On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 1:57 PM, S. Dale Morrey <[email protected]> wrote:
> My birthday is coming up in a month and my wife asked me what I want.
> I decided I want to go really bare metal and build my own pocket calculator.
> I found this kit...
> http://www.spikenzielabs.com/Catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=762
>
> The only problem I see is that it's using a programmable microcontroller.
> That sort of feels like cheating.  I'd prefer to build one from discrete
> logic units, even if the result would be big, bulky and slow.  I just want
> to geek out and learn something in the process.
>
> Does anyone know of a calculator kit or project using discrete logic?

Here's a highly simplified version:
http://wesharenotes.net/kevin/Projects/Adder/adder.html

       --Levi

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