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by JKCalhoun 1074 days ago
It goes without saying that Ben Eater's 8-bit computer kits [1] are like Legos for wannabe-electronics nerds. The kits themselves were the response of the outpouring of requests from viewers of his amazing YouTube channel where he first rose to notoriety for his breadboard CPU and computer.

I am currently assembling his 6502 breadboard computer (with the 16 x 2 LCD character display).

Someone put together an awesome "1-100 Transistor Projects" as a PDF [2] for learning how transistor circuits work. The PDF + breadboard + a dozen or so transistors and small parts will keep you busy.

There's a sequel "101-200 Transistor Circuits" [3], one on IC circuits [4] and one on the venerable 555 timer chip [5].

The above should keep you busy for the rest of the year. If not, be sure to skim through some of the electronics hobbyist magazines [6].

[1] https://eater.net

[2] https://archive.org/details/1To100TransistorCircuits

[3] https://www.talkingelectronics.com/projects/200TrCcts/101-20...

[4] https://www.talkingelectronics.com/projects/100%20IC%20Circu...

[5] https://www.talkingelectronics.com/projects/50%20-%20555%20C...

[6] https://worldradiohistory.com/Popular-Electronics-Guide.htm

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There's also a great game that walks through a bunch of these concepts and ends up with a working computer starting from gates.

https://turingcomplete.game/