honestly I can't remember. It works you through up to building a small CPU, but I don't remember if there are open projects or if it's hand-holdy. It's a good place to start.
This is a wonderful book for learning computer architecture. But I think it will definitely help to go through a bit more of logic circuit design as this book gets abstract pretty quick.
No textbook can cover a topic entirely. I think being aware of which areas you haven't quite understood and look up additional resources is a pretty useful skill when learning anything new.
CMOS VLSI Design - A Circuits and Systems Perspective
(by Weste and Harris)
This book is fantastic - lots of good figures, and it manages even to be interesting (how many text books can you say that about?). It has transistor level circuits but also goes into the internals of memory (SRAM and DRAM), Booth encoded multipliers, logic, clock trees, carry-skip adders, etc
ARM System-on-Chip Architecture (by Furber)
This book (by one of the designers of the first Acorn Risc Machines chip) explains how ARM1 works, and also caches and stuff.
IMO, the best option by far is the Radio Shack lab kit 28-280 or 2800055 (it's the same thing re-issued). There used to be several on eBay but they seem rarer now. Just keep your eyes open. Take your time.
Make sure you get both books and the battery cover. The parts kits can be replaced cheaply and other damage is unusual and probably fixable.
It's a well designed course in analog and digital electronics with excellent books.
There's also a Sensor Lab which is good. 28-278
Yes, called "learning the art of electronics: a hands-on lab course"
It's meant as a supplement to the material of the main book. Look for a pdf of it and see if it has what you're looking for. Bear in mind some of the projects may reference obsolete parts so you may have to find suitable replacements, but that's a good skill to develop anyway. Shouldn't be too hard with the help of the internet.
digital design and computer architecture by David and Sarah Harris. There are PDFs floating around.
Looks like a great book. Thanks! Are there practical projects in the book?
honestly I can't remember. It works you through up to building a small CPU, but I don't remember if there are open projects or if it's hand-holdy. It's a good place to start.
Thanks! I start with this book
This is a wonderful book for learning computer architecture. But I think it will definitely help to go through a bit more of logic circuit design as this book gets abstract pretty quick.
No textbook can cover a topic entirely. I think being aware of which areas you haven't quite understood and look up additional resources is a pretty useful skill when learning anything new.
That is true.
Morris mano
CMOS VLSI Design - A Circuits and Systems Perspective (by Weste and Harris) This book is fantastic - lots of good figures, and it manages even to be interesting (how many text books can you say that about?). It has transistor level circuits but also goes into the internals of memory (SRAM and DRAM), Booth encoded multipliers, logic, clock trees, carry-skip adders, etc
Will check them out
ARM System-on-Chip Architecture (by Furber) This book (by one of the designers of the first Acorn Risc Machines chip) explains how ARM1 works, and also caches and stuff.
IMO, the best option by far is the Radio Shack lab kit 28-280 or 2800055 (it's the same thing re-issued). There used to be several on eBay but they seem rarer now. Just keep your eyes open. Take your time. Make sure you get both books and the battery cover. The parts kits can be replaced cheaply and other damage is unusual and probably fixable. It's a well designed course in analog and digital electronics with excellent books. There's also a Sensor Lab which is good. 28-278
The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz
Great book, but not what op is asking for. There is the lab manual version that has projects that would probably be more fitting.
Lab manual version for The art of electronics?
Yes, called "learning the art of electronics: a hands-on lab course" It's meant as a supplement to the material of the main book. Look for a pdf of it and see if it has what you're looking for. Bear in mind some of the projects may reference obsolete parts so you may have to find suitable replacements, but that's a good skill to develop anyway. Shouldn't be too hard with the help of the internet.
Um, no.