The 74HC590 is a high-speed 8-bit binary counter with output register and 3-state outputs. This device features independent clock inputs in counter and register, master reset in counter, ESD ...

The awesome Digirule 2U is a small 8-bit programmable binary computer created by developer Bradley Slattery. Launched via Kickstarter this month, the project is coming to the end of its campaign with ...

This is a guest post by Olger Groen. If you would like to write for ExtremeCircuits, then drop us an email via contact form or simply comment. A long time ago when a parallel printer port was the ...

A computer file format in which all eight bits of the byte are used for data. Executable software (machine language programs), most word processing, database, spreadsheet and multimedia files are ...

One method used to convert a denary number into an 8-bit binary number is to mark down the bits needed to form the number in a placeholder grid.

A Minecraft player called The1Laz has built an 8 bit CPU in the game, using redstone, which "takes in binary machine code and outputs to a line of redstone torches". We've posted the video of it below ...

A binary digit, or bit, is the smallest unit of data in computing. All data (music, images, software) processed by a computer is stored in bits. Any data or instructions sent to the CPU must first be ...

The video game industry has changed a lot in the 35 years since the U.S. launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System. From online gaming to virtual reality, there’s a lot that the inventors of the NES ...