Course material & Preparation

You need the followings to start the course. You can prepare and get a smooth start.

* Course book:Nisan and Schocken, "The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles" , MIT Press. It is possible to order the book at the larger Swedish online bookshops.
* Software:You can download the software tools from: http://www.nand2tetris.org/software.php. During the course you will use all the tools listed on the nand2tetris webpage.
* Compilers:Some projects will be done in C and/or Phyton. You need compilers for those. You can find compliers at http://www.kth.se/student/support/itsc/progdist.
* Project group:Students will be divided into 4 seminar groups. Within a seminar group, you will solve the projects in pairteams of 2 students. You select your pair, but pairs are then fixed for the entire course.