When it came time to try out some old-school computing [Quinn Dunki] grabbed a 6502 processor and got to work. For those that are unfamiliar, this is the first chip that was both powerful, affordab… ...

But the willingness to entertain big questions like “What is the nature of this tool we are designing?” and “What is the ‘nail’ we can hammer with it?” was key to success in building a computer that ...

The process of building an integrated computer circuit is divided into two parts. The first is called the ‘front end of the line’ and it involves components, such as transistors, being ...

After two years of work, the small team at Norwegian developer 4Bit Games recently released Prime Mover, an open-ended puzzle game about building circuit boards that fulfill "a wide variety of ...

How do I learn circuit building and electronics on my Mac? If you want to learn about basic electronic components and how to build simple circuits, using your Mac as a learning resource, then you ...

Alex Klein: The Pixel Kit is an evolution of the build-your-own-computer concept -- now, the computer you make yourself is covered in a layer of dazzling lights, programmable from any device.

Two MIT Media Lab students have created an electronics circuit building kit called Makey Makey, that turns almost any object into a computer touchpad or key input.

This isn’t the first time we’ve read about a one-instruction set computer. Years ago, we saw a hardware version of a subtract and branch if negative computer.