Z8 Microcontroller

QUESTIONS:

1.) _________ is a trusted supplier of application-specific embedded system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for the
industrial and consumer markets.
Answer: Zilog

2.) _________ is a microcontroller architecture, originally introduced in 1979

Answer: Zilog Z8

3-10.) Key features of Z8

Answer: General-Purpose Register File
Flexible I/O
Analog Inputs
Timer/Counter
Interrupts
Watchdog Timer
Auto Reset/Low-Voltage Protection
Low-EMI Operation
Low-Power

11.) It contains addresses for peripheral, control, all general purpose, and all I/O port registers.
Answer: Z8 Standard Register File

12.) It contains addresses for control and data registers for additional peripherals/features.
Answer: Z8 Expanded Register File (ERF)

13.) It contains addresses for all memory locations having executable code and/or data.
Answer: Z8 external Program Memory

14.) It contains addresses for all memory locations that hold data only, whether internal or external
Answer: Z8 external data memory

15.) __________ are used to transfer data, configure the operating mode, and control the operation of the
on-chip peripherals
Answer: Peripheral registers

16-18.) Give atleast 3 standard Z8 Registers

Answers: Interrupt Priority Register (IPR)
Interrupt Mask Register (IMR)
Interrupt Request Register (IRQ)
Program Control Flags (FLAGS)
Register Pointer (RP)
Stack Pointer High-Byte (SPH)
Stack Pointer Low-Byte (SPL)

20.) Give atleast 2 peripheral registers

Answer: Serial I/O (SIO)
Timer Mode (TMR)
Timer/Counter 0 (T0)
T0 Prescaler (PRE0)
Timer/Counter 1 (T1)
T1 Prescaler (PRE1)
Port 0–1 Mode (P01M)
Port 2 Mode (P2M)
Port 3 Mode (P3M)