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I'd love it if Ben sold a single package kit that had everything and printed instructions inside of it. It would be a fun thing for bored highschool students or

I'd love it if Ben sold a single package kit that had everything and printed instructions inside of it. It would be a fun thing for bored highschool students or university students. Maybe it could even have a PCB that has everything socketed like a breadboard except closer together.

asciimo 9y ago
That would be super cool. In the meantime, The Dodo is higher level kit featuring a 6502 processor. http://www.dodolabs.io/ http://www.dodolabs.io/
- userbinator 9y ago
  ...and here is a project to make a discrete 6502, which currently isn't commercial but might be: http://monster6502.com/ http://monster6502.com/
  - asciimo 9y ago
    jaw drops
  - Animats 9y ago
    Over 4000 surface mount components. But not many different part numbers. He probably has access to a pick and place machine.
lelandbatey 9y ago
I've actually been designing PCB versions of the modules for Ben Eaters tiny CPU, you can see them on my GitHub. Here's the latest one I've done, the ALU: https://github.com/lelandbatey/custom_cpu--ALU https://github.com/lelandbatey/custom_cpu--ALU Here's what the physical versions of the clock and the register look like during testing (red is clock, blue is register): https://goo.gl/photos/NSAEYVu7AbXVjcBK6 https://goo.gl/photos/NSAEYVu7AbXVjcBK6
- beneater 9y ago
  Very cool! I've been considering going this direction with the videos once I've finished everything for the breadboard version. Modular PCBs would make it a lot easier to rearrange things to experiment with different architectures, which could be interesting. But I've got a lot of other ideas too, so who knows...
- bogomipz 9y ago
  Wow these are great. Is your background in EE then?
  - lelandbatey 9y ago
    No, my background is entirely in CS. This is the first circuit and electronics work I've done, though I have two friends much more acquainted with electronics than I who have been giving advice.
JauntTrooper 9y ago
Honestly Ben, you should seriously consider doing this.

asciimo 9y ago

That would be super cool. In the meantime, The Dodo is higher level kit featuring a 6502 processor. http://www.dodolabs.io/ http://www.dodolabs.io/

userbinator 9y ago
...and here is a project to make a discrete 6502, which currently isn't commercial but might be: http://monster6502.com/ http://monster6502.com/
- asciimo 9y ago
  jaw drops
- Animats 9y ago
  Over 4000 surface mount components. But not many different part numbers. He probably has access to a pick and place machine.

lelandbatey 9y ago

I've actually been designing PCB versions of the modules for Ben Eaters tiny CPU, you can see them on my GitHub. Here's the latest one I've done, the ALU: https://github.com/lelandbatey/custom_cpu--ALU https://github.com/lelandbatey/custom_cpu--ALU Here's what the physical versions of the clock and the register look like during testing (red is clock, blue is register): https://goo.gl/photos/NSAEYVu7AbXVjcBK6 https://goo.gl/photos/NSAEYVu7AbXVjcBK6

beneater 9y ago
Very cool! I've been considering going this direction with the videos once I've finished everything for the breadboard version. Modular PCBs would make it a lot easier to rearrange things to experiment with different architectures, which could be interesting. But I've got a lot of other ideas too, so who knows...
bogomipz 9y ago
Wow these are great. Is your background in EE then?
- lelandbatey 9y ago
  No, my background is entirely in CS. This is the first circuit and electronics work I've done, though I have two friends much more acquainted with electronics than I who have been giving advice.

JauntTrooper 9y ago

Honestly Ben, you should seriously consider doing this.