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MANUAL ORGANIZATION
The ZT 8904 family of products includes the ZT 8904, ZT 89CT04, and ZT 8903
products. The ZT 8904 is a highly integrated 386 EX single board computer which can
be operated as a stand alone, as a single master in an STD 32 architecture, or as a
permanent or temporary master in an STD 32 architecture.
All features of the ZT 8903 and ZT 8904 are the same, except that the ZT 8903 includes
fewer features. The ZT 8903 is a more economical version of the ZT 8904 because of
fewer features are included.
All features of the ZT 8904 and ZT 89CT04 are the same except for the temperature
variations. The ZT 8904 has an operating temperature range from 0º to 65º C, but the
ZT 89CT04 extends the operating temperature range from -40º to +85º C.
Chapter 1, "
Introduction
", provides a brief introduction to the ZT 8904. It includes a
product definition, a list of product features, a functional block diagram, a description of
each block, and a diagram locating the major components of the board.
Chapter 2, "
Getting Started
", summarizes the information needed to make the
ZT 8904 operational. Read this chapter before attempting to use the board.
Chapter 3, "
STD Bus Interface
", discusses the STD 32 architecture and its effect on
the operation of the ZT 8904.
Chapter 4, "
Interrupt Controller
", includes information on two Intel-compatible 8259
cascaded interrupt controllers that provide a programmable interface between interrupt-
generating peripherals and the CPU.
Chapter 5, "
Counter/Timers
", includes information on one Intel-compatible 8254
device with a total of three programmable counter/timers.
Chapter 6, "
DMA Controller
", includes information regarding the DMA controller which
is contained within the 386 EX microprocessor.
Chapter 7, "
Real-Time Clock
", includes information on the Motorola
®
-compatible
146818 real-time clock including the major features.
Chapter 8, "
Serial Controller
", discusses operation of the four ZT 8904 serial ports and
provides descriptions of the two software-configurable serial port registers included on
the ZT 8904.
Chapter 9, "
Centronics Printer Interface
", includes information on the bidirectional
printer interface which fully supports a Centronics-compatible printer.
Chapter 10, "
Parallel I/O
", discusses the six 8-bit parallel ports for a total of 48 I/O
signals. The general operation of the six parallel ports is explained in this chapter.