I agree 100%. I'd suggest picking up NAND to Tetris. It's a fantastic book that takes you through this. It starts you off building all of the TTL components. S

I agree 100%. I'd suggest picking up NAND to Tetris. It's a fantastic book that takes you through this. It starts you off building all of the TTL components. Sadly the software is horrible and needs some engineering to make it approchable. I'd love a 7400 series simulator that isn't complete crap as then I wouldn't have to resort to designging my CPU on paper. If you have recommendation please tell me. I'd buy the components and build things up but I'm a college student and that isn't economically viable. Edit: Link to 2 minute pitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTl5wRDT0CU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTl5wRDT0CU