Zilog Z86C36 User Manual
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Z86C36
ICEBOX
UM002202-1001
Glossary
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WDT
Watch-Dog Timer. A timer that, when enabled under
normal operating conditions, must be reset within the
time period set within the application (WDTMR
(1,0)). If the timer is not reset, a Power-on Reset
occurs. Some earlier manuals refer to this timer as the
WDTMR.
Word
Amount of data a processor can hold in its registers
and process at one time. A DSP word is often 16 bits.
Given the same clock rate, a 16-bit controller
processes four bytes in the same time it takes an 8-bit
controller to process two.
XTAL
Crystal.
Z8
ZiLOG Chip.
ZDS
ZiLOG Developer Studio. ZiLOG’s program
development environment for Windows 95/98/NT.
Z
locatable object modules for the ZiLOG family of
microcontrollers.
ZMASM
ZiLOG Macro Cross Assembler. ZiLOG’s program
development environment for Windows 3.1.