Z90233, Z90234, and Z90231
eZVision 200 Television Controller with
On-Screen Display
PB006903-0903
Product Brief
Product Block Diagram
16/24 KBytes ROM
Z8 Core
RAM
ADC
PWM
OSD
I2C
I/O Ports
On-Screen Display (OSD)
Features
• Displays of up to 10 rows by 24 columns with
256 characters
• Provides character cell resolution of 14 pixels
by 18 scan lines
• Offers variable inter-row spacing from 0–15
horizontal scan lines
• Uses color palette table to program foreground
and background of character
Microcontroller Features
• Incorporates Z8® MCU core at 6 MHz
• Z90233 and Z90234 have 16K and 24K
masked ROM, respectively
• 236 bytes of system RAM
• Ten 6-bit pulse width modulators
• One 14-bit pulse width modulator
• On-chip infrared (IR) capture registers
• Four channels of 4-bit analog-to-digital con-
verter
• 27 general-purpose I/O pins
• Provides I2C master serial communication port
• 42-pin SDIP and 44-pin PQFP packages
• Can be emulated with 124-pin PGA package
(Z90239)
General Description
The Z90233/Z90234 and Z90231 are the ROM and
OTP versions of the eZVision 200 television
controller with OSD. Based on ZiLOG’s powerful
Z8 architecture, the Z90233/Z90234 and Z90231
contain 24 KB of program memory. The following
enhanced features are included:
• Flexible inter-row spacing
• Higher character cell resolution (14 x 18)
• Background mesh effect
• Dedicated infrared capture registers
• On-chip analog-to-digital converter
• Hardware master mode I2C interface
The familiar Z8 architecture, in combination with
these advanced features, makes the eZVision 200
an ideal choice for midrange televisions in both
PAL and NTSC markets.
The eZVision 200 family consists of three basic
device types:
• The Z90233 and Z90234 masked ROM
• The Z90231 OTP
• The Z90239 In-Circuit Emulator (ICE) chip
The OTP supports a field-programmable 24 KB
program ROM. The ICE chip is used in the Z90239
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