Littelfuse Announces Retirement of the EZ80

What happened

Although the demise of the Zilog Z80 processor has long been predicted, it would seem that this moment has finally arrived. The owner of the Zilog name – Littelfuse – recently sent out PCN ZAC26-0074 , notifying customers that they will be taking final orders for the eZ80 and all other microcontroller lines that they currently own.

Over at Mouser, eZ80 parts have correspondingly all been marked as “End of Life”. This comes a few years after the original Z80 and its peripherals were discontinued , with the eZ80 still being an alternative until now. This means that for commercial customers are least this is pretty much the end of the road for any circuit that still operates with the eZ80 or similar.