Computer Science Courses and Certifications

Ben Eater

JK Flip-Flop: Function and Applications in Digital Circuits

Explains how a JK flip-flop sets, resets, and toggles, including its usefulness in counter circuits.

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

Ben Eater

RAM Module Testing and Troubleshooting - Fixing Issues and Modifying Clock Edge Triggering

Test and troubleshoot an 8-bit computer's RAM module, including modifying it for rising-edge clocked writes.

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

Ben Eater

Introduction to 16-Byte Static RAM for 8-Bit Computer

Explore how 16-byte static RAM works and how the 74LS189 can build memory for an 8-bit computer.

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

Ben Eater

ALU Design for 8-Bit Computer

Designs the arithmetic and logic unit for an 8-bit computer, building on binary addition and signed-number representation.

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

Ben Eater

Building the ALU for an 8-Bit Computer

Build an 8-bit computer’s arithmetic logic unit from 74LS adders, XOR gates, a bus transceiver, LEDs, wiring, and power.

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

Ben Eater

D Flip-Flop: Design, Implementation, and Testing

Builds and tests a D flip-flop circuit that stores data on the rising edge of a clock.

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

Ben Eater

Stepping Through a Program on the 8-Bit Breadboard Computer

See how a program is stepped through on an 8-bit breadboard computer.

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

Ben Eater

Programming an 8-Bit Breadboard Computer

Program an 8-bit breadboard computer and explore how a hand-built computer works.

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

Sebastian Lague

Coding Adventure: Ray Tracing

Build a custom ray-tracing renderer in Unity, exploring rays, reflections, lighting, progressive rendering, anti-aliasing, and depth of field.

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

Ben Eater

What Is Error Correction? Hamming Codes in Hardware

Build a hardware circuit that uses Hamming codes to correct single-bit errors in encoded data.

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

Ben Eater

Conditional Jump Instructions

Program an 8-bit breadboard computer's microcode to support carry- and zero-conditional jumps, then test them in machine-code programs.

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

Ben Eater

Reprogramming CPU Microcode With an Arduino

Reprogram an 8-bit computer’s EEPROM-based control logic with an Arduino, translating microcode into machine instructions and testing a new subtract command.

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

Neso Academy

The Dining Philosophers Problem

Explores the Dining Philosophers synchronization problem, semaphore-based solutions, and remedies for preventing deadlocks.

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

Neso Academy

Semaphores

Explore semaphores as software-based tools for process synchronization, including wait and signal operations, binary semaphores, and counting semaphores.

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

Neso Academy

Process Synchronization

Learn why cooperating processes need synchronization to prevent race conditions and data inconsistency when accessing shared memory.

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