NEO-ZMC

Package	SOIC24
Manufacturer
First use	1995 ?
Used on	cartridges

Z80 Memory Controller. Provides a hardwired 32KiB bank and switchable 16, 8, 4, and 2KiB banks arranged as a register file. To save pins, the Z80's upper address lines (A15~A18) are used for data input. The chip's write strobe is port address decoded inside the system.

Pinout

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Are pins 10, 11, 12 higher address bits ?

• SDA0, SDA1, SDA8~15: Z80 address bus
• M1 A11~M1 A18: M1 ROM address lines
• SDRD0: Decoded write signal from NEO-D0 (latch on rising edge)

Operation

SDA8~15 is used for the bank number (data), SDA0 and SDA1 for selecting the bank zone.

SDA1	SDA0	Z80 port	Bank zone	Address range	Size	Latch size
0	0	$08	0	$F000~$F7FF	2KiB	8 bits
0	1	$09	1	$E000~$EFFF	4KiB	7 bits
1	0	$0A	2	$C000~$DFFF	8KiB	6 bits
1	1	$0B	3	$8000~$BFFF	16KiB	5 bits

Details

SDRD0 must be high before configuring banks.

To configure a bank to be accessed (e.g. bank 0 in the $8000~$BFFF range):

• Set SDRD0 low (prepare for new bank configuration, outputs are tri-stated)
• Set SDA0~15 = $8003 (select bank 0 and 16k range size) Why $8003 and not just $0003 ?
• Set SDRD0 high (latch bank, ready to convert inputs to proper output signals)
• Now, when the Z80 reads the $8000~BFFF range, NEO-ZMC will map this to the M1 ROM zone $00000~$03FFF;

To configure a bank to be accessed (e.g. bank 1 in the $8000~$BFFF range):

• Set SDRD0 low (prepare for new bank configuration, outputs are tri-stated)
• Set SDA0~15 = $8103 (select bank 1 and 16k range size) Why $8103 and not just $0103 ?
• Set SDRD0 high (latch bank, ready to convert inputs to proper output signals)
• Now, when the Z80 reads the $8000~BFFF range, NEO-ZMC will map this to the M1 ROM zone $04000~$07FFF;