timoshishi / nand2tetris

nand2tetris course

nand2tetris

Build a modern computer from scratch

Getting Started

Official Website

Free Coursera lecture series

Pre-requisites

• Java

Running the Hardware Simulator for projects 1-3

1. cd into the tools directory

2. Make sure you can run the file as an executable: chmod +x HardwareSimulator.sh

3. Run ./HardwareSimulator.sh

Loading a chipset

1. Click the Load Chip button

Testing a chipset

1. Click the Load Script button

2. Pick the script from the project directory

3. Click the Test Script button

Youtube software tutorial list

Tutorials

Week 1: Boolean Logic

Project Overview

Chapter 1: Boolean Logic

Lecture Slides

• Building basic chips for boolean logic

• Not

• And

• Or

• Xor

• Mux

• DMux

• Not16

• And16

• Or16

• Mux16

• Or8Way

• Mux4Way16

• Mux8Way16

• DMux4Way

• DMux8Way

Week 2: Boolean Arithmetic and the ALU

Project Overview

Chapter 2: Boolean Arithmetic and the ALU

Lecture Slides

• Building chips for boolean arithmetic

• HalfAdder

• FullAdder

• Add16

• Inc16

• ALU

Week 3: Sequential Logic

Project Overview

Chapter 3: Sequential Logic

Lecture Slides

• Building chips for sequential logic

a

• Bit
• Register
• RAM8
• RAM64
• RAM512
• RAM4K
• RAM16K
• PC

Week 4: Machine Language Programming

Project Overview

Chapter 4: Machine Language Programming

Lecture Slides

• Building a computer that can run programs written in machine language

• Mult

• Fill

Week 5: Computer Architecture

Project Overview

Chapter 5: Computer Architecture

Lecture Slides

• Building a computer that can run programs written in the Hack assembly language

• CPU

• Memory

• Computer

Week 6: Assembler

Project Overview

Chapter 6: Assembler

Lecture Slides

• Building an assembler that translates programs written in the Hack assembly language into binary machine code

• Assembler