Hello,
Sadly, the electronics engineering technology department at the small town community college I am at uses old motorola 8-bit training stations from labvolt. I peeked at the projects manual for one of the trainers and I don't yet understand it but the projects seemed to teach the instruction set and the organization of the processor. Would this teach me classic underpinnings/pricipals that I could draw upon to understand modern 32-bit processors? There is a ray of hope shining through the glass: One of the more caring instructors finally obtained manuals for 32-bit Intel 80386 trainers (labvolt). If I want to learn principals of microprocessors; should I go with the old 8-bit...after all this is near the introduction of the information age. *Or* would it be best to work with the 32-bit processor...for learning basics that could lead to FPGAs...or automation applications?
Thanks,
omurray
Sadly, the electronics engineering technology department at the small town community college I am at uses old motorola 8-bit training stations from labvolt. I peeked at the projects manual for one of the trainers and I don't yet understand it but the projects seemed to teach the instruction set and the organization of the processor. Would this teach me classic underpinnings/pricipals that I could draw upon to understand modern 32-bit processors? There is a ray of hope shining through the glass: One of the more caring instructors finally obtained manuals for 32-bit Intel 80386 trainers (labvolt). If I want to learn principals of microprocessors; should I go with the old 8-bit...after all this is near the introduction of the information age. *Or* would it be best to work with the 32-bit processor...for learning basics that could lead to FPGAs...or automation applications?
Thanks,
omurray