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A Tour of the Hardware

Part# Integrated Circuit
U1 Motorola MC68B09 or Hitachi HD63C09E MPU
U2 Texas Instruments SN74HCT273N Octal Flip-Flop with Reset
U3 Alliance AS6C4008-55PCN 4Mbit / 512KB SRAM
U4 Motorola MC68B50 or Hitachi HD63B50 ACIA
U5 Dallas Semiconductor DS1813 EconoReset
U6 Phillips 74HCT02N Quad 2-Input NOR
U7 Dallas Semiconductor DS1210 Nonvolatile Controller
U8 Shenzhen Honglifa HLF SN74HCT139N Dual 2-to-4 Line Decoder / Demultiplexer
U9 Atmel At28C256 256Kbit / 32KB Parallel EEPROM
U10 Motorola MC74HCT138AN 3-to-8 Line Decoder / Demultiplexer
U11 Dallas Semiconductor DS1233 EconoReset
U12 - not present -
U13 Phillips 74HCT20N Dual 4-input NAND

MC68B09

Microprocessor Option 1: Motorola's famous 8-bit microprocessor.

Full Address and Data bus lines with most Control lines route to the M8 bus connector, onboard memory, ACIA, and address decode circuitry.

The MC68B09 maximum clock is 2.0MHz without overclocking.

:!: This SBC uses the internal clock version of the MC6809, rather than the externally clocked MC6809E

:?: Why? Because its simpler and reducing parts count.

:!: Link to Data Sheet

HD63C09

Microprocessor Option 2: Hitachi's upgraded 8-bit microprocessor based on the Motorola 6809.

Runs cooler and sips less power.

The HD63C09 maximum clock rate is 3.0MHz without overclocking.

:!: Link to Data Sheet

SN74HCT273N

Memory paging latch.

AS6C4008-55PCN

Alliance Semiconductor 4Mib / 512KiB static RAM.

:!: This RAM is capable of being battery backed up with the design of the SST-6809 board design and works with or without battery power.

MC68B50

Motorola's Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter (ACIA) for serial communication.

HD63B50

Hitachi's upgraded Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter (ACIA) based on the Motorola 6850.

DS1813

One of three reset circuit options for the SST-6809.

The DS1813 is the preferred or default option.

74HCT02N

Address decoding.

DS1210

Battery backup.

SN74HCT139N

Address decoding.

At28C256

32KiB EEPROM.

MC74HCT138AN

Address decoding.

DS1233

Reset circuit option.

:!: There are three reset options, this is one.

74HCT20N

Address decoding.

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