{"id":619,"date":"2021-10-17T14:45:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T14:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/?p=619"},"modified":"2021-10-17T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T14:55:00","slug":"bread-board-cpuless-sequencing-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/2021\/10\/17\/bread-board-cpuless-sequencing-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Tron 2000 MK1 | Bread Board CPUless Sequencing Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mark Tron 2000 MK1 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bread Board CPUless Sequencing Computer.  Started a Ben Eater style Bread Board Computer build a while ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dusted off the Mark Tron 2000 Mk1 today.  It is a CPUless, micro controller less 8 bit X2 sequencing computer.  My first use case was for audio control voltage signals with a step up converter to 12v.  Could also be used to sequence a LED array, etc.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bread_board_computer_mark_tron_mk1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-620\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bread_board_computer_mark_tron_mk1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bread_board_computer_mark_tron_mk1-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bread_board_computer_mark_tron_mk1-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bread_board_computer_mark_tron_mk1.jpeg 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The architecture is, from bottom to top:  logic gate cheat board, 8bit sequencer section  74hct165n, x2 74HC595N for 16 bit total RAM storage, clock modules then 2 74HC595N for routing the 16 bit sequence elsewhere.  Plus a bunch of random function buttons that don&#8217;t do anything yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently Running on an adjustable clock and some other random 555 clocks. So it out puts random 8 bit sequences to each of the 595 shift registers.   I might &#8220;cheat &#8221; a bit and use an Arduino to handle the latch and input sequence of the 74hct165n. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Future upgrades include an eeprom and maybe upgraded RAM to 32 bits \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Tron 2000 MK1 Bread Board CPUless Sequencing Computer. Started a Ben Eater style Bread Board Computer build a while ago. Dusted off the Mark Tron 2000 Mk1 today. It is a CPUless, micro controller less 8 bit X2 sequencing computer. My first use case was for audio control voltage signals with a step up converter to 12v. Could also be used to sequence a LED array, etc.. The architecture is, from bottom to top: logic gate cheat board, 8bit sequencer section 74hct165n, x2 74HC595N for 16 bit total RAM&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":623,"href":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions\/623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mipython.magwebdesigns.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}