Ben Eater Courses

Experimenting with LEDs - Digital Electronics Fundamentals - Part 1

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Explore how an LED responds as different voltages are applied.

• YouTube
• 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Making Logic Gates from Transistors

1 rating

Learn how transistors can be combined to build inverter, NAND, XOR, and other logic gates.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SPI - The Serial Peripheral Interface

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Explore the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) protocol through a hardware demonstration involving a temperature sensor module.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Reverse Engineering Microsoft BASIC - Memory Management and Print Functions

Dive into the intricacies of Microsoft BASIC's internal workings through reverse engineering, exploring memory management, string handling, and PRINT functionality implementation.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Networking Fundamentals - From Digital Transmission to TCP

Master networking fundamentals from digital transmission to TCP protocols through hands-on analysis of Ethernet encoding, IP routing, and real packet examination.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The SID - Classic 8-bit Sound

Explore the legendary SID sound chip from Commodore 64, learning how to interface it with a 6502 computer to generate classic 8-bit audio and music.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modern SID Chip Substitutes

Explore modern alternatives to the classic SID sound chip, examining contemporary solutions for retro computing audio synthesis and their capabilities.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Do Aircraft Systems Communicate?

Discover how aircraft systems exchange critical data through specialized communication protocols and networks in aviation technology.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Computer Noises - Generating Sound with Square Wave Amplification

Learn how a computer generates sound by amplifying square waves and programming frequency-specific beeps in MSBASIC.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Sound Synthesizer with a 6502 Microprocessor

Discover how to build a sound synthesizer using the 6502 microprocessor in this hands-on electronics tutorial by Ben Eater.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Does a USB Keyboard Work?

Explore how USB keyboards communicate through differential signaling, bit stuffing, packet structure, polling, and latency, with a comparison to PS/2.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Binary to Decimal Can't Be That Hard, Right?

Learn how to convert binary values to decimal by designing and implementing a division algorithm in 6502 assembly.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hacking a Weird TV Censoring Device

Reverse-engineering a TV Guardian to extract and decode its built-in offensive-word dictionary from ROM.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Does USB Device Discovery Work?

Explore how USB enumeration identifies a keyboard, decodes its descriptors and HID reports, and reveals the six-key rollover limit.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Interrupt Handling

Configure a 6522 VIA to trigger, clear, and debounce 6502 processor interrupts from a button.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video