8-bit Breadboard Computer

Overview

This was less of a self-study project as it was created through a Ben Eater project guide, but it certainly gave me an intense in-depth and hands-on educational experience that I would have not otherwise have received. And there were many concepts and components I had learned about in my studies, which I had not applied to a functioning circuit.

Goal

Overall, this project encompassed the making of many modules, combining them to create a functioning computer. The basic design relies on an 8-bit bus that every module can reference and freely manipulated on the board. The EEPROMs are the only digitally manipulated compononent on the breadboards. Programmed with a Arduino Uno board through their IDE [Ben Eater's Code].

Clock Module

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Registers A & B + ALU Modules

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Ram Module

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PC Module

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Output Register Module

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Control Signal Module

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Conclusion

Throughout the process of making this project I learned a vast amount of concepts that I may or may not every see again. But putting everything together and seeing the circuits work their magic great pleasure to me, and I can see how this can be a pipeline for others getting into engineering.

Credit

• [Ben Eater's Website] has the entire series of videos which encompass this project. For curiosities sake, there are 870 minutes of video media posted for his 8-bit computer project. And if you are at all interested in something like this I would 100% recommend watching Ben Eater's channel he does a great job at explaining hard concepts for all things computer engineering.