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Ch55xduino

You can simply write code in Arduino IDE and hit one button to flash the ch55x chip to get code running.

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Ch55xduino is an Arduino-like programming API for the CH55X, a family of low-cost MCS51 USB MCU. The project tries to remove the difficulty of setting up a compiling environment. Users can simply write code in Arduino IDE and hit one button to flash the chip to get code running. No configuration or guesswork needed. CH551/2/4 may be the lowest part count system that works with Arduino. The minimal system only requires one chip, 2 decoupling capacitors, and one optional pull-up resistor. These features made it ideal for DIY projects. At this moment the project is still working-in-progress. USB-CDC communication, delay, millis, and the digital and analog pin functions are supported. Refer to examples in this repo for more info.

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    Installation

    Automatic IDE integration is supported via the Arduino Boards Manager. This is the recommanded way of installation now.

    Start the Arduino-IDE. In File->Preferences, Settings tab, enter

    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DeqingSun/ch55xduino/ch55xduino/package_ch55xduino_mcs51_index.json

    as an Additional Boards Manager URL.

    • Open Tools->Board:...->Boards Manager
    • Find Ch55xduino by typing 'ch' into the search line
    • Click on the list entry
    • Click on Install.

    Now you should find a new entry CH55x Boards in the list at Tools->Board:...

    • Choose CH552 Board from the list
    • open the standard Blink example from File->Examples->01. Basics->Blink
    • Change pin number in Blink example. For example, if you have LED on P3_0, you will write pin 30.
    • compile it by hitting Verify
    • If your board is never used with ch55xduino before, you need to make the ch55x chip enter bootloader mode. You need to disconnect USB and unpower ch55x, connect the pull-up resistor on D+ line (generally a 10K resistor between D+ and 5V, controlled by a push-button or adjacent pads). Then you connect USB. and hit Upload. Also, a blank new chip will enter the bootloader automatically.
    • If you have used ch55xduino once and your code doesn't crash the USB subsystem, you can simply press Upload. Arduino and the firmware will kick the chip into the bootloader automatically.

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ilo wrote 06/23/2023 at 06:34 • point

Pls. How can i change pinmode in loop?

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Patrick Grønlund wrote 06/08/2023 at 10:25 • point

Awesome project, alreaddy made a coupple of designs with this controller. For my next project I would like to comnect ch552 to an sd card. Could you make it comatible to use arduio sd.h library :). I tried myself, but my skills are to low :)

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diy.mlg wrote 09/09/2022 at 23:20 • point

Hi Deqing,

Thank you for all of your CH5xxduino, this project help me a lot

Is CH5xduino could use on CH554? because I do not see CH554 board on list

CH551 & CH552 hard to find now, but CH554 that have more fitures is simple to find

Maybe CH554 could be list on your next CH55xduino update

Regards

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deqing wrote 11/08/2022 at 00:25 • point

The current repo does not contain any host example so you just use ch552 option 

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Ken Yap wrote 06/02/2020 at 05:35 • point

Is that the Electrodragon dev board you are using? It's a pity they don't use a micro USB connector so that you can put the board on a breadboard for experiments, and use a micro USB cable, instead of a USB A male-female cable.

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deqing wrote 06/02/2020 at 05:39 • point

No, it is a board I bought from a small seller. The board is not well designed and I'm designing another one.

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Ken Yap wrote 06/02/2020 at 05:41 • point

Great, I hope you will share the design so that boards for this MCU series become more available.

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