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Ben Eater - Builds his own 8 bit computer and walks you through all the steps

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS0N5baNlQWJCUrhCEo8WlA

Ben Krasnow's Applied Science - Teaches a lot more than electronics, but will also help you get some ideas (don't underestimate watching people do cool stuff to inspire you)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCivA7_KLKWo43tFcCkFvydw

Jeri Ellsworth - Lots of random electronics stuff

https://www.youtube.com/user/jeriellsworth

AND DO NOT FORGET TO BUY THE BIBLE

https://smile.amazon.com/Art-Electronics-Paul-Horowitz/dp/05...



Thanks to this comment, I've now spent this past weekend binging the entire Ben Eater 8-bit computer series this far. Very entertaining, and I certainly learned a few things about computer architecture. I'm very tempted to do the project myself.

There is a very, very base level of electronics understanding for a couple things that are below the scope of what he covers. You're expected to understand what a pull-up resistor is, for example, and he briefly touches on RC circuits but I don't think his explanation would be sufficient for grokking the concept from scratch. Overall though, he is an excellent teacher and I think he makes concepts quite clear.

I personally ran a few parts at 2x speed, and skipped the Turing machine discussion entirely, but I'm sure the info is quite necessary to some people, so I'm glad he included it all.


+1 for Ben Eater - super solid explanations, really enlightening even right at an early level.




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