NandGame – Build a Computer from Scratch
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NandGame – Build a Computer from Scratch
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Re: NandGame – Build a Computer from Scratch
#2I've done the Coursera course, Nand2Tetris, that inspired this website [1] and found it deeply intellectually satisfying and engaging.
If anyone is interested in learning about the logical primitives that build up to a computer, and how they're implemented using logic gates, I would deeply recommend the course!
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#3Awesome! I've always thought it would be interesting to port Nand2Tetris to the web to make it more easily accessible. Glad someone finally ported the virtual computer building part!
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#4I wonder when we can start 3D printing our own resistors and transistors.
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#5Really cool, curious to see how hard it gets. Reminds me of college.
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#6This looks a bit like MHRD [1] but with a GUI :)
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#7Some of my favourite courses of undergrad were Digital Electronics 1 and 2. How you can build everything up from nand gates is so satisfying, I’ve forgotten much of it now but this is bookmarked to come back to for posterity
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#8I wonder when we can start 3D printing our own resistors and transistors.
They already are. Most lithography processes are additive, including making the active components themselves (is some applications, not in general)
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#9There was this ancient Flash game called "Engineer of the People" that was all about designing IC circuits (NPN and PNP junctions) in the Soviet Union for some secretive reason. I never beat the game and got to the reveal. IIRC it was by Zachtronics, the same guy that did Shenzhen I/O and infiniminer (the inspiration for Minecraft).
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#10I wonder when we can start 3D printing our own resistors and transistors.
I'm no expert in this field but I think the challenging part in IC design is the light-based lithography process that makes integrating large numbers of transistors possible...so I guess the 3d printing part is not the limiting factor.