{"id":161019,"date":"2023-03-25T16:30:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T21:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/i-made-a-working-computer-with-just-redstone"},"modified":"2023-03-25T16:30:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T21:30:36","slug":"i-made-a-working-computer-with-just-redstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/i-made-a-working-computer-with-just-redstone","title":{"rendered":"I Made a Working Computer with just Redstone!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CW9N6kGbu2I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hi guys! Over the last 2 months, I created a programmable 8-bit computer with just redstone. This was an insane project, and I\u2019m super happy with how it turned out!<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Intro.<br \/> 0:27 Computer Overview.<br \/> 1:28 Introduction to Registers and the ALU<br \/> 3:37 Building the Registers.<br \/> 5:00 Building the ALU<br \/> 5:58 Introduction to Instruction Memory and the Program Counter.<br \/> 7:44 What about loops?<br \/> 9:28 Building the Program Counter.<br \/> 9:57 Building the Instruction Memory.<br \/> 10:55 Countdown Program in Minecraft.<br \/> 11:50 One last problem.<br \/> 13:01 Building the Data Memory.<br \/> 14:18 Showcase.<\/p>\n<p>JOIN MY DISCORD! <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/V5KFaF63mV\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/V5KFaF63mV<\/a><br \/> SUPPORT ME <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/mattbatwings\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/mattbatwings<\/a>.<br \/> My socials: <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/mattbatwings\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/mattbatwings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Github Repo (assembler and programs): <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mattbatwings\/BatPU\">https:\/\/github.com\/mattbatwings\/BatPU<\/a><br \/> Instruction Set: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1Em4ugw7qa9VX12AoGqpYfUq0a0jHWwtgRfksVHQf2S4\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1Em4ugw7qa9VX12AoGqpY\u2026fksVHQf2S4<\/a><br \/> Specs:<br \/> - Harvard Architecture.<br \/> - Custom instruction set w\/ 16 instructions.<br \/> - 24 redstone tick clock speed (0.41 hz)<br \/> - 64 bytes RAM<br \/> - 128 bytes program memory.<br \/> - 8 general purpose registers.<br \/> - 1 central ALU<\/p>\n<p>Showcase Music:<br \/> Creo \u2014 Lightmare.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/U0hibvFfRdg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/U0hibvFfRdg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>World Download: (JAVA 1.18.2)<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/i-made-a-working-computer-with-just-redstone\">Continue reading \u201cI Made a Working Computer with just Redstone!\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi guys! Over the last 2 months, I created a programmable 8-bit computer with just redstone. This was an insane project, and I\u2019m super happy with how it turned out! 0:00 Intro. 0:27 Computer Overview. 1:28 Introduction to Registers and the ALU 3:37 Building the Registers. 5:00 Building the ALU 5:58 Introduction to Instruction Memory [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}