Z80230/Z85230/L
Enhanced Serial
Communications Controller
Product Specification
PS005308-0609
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Revision History
Each instance in Revision History reflects a change to this document from its previous
revision. For more details, refer to the corresponding pages and appropriate links in the
table below.
Revision
Level
08
07
06
05
Date
June 2009
May 2009
May 2009
Mar 2009
Description
Removed Security Watermark from pages
Minor update to page 107
system update change only - no technical
content revised
Updated document to add 3V product
information
Removed ISO/BSI certification information
Figure 1, 7 and 23 changed 5V to Vcc
Added Z8523L DC Characteristics
Updated Read and Write AC Characteristics
Updated System Timing Characteristics
Updated General Timing Diagram
Ordering Information updated
Updated Standard Test Conditions
Updatred Table 43
Updated Table 49 - min value
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Figure 38
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Guide
Editorial Updates
Original Issue
All
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September 2007 03
November 2002 02
August 2001
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Table of Contents
Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pin Descriptions 1
Pins Common to Both Z85230/L and Z80230 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Pin Descriptions Exclusive to the Z85230/L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Pin Descriptions Exclusive to the Z80230 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Functional Description 8
Input/Output Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ESCC Data Communications Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z80230/Z85230/L Enhancements 22
4-Byte Transmit FIFO Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8-Byte Receive FIFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Write Register 7 PRIME (WR7’) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CRC Reception in SDLC Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
TxD Forced High in SDLC with NRZI Encoding When Marking Idle . . . . . . 26
Improved Transmit Interrupt Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
DPLL Counter Tx Clock Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Read Register 0 Status Latched During Read Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Software Interrupt Acknowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fast SDLC Transmit Data Interrupt Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SDLC FIFO Frame Status Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
FIFO Enable/Disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
FIFO Read Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
FIFO Write Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SDLC Status FIFO Anti-Lock Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming 32
Initializing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Write Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Read Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z80230 Interface Timing 70
Z80230 Write Cycle Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Z80230 Read Cycle Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Z80230 Interrupt Acknowledge Cycle Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Z85230/L Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Z85230/L Read Cycle Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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Z85230/L Write Cycle Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Z85230/L Interrupt Acknowledge Cycle Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrical Characteristics 75
Absolute Maximum Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Standard Test Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Capacitance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
DC Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
AC Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Z85230/L AC Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z80230/Z85230/L Errata 99
IUS Problem Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
IUS Problem Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
RTS Problem Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
RTS Problem Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Automatic TxD Forced High Problem Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Automatic TxD Forced High Problem Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
SDLC FIFO Overflow Problem Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
SDLC FIFO Overflow Problem Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Default RR0 Value Problem Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Default RR0 Value Problem Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Default RR10 Value Problem Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Default RR10 Value Problem Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
CRC Problem Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
CRC Problem Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Package Information 105
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ordering Information 107
Z8523L (3.3V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Z85230 (5V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Part Number Suffix Designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
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