This was a very nice read. I was hoping it was going to be a book chapter .. I really want more details on the process behind producing the Pis. I've been an e

This was a very nice read. I was hoping it was going to be a book chapter .. I really want more details on the process behind producing the Pis. I've been an electronic hobbyist for years .. I feel there is no way I could build the first version of the Pi today. I wish there was a detailed book on how each part of the Pi works. It boggles my mind that just 6 volunteers did this ... they had the right stuff indeed. I've been playing with FPGAs to learn details of hardware. I guess I have yet to make the leap on how to build something where I can boot up a primitive linux distro on (with graphics and a network stack). The biggest annoyance with FPGAs is their use of proprietary blocks .. makes it very hard to see inside. Graphics seems to be the worst black box. Even playing with a bunch of ARM-M boards has yielded limit success for me. Guess I will continue to dream and fiddle :)