Little bit of a confusing question. But Im really looking for learning some low level programming. Thing is, Dev boards like Arduino/Etc. really hide alot of whats going on.
I have spent some time learning about Computer Architecture, Logic/Gates/Sequential Logic/etc.. (I went even as far as to learn the Physics of Semiconductors and Electronics related to it all, just to know what exactly is going on, as well as how Gates are made using CMOS Transistors and such).
But thats about where it ends....and I want to be able to understand how an Instruction (Like Hex/or Assembly/etc.. code) is moving through a Simple as Possible computer (alot of books i've used went straight from like Gates to a Computer....without really the in between). Even something simple like.....storing a value in a register or memory location (and maybe printing to a pixel? or something).
I think something that would be interesting would be perhaps even writing an emulator eventually. I have experience with High Level languages, but i've heard something like a 6502 might be a good start since you use alot of Assembly, and the instruction set isn't too large.
Does anyone know of any resources/thoughts/books that might help? I've gone through "Elements of Computing Systems", and while......it is a good book I don't really feel like it goes through whats really going on and seeing it happen. This might be more of a Electronics.stackexchange question, if so I apologize.