First, about powering the board:1) if I connect TX, RX and GND and don't connect CP2102's VCC pin to board. Can the MCU still be programmed?
2) If I supply 5DC to the board, can i program my MCU with this wiring connection.
- CP2102's VCC pin to the VCC of ICSP.
- CP2102's GND pin to the ground pin of ICSP.
- CP2102's TXD pin to the RXD pin of the 8051 microcontroller.
- CP2102's RXD pin to the TXD pin of the 8051 microcontroller.
You can power the devboard from 12V supply OR from USB, not from both in the same time.
Second, about programming:
You can program this MCU with the CP2102 ONLY IF the 8051 MCU has a bootloader already programmed on this MCU chip. If the bootloader program is not present then you must get some appropriate programmer device, for example AVRISP.