Junk Box Arduino: Ten Projects in Upcycled Electronics

© James R. Strickland 2016

James R. Strickland, Junk Box Arduino, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1425-1_11

11. Z80 Explorer

James R. Strickland¹ 

(1)Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA

Well, here we are. The last chapter. This one’s the payoff, the big one, the microprocessor chapter. This is the chapter where we finally go inside a system not too different from the Cestino’s ATmega1284P microcontroller and really see what goes on behind the curtain. We’re going to build the Z80 explorer, shown in Figure 11-1.

Figure 11-1. The Z80 Explorer

In previous chapters, like Chapter 10, where I talked about interrupts at some length, you’ve had to take it on faith that I’m right. ...