A toy computer based on an Arduino Due + LCD + keyboard

See https://ebruneton.github.io/toypc/ and the assembly instructions.

This toy computer includes a small self-hosting operating system (less than 3300 lines) with:

  • a boot loader,
  • a monolithic, monotasking kernel with 3 drivers, a file system, and 10 system calls,
  • a tiny C-like compiler,
  • a text editor, a shell, and a few commands (ls, cp, etc)

It is written from scratch (i.e. from machine code) in order to introduce how compilers and operating systems work, via a practical example.

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What is this for exactly?

To exhibit the very well executed creation of a working computer.

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Alright, thank you.