# EZ80-DIT
**Wikidata**: [Q1276595](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1276595)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/ez80-dit

## Summary
EZ80-DIT is a computer model and single-board computer first conceived in 1977 and commercialized in 1978. It is based on the TK-80 design and uses an NEC µPD-8080 CPU; it was followed in its product line by the PROFI-5.

## Key Facts
- EZ80-DIT is an instance of a computer model and a subclass of single-board computer.  
- Inception (design or origin): 1977.  
- Commercialization date: 1978.  
- CPU: NEC µPD-8080.  
- Based on: TK-80 (single-board computer).  
- Followed by: PROFI-5 (computer).  
- Alias: EZ80DIT.  
- Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EZ80DIT_Mikrocomputersystem.jpg  
- Commons category: EZ80-DIT.  
- Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/1234n3ph.

## FAQs
### Q: What is the EZ80-DIT?
A: EZ80-DIT is a single-board computer model that was conceived in 1977 and brought to market in 1978. It is based on the TK-80 and uses an NEC µPD-8080 CPU.

### Q: What CPU does the EZ80-DIT use?
A: The EZ80-DIT uses the NEC µPD-8080 central processing unit.

### Q: How does EZ80-DIT relate to the TK-80 and PROFI-5?
A: The EZ80-DIT is based on the TK-80 design. It was followed in its product line by the PROFI-5.

## Why It Matters
EZ80-DIT is a documented example of a late-1970s single-board computer design. As a single-board computer, it embodied the characteristic of providing a complete computer on a single circuit board, following the lineage of designs such as the TK-80. Its use of the NEC µPD-8080 CPU places it within the family of 8-bit systems of that era. The documented inception in 1977 and commercialization in 1978 mark it as part of the early commercial wave of compact, board-level computer systems. Its explicit linkage to the TK-80 as a base design and to the PROFI-5 as a successor makes it a useful reference point for tracing product and design lineages among single-board computers. Public media and classification data (Commons category, image, and knowledge-graph identifier) provide verifiable assets for researchers and collectors seeking visual or cataloguing records of historical single-board computer models.

## Notable For
- Using the NEC µPD-8080 CPU.  
- Being explicitly based on the TK-80 single-board computer.  
- Having inception in 1977 and a documented commercialization date in 1978.  
- Being followed by the PROFI-5 in its product lineage.  
- Having a public image and Commons category (EZ80-DIT) for visual reference.

## Body

### Overview
- EZ80-DIT is categorized as a computer model.  
- It is a subclass of single-board computer — a class defined as a complete computer built on a single circuit board.  
- Alias for the model: EZ80DIT.

### Technical specifications
- Central processor: NEC µPD-8080.  
- No additional technical specifications (memory, I/O, or dimensions) are provided in the supplied source material.

### History and lineage
- Inception year: 1977.  
- Commercialization year: 1978.  
- The design is based on the TK-80 single-board computer.  
- The EZ80-DIT was followed by the PROFI-5 computer in its product sequence.

### Media and identifiers
- Public image available: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EZ80DIT_Mikrocomputersystem.jpg  
- Commons category: EZ80-DIT.  
- Wikipedia language availability noted: commons, de.  
- Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/1234n3ph.  
- Recorded sitelink_count for related parent class: 2 (entry-level linking data provided).

### Classification and relationships
- Instance of: computer model.  
- Subclass of: single-board computer.  
- Based on: TK-80 (related single-board computer class).  
- Followed by: PROFI-5 (computer).