Padd Solutions

I've been looking at "Code" again, and I decided to design functioning CPUs from what I learned in it. Normally CPUs are designed in HDLs such as VHDL and Verilog, but these languages take transistors out of the equation. Since it would be my first CPU, I decided to use Logisim because it had more of a simulation interface and let design with individual transistors. I put the fruits of my labor on my Github. The last design still needs a little of work, but all the other designs are fully functioning.



My next project is to design a more complex CPU using Verilog. I'll write up a dedicated post on it once I make more progress. For the time being you can follow the work at this Github page. I'm also planning on writing low-level code for the Beagleboard XM I got as a Christmas present.

My computer desk

Hydrogen rocket launcher to the left, broken VCR player to the right

I have a modified computer PSU for the power supply. As you can see, it's hooked up to an electrolysis unit. The soda bottle thing at the top is the actual rocket, but I just noticed that the fins are screwed onto the wrong end. :)

I don't know what I'd do without my junk bin.

Some old electronic gizmos I have either made or taken apart. The contraption in the Zip-Lock box to the right is a PWM unit for my electrolysis unit I made a few years ago.

This is the electronic parts keep in my room for prototyping. I made the drawers myself from a decade old sheet of plywood sitting in the basement. It was warped as hell so I'm pretty proud.

My main workbench where I do all my soldering and stuff. Notice the old toaster oven my aunt gave me. I use it to desolder entire PCB's, but a slice of toast every now and then is good too.

The workroom/workout room that's my second home. Notice the old treadmill and Bowflex that my family never uses :).