Microcomputer Design and Construction

by Alan Clements

Tells you how to design and build a general-purpose microcomputer to your own specifications. Bridges the gap between the highly specific data sheets from manufacturers and the more general student textbooks. Provides full circuit diagrams, and shows you with a wealth of practical details how to build the system yourself. Also teaches you the principles involved, so that you can modify the design, and build a new system to your own requirements. Topics covered include power supplies, address decoding, input/output techniques, video display circuits, analog-to-digital interface, multiprocessors, and the monitor program which controls the system.

520 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1982

Reviews

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick verdict on Microcomputer Design and Construction: loud, funny, and a bit exhausting. What worked: Alan Clements never lets the energy dip. What didn't: I needed a break by the halfway mark and the book didn't offer one. Recommend for high-energy readers, skip if you need room to breathe.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 3 out of 5]

The way Alan Clements frames the conflict in Microcomputer Design and Construction makes it clear that true liberation isn't handed down by leaders—it's taken back step by step.