Over the course of the last couple of months, I've been laying out the first of two boards for this computer. The first board will hold the following:
- W Bus display
- A register
- B register
- ALU with carry, sign, and zero flags
- Program Counter,
- Memory Address Register
- Memory
- Data entry
I plan board two to contain:
- Timing and Control logic
- Output register
- Instruction register
- Instruction decode
- Power supply
The second board will have an external connector so that you can extend the W Bus and Control signals to a breadboard.
I already received the first board and started to assemble and test it. I am logging and video logging my progress as well as challenges and solutions. This project is very much a learning process for me as Ben Eater has done things with the electronics in his videos that I have not previously considered. So, I'm eager to see how well this all translates to printed circuit boards.
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