goal: 2024/4/18 14:00 - 4/30 18:00: complete learning this course

Coursera: Nand2Tetris

the book: The Elements of Computing Systems : Building a Modern Computer from First Principles, 2nd edition, 2021

https://www.nand2tetris.org/

Nand2Tetris Questions and Answers Forum

https://github.com/BradenCradock/nand2tetris

https://github.com/AllenWrong/nand2tetris

https://github.com/woai3c/nand2tetris

The Hack computer from nand2tetris on breadboards

Douban’s reviews on this book

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• (2024/4/18 14:00 - 16:30) coursera: Module 0: Introduction Roadmap
• (4/18 16:30 - 4/19 10:30) book: (page 1-33) introduction to the hardware part
• (4/19 10:30 - 4/20 18:48) chapter 1 + project 1: Boolean Logic
• (4/20 18:48 - 4/21 11:00) chapter 2:  Boolean Arithmetic
• (4/21 11:00 - 16:00) project 2:  Boolean Arithmetic
• (4/21 16:00 - 4/22 12:00) chapter 3: Memory
• (4/22 12:00 - 18:20) project 3: Memory
• (4/22 18:20 - 4/24 18:00) chapter 4: Machine Language
• (4/24 18:00 - 21:50) project 4: Machine Language
• (4/24 21:50 - 4/27 11:10) chapter 5: Computer Architecture
• (4/27 11:10 - ) project 5: Computer Architecture
• (4/28 7:00 - 4/29 12:00) chapter 6: Assembler
• (4/29 12:00 - 23:05) project 6: Assembler
• (4/29 23:05 - 5/1 20:40) chapter 7: Virtual Machine I: Processing
• (5/1 20:40 - 5/2 19:49) project 7
• (5/2 19:49 - 5/4 11:14) chapter 8: Virtual Machine II: Control

Attention: Even if the emulator shows "Comparison ended successfully", it doesn't mean your code is correct. In my case, I have added an infinite loop to the end of the generated assembly code, but it doesn't work, the PC value becomes absurdly large where there is no assembly code. Refer to #4

nested function call: from VM commands to Hack assembly

./nand2tetris/projects/8/FunctionCalls/NestedCall/NestedCall.html

./nand2tetris/projects/8/FunctionCalls/NestedCall/NestedCallStack.html

• (5/4 11:14 - 5/5 17:27) project 8