Shadowman39 has built an 8-bit computer with the help of K'nex construction toys. Despite its imprecise mechanics, the ...

K ’NEX, the colorful plastic construction toy known for roller coasters and towers, has taken on a new identity. It has ...

Using HDL, from Boolean algebra and elementary logic gates to building a Central Processing Unit, a memory system, and a hardware platform, leading up to a 16-bit general-purpose computer. Then, ...

We then discuss Boolean arithmetic, two’s complement, and arithmetic-logic operations. This background sets the stage for project 2, in which students use the elementary gates built in project 1 to ...

In teaching electronic, telecommunications and related engineering, the Arithmetic-Logic Unit (ALU) is a basic device for understanding digital electronics and binary and combinational logic. This ...