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I don't have a great answer for you but I'll give it a shot. It sounds like you're trying to get from a basic understanding of analog circuits to understanding
by NwtnsMthd 6y ago
I don't have a great answer for you but I'll give it a shot. It sounds like you're trying to get from a basic understanding of analog circuits to understanding the makeup of a simple processor (e.g. the Z80).
The general progression is:
1. Circuit Theory (how fundamental components work)
2. Semiconductors(diodes, transistors, op-amps [skip those for now])
3. Digital Electronics (basic logic gates and boolean algebra)
Once you finish learning about digital electronics you should have the fundamental knowledge to understand how a basic processor might operate. A reasonably good place to start might be here.
https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/ https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/
Read Volume 1, Volume 3 (skip chapters 7-13), and Volume 4. That should get you up to speed reasonably quickly.
- astatine 6y agoThis would be the right approach, but a multi-year one.
- Snitch-Thursday 6y agoThanks for this, I was hoping to get a sketch of how I should orient my big-picture roadmap to understand digital electronics from the old 'electric light circuit kit' i used to have. While I can't claim that I'll complete this stuff quickly as the sibling reply mentions, I will certainly look into it.
- pkaye 6y agoIts about 4 courses (semester long) worth of studying I would consider essential. One circuits analysis course, two digital design courses, and computer architecture. By the end you should be able to build a simple RISC cpu on an FPGA.