Usagi Electric | A Vacuum Tube Single Board Computer?! @UsagiElectric | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 51 minutes ago.
The UE-1 is one of my favorite projects to date, but there’s no denying that it’s weird as far as computers go. So weird in fact, nearly everyone who got hands on with it at the last event I had it at was completely lost as to what it was or how it worked. That got me thinking that a little handheld vacuum tube computer built using the same core concepts as the UE-1 would be great for introducing people to the concept of 1-bit computing. In this episode, I build up exactly that, with a little help from my friends at PCBWay!
Check out PCBWay:
pcbway.com
Check this link for all the design files:
github.com/Nakazoto/UE-0.1/tree/main
If you want to support the channel please hop over to Patreon:
patreon.com/usagielectric
Also, we now have some epic shirts for sale!
my-store-11554688.creator-spring.com
Come join us on Discord and Twitter!
Discord: discord.gg/p7UsfHD
Twitter: twitter.com/UsagiElectric
Intro Music adapted from:
Artist: The Runaway Five
Title: The Shinra Shuffle
ocremix.org/remix/OCR01847
Thanks for watching!
Chapters
0:00 Hello and welcome back
1:21 Why is the UE-1 so weird?
3:56 A crash course in the UE-1
5:28 What if we simply it as much as possible?
8:48 Logic diagram into PCB
10:38 First power on
13:16 That didn’t go well
14:20 Let’s take this thing for a test drive
17:02 How hard can it be to add 1+1?
20:04 Well, there we have it
21:51 Bunny!
The UE-1 is one of my favorite projects to date, but there’s no denying that it’s weird as far as computers go. So weird in fact, nearly everyone who got hands on with it at the last event I had it at was completely lost as to what it was or how it worked. That got me thinking that a little handheld vacuum tube computer built using the same core concepts as the UE-1 would be great for introducing people to the concept of 1-bit computing. In this episode, I build up exactly that, with a little help from my friends at PCBWay!
Check out PCBWay:
pcbway.com
Check this link for all the design files:
github.com/Nakazoto/UE-0.1/tree/main
If you want to support the channel please hop over to Patreon:
patreon.com/usagielectric
Also, we now have some epic shirts for sale!
my-store-11554688.creator-spring.com
Come join us on Discord and Twitter!
Discord: discord.gg/p7UsfHD
Twitter: twitter.com/UsagiElectric
Intro Music adapted from:
Artist: The Runaway Five
Title: The Shinra Shuffle
ocremix.org/remix/OCR01847
Thanks for watching!
Chapters
0:00 Hello and welcome back
1:21 Why is the UE-1 so weird?
3:56 A crash course in the UE-1
5:28 What if we simply it as much as possible?
8:48 Logic diagram into PCB
10:38 First power on
13:16 That didn’t go well
14:20 Let’s take this thing for a test drive
17:02 How hard can it be to add 1+1?
20:04 Well, there we have it
21:51 Bunny!
