The Elements of Computing Systems Part 1: Hardware

A virtual computer from scratch. Completed while sleep deprived on paternity leave.

Requires the simulator software suite.

• Overview: https://www.nand2tetris.org
• Textbook: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Computing-Systems-second-Principles-dp-0262539802/dp/0262539802/

Projects:

• 01: Basic logic gates (and, or, xor, mux, dmux)
• 02: Boolean arithmetic chips (half and full adder, 16 bit adder, 16 bit incrimenter, ALU)
• 03: Sequential logic chips (bits, registers, ram)
• 04: Machine language (basic assembly programs)
• 05: Computer architecture (CPU, memory, full computer)
• 06: Assembler (Hack assembly language assembler for the computer created in the previous project)