The

Zilog Zilog, Inc. is an American manufacturer of microprocessors and 8-bit and 16-bit microcontrollers. It is also a supplier of application-specific embedded system-on-chip (SoC) products. Its most famous product is the Z80 series of 8-bit microp ...

Z8 Encore! is a

microcontroller A microcontroller (MCU for ''microcontroller unit'', often also MC, UC, or μC) is a small computer on a single VLSI integrated circuit (IC) chip. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs (processor cores) along with memory and programmable i ...

based on the popular Z8

. The Z8 Encore! offers a wide range of features for use in embedded applications, most notably the use of three DMA channels to read for example from the

analog-to-digital converter In electronics, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC, A/D, or A-to-D) is a system that converts an analog signal, such as a sound picked up by a microphone or light entering a digital camera, into a digital signal. An ADC may also provide ...

(ADC). The Z8 Encore! instruction set is compatible with that of the Z8 but it provides some extensions for use with high-level languages. The Z8 Encore! features a single-pin debugging interface.

External links

Official site of ZiLOG, Inc.

Z8 Encore! page on Zilog site
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