ECLair

Verilog transcription of ALU is almost complete, but seems to be malfunctioning in the carry logic of the second bit. Will be using MC10H181 w/ MC10H179 CLA generator.

Started working on the design of the ALU system and transcribing internal diagrams from datasheets into Verilog.

Added decode support for ROM/RAM/device memory, got everything working so that now an instruction is fetched from ROM at startup and is jumped to in microcode. Started work on the X/Y registers, and started work on a microcode generator so […]

Got the part of the design that’s been diagrammed so far converted into Verilog and working. Now it fetches instructions (from a constant right now, not ROM or RAM yet) and does jumps to their location in microcode.

Started the logical diagram and the microcode layout.

  Spent the weekend reading Bit-Slice Microprocessor Design, which clarified a lot of the parts of a microcoded CPU that I’d previously been fuzzy on.  

Started putting the basic ideas and architecture for ECLair together.