A processor built from logic gates executing Brainfuck natively.
To design, prototype and finally build a processor native instruction set of which is brainfuck.
Currently the project is in revision 0. Rev0 was designed to be a proof of concept, the first iteration existing to learn from errors in design.
Currently the rev0 is fully working. Unfortunately it is not very efficient and a bit overcomplicated. From those reasons this version will never be built.
rev0 wes designed to be a proof of concept, next revision will be designed to be built. In addition to the logical diagram an electrical schematic will be added, and so will be the layout for the PCB.
The bus width will be changed from 8bit to 16bit and possibly the combinational logic will be replaced by a microcode unit.
To run a program open the circuit file (located it the /logic directory)
in Logisim and load a program image (.rom file by convention) by right clicking the Program ROM
component and selecting "Load image". Then either select compiled program from the /programs
directory or select your own program. When the program is loaded reset the processor by pressing the Ctrl+R.
In the Simulation menu select the desired simulation tick frequency and then enable the ticks by pressing
the Ctrl+K. Afterwards select the Poke tool (Ctrl+1) and click the Bootstrap button. After you
release the button the program will start executing. If you see the REQ. INPUT lignt it means the processor
is halted and waiting for user input. Switch from the Poke tool to the Mouse (Ctrl+2), select the Constant directly
to the right of the REQ. INPUT LED and enter your desired value in hex. Afterwards switch back to the Poke
tool and hit the INPUT READY button. Processor will then continue in execution of the program.
The logical schematics can be found here. The file is intended to be loaded by Logisim
The design is licensed under the TAPR Open Hardware License (www.tapr.org/OHL)
Example and testing programs (as well as their compiled versions) can be found here.
Sources for programs which weren't written by me:
The convention in this directory is that the brainfuck source code has the .bf extension, programs in format intended for Logisim have the .rom extension and programs in format for the real CPU have no extension.
This directory contains the script for transforming .bf source code to the binary opcodes used by the processor, as well as the script for transforming .bf source code to the format for the Logisim.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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