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Jorge Nuno
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| I made the project for one 4bit cpu 2 years ago, but it never got away from the paper sheet... the alu had only nand, add and a comparator. |
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TmEE co.(TM)
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I'd go crazy if I had to do a ALU (and I have no idea where to begin)...
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Jorge Nuno
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Begin with the instruction decoding scheme, and the registers/acumulator layout, the alu will apear by itself as soon you decide and decode math instructions...
Something really basic... Then update the design to make it more powerfull if you want (I didn't) |
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HardWareMan
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| TmEE co.(TM) wrote: | | I'd go crazy if I had to do a ALU (and I have no idea where to begin)... |
Simple summator is (A XOR B) as Result and (A AND B) as Carry.
A B C F
0 0 0 0
0 1 0 1
1 0 0 1
1 1 1 0
Maybe you can use ALU chip. Even in USSR IC logic was one. К155ИП3 => 74xx181. It is 4 bits, but it can be expanded. And Carry flag supported.
Schematic diagram:
Opcodes table:
PS On pictures "B" = High (logic 1) and "H" = Low (logic 0) |
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Chilly Willy
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I just used the TTL ALU chip (4 bits wide)... microcoding was enough work to satisfy my cravings.  I was able to clock it up to the speed of the EPROMs. I used a two-stage pipe to make it easier to handle the output delay from the ALU. Also made the flow control of the microcode easier.
One guy I knew did the ALU as discrete parts. His proto board was about three times the size mine was. A lot of stuff in an ALU. I checked with the professor before using the ALU to see what the limit was on parts we could use. A lot of folks in the class used a Xilinx part. |
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TmEE co.(TM)
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Well, I'm not gonna make any CPUs, I'll rather spend a little on a 68K or Z80 (or whathever I want)... it will be lot cheaper (and lot less fun).
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Chilly Willy
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If you want to do 68k stuff these days, you'd be better off using a ColdFire MPU. Super-fast 68k-ish core with DMA and all sorts of good stuff in one package.  |
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TmEE co.(TM)
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First I finish 12th grade, and then go to technology school and then I'll maybe start doing some more serious hardware stuff... now I just don't have enough knowledge...
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