Projects

Here is a List of Projects I’m currently working on.

16-Bit Computer (bigger and better)

Ah.  My 16 bit computer. I’m still working on this one so I’ll add more media as I complete the project. Here is a picture of what I have so far: This time I was determined to have a computer with a full instruction set. I wanted a computer that the control logic would do …

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8-Bit Computer

My first experiment with Integrated circuits. I was trying to get a deeper understanding of how computers do what they do. So I built this 8 bit breadboard computer: This 1 MHz computer was limited to say the least but an extremely intoxicating project. It could add and subtract with 256 bytes of RAM and …

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Simple Ray Tracer (BL Space Ray)

This project is well over 10 years old now, and has now been put into a state of low maintenance. Yet still I find myself showing the project to people to try and get them interested in the way 3D software packages work. This C# application will render a scene (mainly rendering quadratic shapes) and …

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