Simple 8-bit V8-CPU Simulator with Assembler/C-subset Compiler

V8-CPU simulator is used for labs& exercises on first-year(freshman) undergraduate CS course “An Overview of Computer Science” in Dept. of CS in Tsinghua Univ. This simulator provides a simplified assembler/C syntax and is simulating a simple 8-bit RISC cpu. Press Help inside the simulator to see an overview about the supported instructions, which is based on Appendix C contents in Computer Science: An Overview textbook.

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Features

8-bit RISC CPU
15 general purpose registers
program counter register
1 timer count-downregister
256 bytes of memory
a printer(like a output serial)
assembler (see ‘assemble’ button)
binary code/data uploader(see ‘upload’ button)
several assembly code example(see ‘Examples’ list)
4KB disk (To Be Done)
C-subset compiler (To Be Done)

How to build

Make sure you have Grunt installed to compile the asmsimulator.js script.

steps in ubuntu 16.04 x64

sudo apt install npm nodejs-legacy  php7.0-cli
alias cnpm="npm --registry=https://registry.npm.taobao.org \
--cache=$HOME/.npm/.cache/cnpm \
--disturl=https://npm.taobao.org/dist \
--userconfig=$HOME/.cnpmrc"
cd v8-cpu
cnpm install
cnpm grunt-cli
./node_modules/.bin/grunt
cd cucu
make install
cd ..
./node_modules/.bin/grunt http

Run npm install && grunt to build the project and grunt http to run.

Background

A technical introduction is available on Marco Schweighauser’s blog: www.mschweighauser.com.

License

The MIT License

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