It’s been a few weeks since my last update on this project. This is partly because I’ve been waiting for a couple of bits to arrive, specifically a logic analyser based on the CY7C68013A and an Altera MAX II EPM240 board. But to be honest, the delay is mostly because I’ve realised how much I need to learn. I mean, I kind of knew that I needed to learn a lot, but I didn’t actually realise how little I already knew. Trust me, folks, Dunning-Kruger is very real and has smacked me in the face with its pointy inverted curve. Again.

When I started thinking about this project, I knew there was going to be quite a steep learning curve. Picking up JavaScript after a long absence, trying to wrap my head around C after trying (and failing) to do so about 20 years ago, learning more about electronics than just holding a soldering iron the right way around.

What I wasn’t expecting to learn was how to design a microchip.