
TL/C/5171
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June 1992
NSC800
TM
High-Performance
Low-Power CMOS Microprocessor
General Description
The NSC800 is an 8-bit CMOS microprocessor that func-
tions as the central processing unit (CPU) in National Semi-
conductor’s
NSC800
microcomputer
microCMOS technology used to fabricate this device pro-
vides system designers with performance equivalent to
comparable NMOS products, but with the low power advan-
tage of CMOS. Some of the many system functions incorpo-
rated on the device, are vectored priority interrupts, refresh
control, power-save feature and interrupt acknowledge. The
NSC800 is available in dual-in-line and surface mounted
chip carrier packages.
family.
National’s
The system designer can choose not only from the dedicat-
ed CMOS peripherals that allow direct interfacing to the
NSC800 but from the full line of National’s CMOS products
to allow a low-power system solution. The dedicated periph-
erals include NSC810A RAM I/O Timer, NSC858 UART,
and NSC831 I/O.
All devices are available in commercial, industrial and mili-
tary temperature ranges along with two added reliability
flows. The first is an extended burn in test and the second is
the military class C screening in accordance with Method
5004 of MIL-STD-883.
Features
Y
Fully compatible with Z80
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instruction set:
Powerful set of 158 instructions
10 addressing modes
22 internal registers
Y
Low power: 50 mW at 5V V
CC
Y
Unique power-save feature
Y
Multiplexed bus structure
Y
Schmitt trigger input on reset
Y
On-chip bus controller and clock generator
Y
Variable power supply 2.4V
b
6.0V
Y
On-chip 8-bit dynamic RAM refresh circuitry
Y
Speed: 1.0
m
s instruction cycle at 4.0 MHz
NSC800-4
4.0 MHz
NSC800-35
3.5 MHz
NSC800-3
2.5 MHz
NSC800-1
1.0 MHz
Y
Capable of addressing 64k bytes of memory and 256
I/O devices
Y
Five interrupt request lines on-chip
Block Diagram
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NSC800
TM
is a trademark of National Semiconductor Corp.
TRI-STATE
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is a registered trademark of National Semiconductor Corp.
Z80
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is a registered trademark of Zilog Corp.
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1995 National Semiconductor Corporation
RRD-B30M105/Printed in U. S. A.