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24 alternatives to An AVR based 8-bit Microcomputer

DAN64 is a open software and open hardware project to build an 8-bit microcomputer using an AVR microcontroller.

DAN64 is an open-source hardware and software project that builds an 8-bit microcomputer using an AVR microcontroller, specifically the ATmega328. It is designed for electronics hobbyists and learners interested in… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. An AVR based 8-bit Microcomputer launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    GitLab Community Edition

    2014 · gitlab.brokenpipe.de · its alternatives →

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    Hi! me and my friends together built an 8 bit CPU implemented in Logisim purely from scratch. The control unit of this system does not implement the generic microcode ROM or any kind of RAM. This was made purely from discrete logic gates and coded the system to run different programs. key features: Custom 16-instruction Harvard ISA, 8-bit fixed format, 4 general purpose registers Hardwired control unit built entirely from AND/OR gate logic matrix Dual-phase clocking to eliminate race conditions Bootstrap Control Unit that cold-boots via ROM-to-RAM transfer Early-exit conditional…

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    VM with JIT-compiler for ATMega32 written in Rust. Contribute to MackieLoeffel/avr-vm development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The core question: how did HP's scientific calculators actually work at the gate level? That rabbit hole led to building one from scratch. The architectural decision everything else follows from: a decimal calculator should store numbers as BCD — one decimal digit per 4-bit nibble. A standard byte-oriented CPU (Z80, 6502) fights that layout constantly. So I designed a small custom CPU in Verilog where 4 bits is the natural data width and memory is nibble addressable. What the project covers: - Custom CPU: Harvard architecture, 12-bit ISA, 8-state execution FSM, hardware stack guard with a…

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pine A64▲201

    First $15 64-Bit single board super computer

    2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    As part of a little research and also some fun I decided to try my hand at seeing how small of an ESP32 board I can make with functioning WiFi.

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CHIP-8 console on FPGA. Contribute to pwmarcz/fpga-chip8 development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A Flipper Zero clone, but cheapest, DIY and simply Open Source, made with Arduino IDE - lraton/FlopperZiro

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A while back I wrote a CHIP-8 emulator (which is considered the Hello, World! of emulators and is more accurately a virtual machine since historically CHIP-8 was an interpreted language running on top of the COSMAC VIP to make game programming easier). But a few months ago I got really interested in embedded software, so decided it would be neat to port my emulator to a STM32 MCU and design a console around it as a learning experience, since CHIP-8 never existed as a physical system. I didn't know much about embedded software when I began, and even less about electronics, but I managed to…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn how classic game hardware worked. Write code and see it run instantly.

    2016 · 8bitworkshop.com · its alternatives →

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    Battery info program for x86-64 Linux laptops in 307 bytes of machine code - meribold/btry

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Espruino is a JavaScript interpreter for microcontrollers. It can fit into devices with as little as 128kB Flash and 8kB RAM.

    2014 · forum.espruino.com · its alternatives →

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    I built a new 8-bit CPU in VHDL from scratch (starting from the ISA). I felt that most educational soft-cores hide too much behind abstraction, eg. if I can do a+b with a single assignment that calls an optimized arithmetic library, then why did I learn the ripple carry adder in the first place ? And why did I learn flip flops if I can do all my control logic with a simple PROCESS statement like I would with a programming language ? Of course abstraction is the main selling point of HDLs, but would it work if I tried to keep strictly structural and rely on ieee.std_logic_1164 only ? Well, it…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16H1

    This is a 16bit CPU+Minicomputer from pure 74 series logic. It has user/kernel modes, virtual memory, prioritized IRQ's and DMA. It has a full C compiler and a unix-like OS. It's still in development.

    2023 · sol-1.org · its alternatives →

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    A digital logic simulation written in C. Contribute to rzscheck/logic development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A small, portable, linear probing hash map. Contribute to e-dant/salmagundi development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Send video/audio over HDMI on an FPGA. Contribute to hdl-util/hdmi development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi everybody! Due to Covid 19 pandemic I was forced in my home, so I revamped my book https://8bit.gioorgi.com It is a huge collection of information about the 8bit comnputer era (1980-1985) up to the NES console. I collected information from various source including “The 8bit Guy” videos and specific site (like C64 wiki, nesdev etc). I am using docusaurus to give a pleasnt look to the whole site. Please give me you feedback (and happy new year btw)!

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Yet another 6502 emulator that one day dreams of being an Atari 2600. - haldean/x6502

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    2017 · hasaranga.com · its alternatives →

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    Turing Pi is a compact ARM cluster that provides a secure and scalable compute in the edge. It is designed to make web-scale edge computing easier for developers.

    2020 · turingpi.com · its alternatives →

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