Learn to Code LA Nand2tetris Study Group Notes and Links

Main links:

• Sign up for our Slack chatroom to keep in touch with us virtually: https://l2cla-slackin.herokuapp.com/
• Enroll in the free Coursera class: https://www.coursera.org/learn/build-a-computer
• Course homepage: http://nand2tetris.org/
• (optional): use course software remotely: https://github.com/LearnToCodeLA/nand2tetris/wiki/Test-HDL-files-remotely

Week 0

• Watch the videos on Coursera
• Read the introduction chapter of The Elements of Computing Systems (PDF)
• Download the free NAND2Tetris software
• Complete Project 0! (Only if you're submitting assignments on Coursera.)

Week 1

• Watch the videos on Coursera
• Read Chapter 1 of The Elements of Computing Systems (PDF) by Noam Nisan and Shimon Schocken
• Read Appendix A: Hardware Description Language (HDL) (PDF)
• Review the Hardware simulator tutorial (PDF)
• Read the Hardware Description Language (HDL) Survivor Guide by Mark Armbrust
• Complete Project 1!

Tools

Circuit Simulators

• Logic.ly for designing and debugging circuits
• [Logisim] (http://www.cburch.com/logisim/index.html) design/simulate digital logic circuits
• [circuitjs] (http://lushprojects.com/circuitjs/circuitjs.html) check combinatorial/sequential logic examples
• [DEEDS] (http://www.esng.dibe.unige.it/deeds/) Digital Electronics Education and Design Suite

###Development Environments

• Cloud9 online code editor (See also: our guide to running NAND2Tetris software remotely)

Additional Resources

• Watch these videos of another NAND2Tetris study group (Warning: may contain spoilers!)
• ...Add more here!

Cool Links

• Video: Binary addition with dominoes
• Video: The 10,000 Domino Computer
• Video: How Does a Transistor Work?
• Did you know the Apollo Guidance Computer was built out of nothing but NOR gates?
• Video: 16-bit Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) Built in Minecraft
• Article: Magic in Software Development on balancing bottom-up vs top-down learning
• Easy 6502 Assembly Tutorial
• Visual 6502 CPU Simulator
• Project: A homebrew 8-bit computer built entirely out of NAND gates
• ...add more!