Ben Eater's 8-Bit Computer

Ben Eater's computer in Vue2. Works with node@v16.

For more information about the reference implementation of the computer, check out Ben Eater's homepage.

Quickstart

npm install
npm run dev

Running test program

To run the test program, follow these steps:

1. Uncheck the Enable astable generator flag in the Clock module;
2. Click Reset to clear bus;
3. Click Load program – wait until it finishes;
4. Check back the Enable astable generator flag in the module;

The program will start counting down by 32 to 0 and back up.

Modifying the test program

A test program is available in the src/text.S file.

Instruction addresses in the program are counted from 0. For example jmp 4 means jump to the position of the 5th instruction in the program.

ldbi 1  @ Load the value 1 into register b
ldai 12 @ Load the value 12 into register a
out     @ Output the value in register a
sub     @ Subtract the value in register b from register a
jz 1    @ Jump to the first instruction if zero flag is set
jmp 2   @ Jump to the second instruction

Project Setup

docker compose up

Compile and Minify for Production

npm run build

Lint with ESLint

npm run lint