TECH 8051 Tools into the Silicon Labs IDE	AN140	AN140SW
	Integrating SDCC 8051 Tools Into The Silicon Labs IDE	AN198	AN198SW
	Integrating IAR 8051 Tools into the Silicon Labs IDE	AN236	AN236SW
JTAG Configuration	Multiple-Device JTAG Configuration in the Silicon Labs IDE	AN134

Sub-Category	Title	App Note	Software
Commercial Applications	Digital Counting Scale	AN184	AN184SW
	Lithium Ion Battery Charger Using C8051F300	AN137	AN137SW
	Low Pin-Count LCD Interface	AN202	AN202SW
	Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)	AN324	AN324SW
	Three-Channel Power Sequencer	AN145	AN145SW
	High-Speed Lithium Ion Battery Charger	AN146	AN146SW
	Magnetic Stripe Reader	AN148	AN148SW
	Hair Immune Cheek Detection for Handsets	AN540
	Smoke Detection Using the Si1141	AN541
	Touchless Lavatory Appliance Design	AN522
Motor Control	Motor Control Software Examples	AN191	AN191SW
	Stepper Motor Reference Design	AN155	AN155SW

Sub-Category	Title	App Note	Software
Board-Level	Hand Soldering Tutorial for the Fine Pitch QFP Devices	AN114
	C8051Fxxx Printed Circuit Board Design Notes	AN203
Interfacing	Interfacing an External SRAM to the C8051Fxxx	AN106	AN106SW
	Using C8051Fxxx in 5 Volt Systems	AN111
Programming Your MCU	FLASH Programming via the C2 Interface	AN127	AN127SW
	Pin Sharing Techniques for the C2 Interface	AN124
	Programming FLASH through the JTAG Interface	AN105	AN105SW
	Using C8051Fxxx On-Chip Interface Utilities DLL	AN117	AN117SW
	Production Programming Options for Silicon Labs Devices	AN136
	Multiple-Device JTAG Configuration in the Silicon Labs IDE	AN134
Capacitive Sensing	Capacitive Sensing Firmware API	AN366
	Understanding Capacitive Sensing signal to noise ratios and setting reliable thresholds	AN367
	Effects of ESD Protection Devices on Capacitive Sensing Performance	AN376
	Baselining in the QuickSense™ Firmware API	AN418
	Printed Circuit Design Notes for Capacitive Sensing with the CS0 Module	AN447
	QuickSense™ Communications Interface	AN494
	Low Power Capacitive Sensing	AN507
Infrared Sensing	Designer's Guide for the Si1102 and Si1120	AN442
	Designer's Guide for the Si114x	AN498
	Overlay Considerations for the Si114x	AN523
	IR-LED Selection Guide	AN521
	Infrared Gesture Sensing	AN580

Sub-Category	Title	App Note	Software
Cache	Cache Optimizations for C8051F12x	AN135	AN135SW
Example Code	Annotated 'C' examples for the 'F02x Family	AN122	AN122SW
	Implementing a Real-Time Clock	AN108	AN108SW
	16-Bit PWM Using an On-Chip Timer	AN110	AN110SW
	Implementing 16-Bit PWM Using the PCA	AN107	AN107SW
Hardware Configuration	Configuring the Port I/O Crossbar Decoder	AN101	AN101SW
	Configuring the Internal and External Oscillators	AN102	AN102SW
Firmware Bootloader	UART In-Application Code Loading Examples	AN112	AN112SW
	USB Bootloader with Shared USBXpress Library	AN200	AN200SW
	Modular Bootloader Framerwork for Silicon Labs C8051Fxxx MCUs	AN533	AN533SW
	CAN Bootloader	AN534	AN534SW
	LIN Bootloader	AN535	AN535SW
Flash	Flash Securities User's Guide	AN120
	Writing to Flash from Firmware	AN201	AN201SW
	EEPROM Emulation for Flash Microcontrollers	AN568	AN568SW
Porting Firmware Between Devices	Porting Considerations from F02x to ’F12x	AN131	AN131SW
	Differences Between the C8051F300 and the C8051T60x Device Family	AN280	AN280SW
	Differences Between the C8051F310 and the C8051T61x Device Family	AN330	AN330SW
	Differences Between the C8051F330 and the C8051T63x Device Family	AN339	AN339SW
	Porting Considerations for Automotive MCUs	AN397
	C8051F93x and C8051F90x Software Porting Guide	AN431
Signal Processing	FFT Routines for the C8051F12x Family	AN142	AN142SW
	Using Microcontrollers in Digital Signal Processing Applications	AN219	AN219SW

Sub-Category	Title	App Note	Software
Power Management	Power Management Techniques and Calculation	AN116
	Power Management Techniques for the 'F30x and 'F31x	AN138	AN138SW
	Optimizing Low Power Operation of the ‘F9xx	AN358	AN358SW
	Debugging Techniques for the 'F9xx	AN359