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1. Introduction
The UPPI-series evaluation cards are the engine of an MCU-based system, containing an MCU, optional radio,
and minimal support circuitry.
These cards are designed around either a C8051F96xMCU or a Si102x/3x Wireless MCU. Only placement-critical
items, such as bypass capacitors, crystals, dc-dc inductor, and RF front end circuitry are included. All other circuits
reside on the hosting platform.
These cards are compatible with Silicon Labs Unified Development Platform MCU cards (UDP-F960-MCU series).
They may also be used as prototyping modules, as they fit on a 2 mm-center prototyping board.
Figure 1. UPPI Cards with and without Radio
Rev. 0.1 10/11
Copyright © 2011 by Silicon Laboratories
UDP UPPI Card-UG
UDP UPPI Card UG
2. Description
The UPPI cards contain the MCU device and a minimal number of supporting components. Most of the core device
pins are connected directly to headers, allowing signal mapping to be defined by the host board, typically a UDP
MCU card. (See “2.3. Compatibility” for more information.)
Each board design varies in schematic and features. Refer to the board design files available from
www.silabs.com
for specifics.
2.1. Features
RF connector
RF front end
30MHz RF crystal
Power supply / dc-dc
converter
Board number label
32.768kHz crystal
Figure 2. Top View: UPPI-10xx-fffTR and UPPI-10xx-fffDT Wireless MCU Boards
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