We will be adding ‘addca’ to add the carry bit from the last addition operation. Additionally, we will be adding ‘call’ and ‘ret’ statements (along with the required stack information) to enable branching. Please bring a breadboard and jumpers so that we can troubleshoot using the three external IO buses. If you cannot bring those…

We will continue building the instruction set for our custom CPUs. Plans are to fix a bug in movaf, create movfa (move from memory to register a), and create jump opcodes for register_a and memory location comparisons. Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will…

This class will teach you the fundamentals of ANSI C. We’re aiming for both beginners and those who have had little experience with C. Though experience with other languages would be helpful, it is not required. We’ll work on different projects to teach us the fundamentals. We’ll start with a simple Hello, World and work…

We will continue building the instruction set for our custom CPUs. Plans are to have add, subtract, logical shift (left and right), and rotate (left and right). Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will not have time to wait for the install process to…

We started work on our CPU last week. This class will focus on getting the CPU up and running with simple instructions like add, subtract, multiply, divide, jump, and sending data to the IO ports. Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will not have…

This will be the last class on VGA before moving to CPUs. We will be modifying our code to draw multiple lines of text on the screen. Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will not have time to wait for the install process to…

We will continue our work with VGA monitors. I have new code that we will be using to draw binary values with. If time permits, we will cover basic bitmaps. Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please ensure you already have the ISE installed!! We will not have time to wait for the…

Let’s talk food and drink. Bring something to share. You’re thinking bacon, right? Or maybe homemade sweet potato pie. I hear folks love kabobs. The grill is going to be working overtime. What you’re bringing is entirely up to you. This is you’re opportunity to show off that special recipe and that fancy pants imported…