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Introduction
Zilog Educational Platform
User Manual
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Introduction
The Zilog Educational Platform is designed to offer a comprehensive educational advan-
tage to students who are pursuing a degree in the electronics and computer sciences. The
Zilog Educational Platform Kit includes all of the necessary components and software to
allow students to design with freedom. This document, which describes the Zilog Educa-
tional Platform, has been created to be a companion document to the
The Zilog Educational Platform is an electronics development system for learning and
teaching at the university level, yet can also serve the needs of students at the high school
level. The core of the Zilog Educational Platform is Zilog’s Z16F2810 MCU, a16-bit
Flash chip based on Zilog’s ZNEO CPU.
The Platform’s robust educational capabilities allow students to learn about microcon-
troller architecture, language programming, wireless communication, analog-to-digital
conversion, sensing technologies and security encryption methods; students can also
experiment with creating industrial lighting and motor control applications. The Platform
can also be configured as a data acquisition and remote control system; it ships with a
command shell that allows control of the Platform without the need for additional pro-
gramming and a test shield that is used to verify that all of the available GPIO pins are
working properly. An assortment of application shields are also available.
The Educational Platform’s design layout allows students to use it with intuitive ease,
thereby saving time, energy and money. The Platform is complete in all aspects of its func-
tionality. Attention has been applied to many of the Platform’s details, such as its inte-
grated audio buzzer and a jumper that, when removed, can disable the backlight display
from the LCD panel when power savings are important. And, while it can be powered by a
USB connection via a PC, the Platform’s battery power source allows for mobile capabil-
ity when considering projects in the field.
Operation of the Zilog Educational Platform assumes a functional knowledge of basic
computer principles on the part of the student.
Kit Contents
The Zilog Educational Platform is available as a stand-alone product and as a kit
that pro-
vides all of the hardware necessary to begin learning as soon as you open the box.
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Educational Platform breadboard
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System ZED Test Shield
Note: