Re: I'm working on my last chip in chapter/week 3: the PC chip

Posted by WBahn on Jul 22, 2019; 7:44pm
URL: http://nand2tetris-questions-and-answers-forum.52.s1.nabble.com/I-m-working-on-my-last-chip-in-chapter-week-3-the-PC-chip-tp4033386p4033413.html

Platforms like Arduino and Raspberry Pi aren't really appropriate for this project because they already have this stuff built into them -- they are essentially CPUs just like the Hack is a CPU.

A number of people have built the Hack (or other simplified processors) using discrete logic components, but the widespread value and utility of doing so is pretty limited.

But doing what you suggest would be a good paper project for an IC design course. Also, moving the Hack into physical hardware and dealing with the physical implementation of real memory-mapped peripherals is a very educational undertaking.