top of page

Chip Name

Nand

Chip Name

Not

Chip Name

And

Chip Name

Or

Chip Name

Xor

Chip Name

Mux

Chip Name

DMux

Chip Name

Not16

Chip Name

And16

Chip Name

Description

Nand gate (primitive)

Description

Not gate

Description

And gate

Description

Or gate

Description

Xor gate

Description

Mux gate

Description

DMux gate

Description

16-bit Not

Description

16-bit And

Description

Or16

Chip Name

Mux16

Chip Name

Or8Way

Chip Name

Mux4Way16

Chip Name

Mux8Way16

Chip Name

DMux4Way

Chip Name

DMux8Way

Chip Name

16-bit Or

Description

16-bit multiplexor

Description

Or(in0,in1,...,in7)

Description

16-bit/4-way mux

Description

16-bit/8-way mux

Description

4-way demultiplexor

Description

8-way demultiplexor

Description

Test Scripts

Compare File

Test Scripts

Compare File

Not.tst

Test Scripts

And.tst

Test Scripts

And.cmp

Compare File

Or.tst

Test Scripts

Or.cmp

Compare File

Xor.tst

Test Scripts

Xor.cmp

Compare File

Mux.tst

Test Scripts

Mux.cmp

Compare File

DMux.tst

Test Scripts

DMux.cmp

Compare File

Not16.tst

Test Scripts

Not16.cmp

Compare File

And16.tst

Test Scripts

And16.cmp

Compare File

Or16.tst

Test Scripts

Or16.cmp

Compare File

Mux16.tst

Test Scripts

Mux16.cmp

Compare File

Or8Way.tst

Test Scripts

Or8Way.cmp

Compare File

Mux4Way16.tst

Test Scripts

Mux4Way16.cmp

Compare File

Mux8Way16.tst

Test Scripts

Mux8Way16.cmp

Compare File

DMux4Way.tst

Test Scripts

DMux4Way.cmp

Compare File

DMux8Way.tst

Test Scripts

DMux8Way.cmp

Compare File

Not.cmp

Compare File

When loaded into the supplied Hardware Simulator, your chip design (modified .hdl program), tested on the supplied .tst script, should produce the outputs listed in the supplied .cmp file. If that is not the case, the simulator will let you know. This contract must be satisfied for each chip listed above, except for the Nand chip, which is considered primitive, and thus there is no need to implement it.

See Chapter 1 (from the book's 1st edition) the HDL Guide (except for A2.4), and the Hack Chip Set.

For each chip, we supply a skeletal .hdl file with a place holder for a missing implementation part. In addition, for each chip we supply a .tst script that instructs the hardware simulator how to test it, and a .cmp ("compare file") containing the correct output that this test should generate. Your job is to complete and test the supplied skeletal .hdl files.

If you've downloaded the Nand2Tetris Software Suite (from the Software section of this website), you will find the supplied hardware simulator and all the necessary project files in the nand2tetris/tools folder and in the nand2tetris/projects/01 folder, respectively, on your PC. To get acquainted with the hardware simulator, see the Hardware Simulator Tutorial (
PPT, PDF)

Prerequisite: If you haven't done it yet, download the Nand2Tetris Software Suite from the Software section of this website to your computer. Read Chapter 1 and Appendix 2 (not including A2.4), and go through parts I-II-III of the Hardware Simulator, before starting to work on this project.

Built-in chips: The Nand gate is considered primitive and thus there is no need to implement it: whenever a Nand chip-part is encountered in your HDL code, the simulator automatically invokes the built-in tools/builtInChips/Nand.hdl implementation. We recommend implementing all the other gates in this project in the order in which they appear in Chapter 1. However, note that the supplied hardware simulator features built-in implementations of all these chips. Therefore, you can use any one of these chips before implementing it: the simulator will automatically invoke their built-in versions.

For example, consider the supplied skeletal Mux.hdl program. Suppose that for one reason or another you did not complete the implementation of Mux, but you still want to use Mux chips as internal parts in other chip designs. You can easily do so, thanks to the following convention. If the simulator fails to find a Mux.hdl file in the current folder, it automatically invokes the built-in Mux implementation, which is part of the supplied simulator's environment. This built-in Mux implementation has the same interface and functionality as those of the Mux chip described in the book. Thus, if you want the simulator to ignore one or more of your chip implementations, rename the corresponding chiPname.hdl file, or remove it from the project folder. When you are ready to develop this chip in HDL, put the file chipName.hdl back in the folder, and proceed to edit it with your HDL code.

​

All the chips mentioned projects 1-5 can be implemented and tested using the supplied hardware simulator. Here is a screen shot of testing a Xor.hdl chip implementation on the Hardware Simulator:

bottom of page