Description:
Learn computer architecture and assembly language. A working model of an 8086 CPU is gradually built from basic principals of computer architecture using a Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA).
Brief description: Robert Dunne has over 40 years of computer experience ranging from developing custom hardware interfaces for supercomputers to teaching technology courses in middle-school gifted-education programs. Starting out with degrees in physics and computer science, he was on staff at a national laboratory and a major engineering firm for ten years before becoming an entrepreneur in the development of embedded systems. During the past 20 years, he has been teaching three undergraduate courses per year in embedded systems, digital design, and computer programming using a variety of CPUs and FPGAs.