Getting the Most Out of Your LC2K Simulator

If you're currently grinding through a computer architecture course, you've probably spent more time than you'd like staring at an lc2k simulator trying to figure out why your registers aren't doing what they're supposed to. It's one of those rights of passage for students, especially if you're following the curriculum that uses the Little Computer 2000 (LC2K) architecture. At first glance, it seems like a primitive way to program, but there's something weirdly satisfying about seeing eight simple registers and a handful of instructions actually perform complex math. ...

April 21, 2026 · 7 min · Marcko Bueno