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The Z88 only uses one half of this dual decode chip. This circuit may be made with
- 3 inverters
- 2 NAND gates
The inverters are slower than the NAND gates, so it was decided to use 5 NAND gates using 3 of the gates as inverters.
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A PCB has been laid out (just in case Tony's prototype works), but this was never produced due to ongoing development.
Main points
- A letterbox slot has been made in the centre of the HD1, HD2, (which are connected both sides,) so that either direct soldering or wire links may be used to connect the signals from the 512K/512K card to the PCB.
- The pads of the footprint of the SOT-23-5 have been made longer, to enable easier soldering of the small parts.
- The bottom Left Hand corner of the PCB matches the shape of the 512K/512K Card for easy alignment.
- C2 on the 512K/512K, needs to be removed and put onto the PCB, in the same space. This is to make the PCB a bit larger for stability.
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Using 5 NAND Gates to prove that there is a hardware problem was very useful, but for a production run using a single chip to replace these is the next step.
Looking through the datasheets for a Texas Instruments VC1 chip found the following timings:-
| Part No | Chip | Manufacture | Speed nS | Package | Price | |||
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| Min | Typ | Max | ||||||
| 1741279 | SN74LVC1G139DCTR | Ti | <2.5 | SM8 | $ 0.69 | |||
| SN74LVC1G139DCUT | Ti / Farnell | <2.5 | VSSOP | £0.404 | ||||
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| Part No | Chip | Manufacture | Speed nS | Package | Price | |||
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| Min | Typ | Max | ||||||
SN74LVC1G0832 | Ti | <2.5 | SOT-23 (DBV) | $ 0.69 | ||||
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The Z88 only uses one half of this dual decode chip. This circuit may be made with
- 3 inverters
- 2 NAND gates
The inverters are slower than the NAND gates, so it was decided to use 5 NAND gates using 3 of the gates as inverters.
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Circuit Diagram using the Single 3-Input Positive AND-OR Gate and a single decode chip.
To be drawn
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