“All his videos are amazing, and super easy to understand.”
Clear explanation of NOR gates from transistors
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This video was reasonably good, but still required a lot of background. If you want really terrific easily understood, yet totally in-depth information about integrated circuits, starting from the physics how semi-conductors actually work at the electron level, all the way up through gates and on to an entire computer, Ben Eater's videos are outstanding. Most people know his work from the Breadboard computer, link , where he builds an actual functioning computer, with instructions and microcode and output, from scratch on a breadboard, along with terrific explanations. But that is just the tip of the iceberg. All his videos are amazing, and super easy to understand. Here is his version of how nor gates work: which is way easier to understand to me than this video: this video Here is his whole channel: link and his website: link
Recommendsz3ugmaJul 2021
“series on building an 8-bit computer from scratch was very helpful to me”
Ben Eater series building a computer from scratch
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Ben Eater’s series on building an 8-bit computer from scratch was very helpful to me in this regard: linkthis video
Cites itsomatJun 2023
“The thing that blew my mind was how you can replace discrete transistor logic with memory.”
Combinational logic from transistors
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The thing that blew my mind was how you can replace discrete transistor logic with memory. While it is sort of obvious in retrospect. I think it an important insight into the nature of computation. Making combinational logic gates from transistors: this video Using an EEPROM to replace combinational logic: link
Cites itpixelfarmerJun 2023
“Something like that?”
Example of basic gate explainers
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Something like that? link or this video and there are truckloads more of these. There used to be electronics sets for kids with breadboards (some of them larger scale for easier physical handling then standard breadboards), and they'd had manuals with them explaining all the things. I remember that they also contained descriptions of basic gates like (N)AND, (N)OR, NOT, plus flip flops for storing 1 bit of data.
