
UM025603-0814 Introduction
Zilog Educational Shields
User Manual
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Introduction
The Zilog Educational (ZED) Shields are application-specific modules that form part of a
larger educational system, at the core of which is the Zilog Educational Platform. Each of
these ZED shields is designed to teach a specific subject or application, and this document,
which describes each ZED Shield, has been created to be a companion document to the
Zilog Educational Platform User Manual (UM0255)
.
The ZED shields are designed to be modular and stackable to save time and effort, and
thus allow flexibility for teaching and experimentation. Additionally, the Zilog Educa-
tional System can assist faculty toward streamlining any Electronics Engineering or
Embedded Computer Engineering syllabus.
The ZED’s stackable design features male/female connectors that can plug into or accept
other shields. For ease of introduction, these shields can be operated directly from a pre-
programmed command shell without requiring any additional programming. As a result,
the novice engineer can develop a level of familiarity with the concepts behind each stack-
able shield before tackling the intricacies of in-depth programming.
This document describes how to understand and use the following four Zilog Educational
Shields:
•
Test Shield
•
World of Sensors Shield
•
Zilog Personal Area Network (Z-PAN) Shield based on Bluetooth technology
•
Wide/Local Area Network (WLAN) Shield based on WiFi technology
Of these four shields, the Test Shield ships as part of the Zilog Educational Platform Kit
;
the other three shields can be purchased separately from the Zilog Store
.
Operation of the Zilog Educational Platform and shields assumes a functional knowledge
of basic computer principles on the part of the student.
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