16 Nov
2005
16 Nov
'05
6:18 p.m.
Roger Merchberger wrote:
s it were...
Besides, a secondary reason for building this is to put it in a
plexiglas/lucite case so it'll work as a functional display piece -
I've been doing some volunteer work with the local schools about "how
computers actually work" - A single board with an AVR & a few LEDs
just doesn't seem so impressive (or fun!) ;-)
Well how do they work ... :) I think a simple cpu design that is
flowcharted with multi-colored leds
( say red for 1's green for 0's ) where the data walks from gate to
gate in the alu.
Say 32 words of memory for program memory ( loaded from rom ), and 16
words of ram,
and few hands on I/O devices for the people using the project.