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Testing our computer's registers - 8-bit register - Part 5

2016-05-02

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In this video, we test the register we built in the last video (https://youtu.be/CiMaWbz_6E8) and connect it to two more registers like it.

After this video, we'll have three registers built and tested:

- A register

- B register

- Instruction register

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You can get all the components used in this video from any online electronic components distributor for a few dollars. See https://eater.net/bbcpu8-registers for more.

Complete parts list (everything in this video):

- Clock circuit from /youtube/video/SmQ5K7UQPMM

- 6x 74LS173 (4-bit D-type register)

- 3x 74LS245 (Octal bus transceiver)

- 32x LEDs

- 22 gauge wire

- 5 volt power source (e.g., a USB phone charger)


set the enable to high
/youtube/video/9WE3Obdjtv0?t=70.18
load pin from high to low
/youtube/video/9WE3Obdjtv0?t=124.119
hook the second register up to the bus
/youtube/video/9WE3Obdjtv0?t=300.19
build three registers for the computer
/youtube/video/9WE3Obdjtv0?t=392.92999
output one of these registers
/youtube/video/9WE3Obdjtv0?t=527.78998