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That's gonna take a lot of transistors. I suggest doing it with gates instead. Using transistors is like programming a computer with machine language; using gat
by dreamcompiler 7y ago
That's gonna take a lot of transistors. I suggest doing it with gates instead. Using transistors is like programming a computer with machine language; using gates is more like a good macro assembler.
Building yourself one NAND gate with transistors and resistors would be a valuable learning experience, but building 100 of them won't teach you anything new.
- atum47 7y agoI see, I just think it will be cool to have one on my desk. Take a look a this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xISG4nGTQYE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xISG4nGTQYE) I got the idea from it.
- dreamcompiler 7y agoI agree the end result would be cool. I just wouldn't have the attention span for that much low-level dinking :-)
- eatonphil 7y agoYes that's hard to debate. But if you want to get the experience without the physical complexity you can always build an 8-bit computer in a simulator like they do in many college courses. I used Logisim [0] at college for this following the Harris and Harris [1] textbook and it was a straightforward experience. [0] http://www.cburch.com/logisim/ http://www.cburch.com/logisim/ [1] https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13816512.David_Money_Harris https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13816512.David_Money_H...