From Transistors to an 8-bit Computer
A few weeks ago, a memory popped up on my phone of a 3-bit added I had made from purely transistors and resistors. I remember building this after being fascinated by how computers could take electric charges and use clever circuitry to turn these into complex mathematical computations. After seeing went to watch a quick video to remind me of the logic behind this, and I really got in a rabbit hole. After watching a few video series, mainly Ben Eater's breadboard computer, I was really inspired to take up a challenge of my own, something that would really force me to truly understand the low-level behavior of a basic computer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyznrdDSSGM&list=PLowKtXNTBypGqImE405J2565dvjafglHU&ab_channel=BenEater The video series which inspired me to start this project. I would highly reccomend it. Over the next…