GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Z86E21 contains 8 Kbytes of EPROM memory in place of the 8 Kbyte of ROM on the Z86C21. The MCU is housed in a 40-pin DIP, 44-pin Leaded ChipCarrier, or a 44-pin Quad Flat Pack, and is manufactured in CMOS technology. The ROMless pin option is available on the 44-pin versions only. The MCU can address both external memory and preprogrammed ROM which enables this Z8 microcomputer to be used in high volume applications or where code flexibility is required. Zilog’s CMOS microcontroller offers fast execution, efficient use of memory, sophisticated interrupts, input/output bit manipulation capabilities, and easy hardware/software system expansion along with low cost and low power consumption. The Z86E21 architecture is based on Zilog’s 8-bit microcontroller core. The device offers a flexible I/O scheme, an efficient register and address space structure, multiplexed capabilities between address/data, I/O, and a number of ancillary features that are useful in many industrial and advanced scientific applications.
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