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Hardware Hacking

13 points by sohamdas 18y ago

Hi there, Can anybody suggest me a good site which regularly deals with hacking the hardware and prying open to understand more about the common electronic goods. At the end of it, it should give a reader a fair idea about whats running under the hood and 'possible' system architecture.I don't really need an iPhone-only or Mac-only site, I am looking for something more generic, like Wi-Fi routers,mobile phones and anything which is powered and has transistor in it :)

xirium 18y ago
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ http://www.howstuffworks.com/ is a good primer.
jauco 18y ago
http://www.hackszine.com http://www.hackszine.com http://www.instructables.com http://www.instructables.com http://www.hackaday.com/ http://www.hackaday.com/
sigstoat 18y ago
Try starting with the Art of Electronics http://frank.harvard.edu/aoe/ http://frank.harvard.edu/aoe/
sohamdas 18y ago
@ Xirium Yeah how stuff works is good, but I would like to have a really product differentiating 'under-the-hood' peak. I want to know the h/w difference between Broadcoms Router and Linksys or something to that effect[just for an example]. But HSW will only tell how generic routers work...
VinzO 18y ago
General computer hardware : http://www.behardware.com http://www.behardware.com These are good ressources about embbeded systems and computer architectures: http://www.embedded.com http://www.embedded.com http://www.ganssle.com http://www.ganssle.com http://www.professorandpat.org http://www.professorandpat.org ( This one is more oriented for children learning so it's very easy to understand )
- sohamdas 18y ago
  Hey Vinz giving it a look... I am actually a hardware/electronics guy. I am working on these stuff day in and day out, so just thought up to pry open the latest gadgets to see whats going inside.And thanks for the reco
thaumaturgy 18y ago
I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned Hack-a-day (http://www.hackaday.com/ http://www.hackaday.com/). They cover hardware hacks in a dizzying array of applications, the hacks are generally very well documented, and their archives go way, way back. One of my old favorites is the robotic sentry gun (http://www.hackaday.com/2005/09/21/robotic-sentry-gun/ http://www.hackaday.com/2005/09/21/robotic-sentry-gun/).

Hardware Hacking

13 points by sohamdas 18y ago

xirium 18y ago

http://www.howstuffworks.com/ http://www.howstuffworks.com/ is a good primer.

jauco 18y ago

http://www.hackszine.com http://www.hackszine.com http://www.instructables.com http://www.instructables.com http://www.hackaday.com/ http://www.hackaday.com/

sigstoat 18y ago

Try starting with the Art of Electronics http://frank.harvard.edu/aoe/ http://frank.harvard.edu/aoe/

sohamdas 18y ago

@ Xirium Yeah how stuff works is good, but I would like to have a really product differentiating 'under-the-hood' peak. I want to know the h/w difference between Broadcoms Router and Linksys or something to that effect[just for an example]. But HSW will only tell how generic routers work...

VinzO 18y ago

General computer hardware : http://www.behardware.com http://www.behardware.com These are good ressources about embbeded systems and computer architectures: http://www.embedded.com http://www.embedded.com http://www.ganssle.com http://www.ganssle.com http://www.professorandpat.org http://www.professorandpat.org ( This one is more oriented for children learning so it's very easy to understand )

sohamdas 18y ago
Hey Vinz giving it a look... I am actually a hardware/electronics guy. I am working on these stuff day in and day out, so just thought up to pry open the latest gadgets to see whats going inside.And thanks for the reco

thaumaturgy 18y ago

I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned Hack-a-day (http://www.hackaday.com/ http://www.hackaday.com/). They cover hardware hacks in a dizzying array of applications, the hacks are generally very well documented, and their archives go way, way back. One of my old favorites is the robotic sentry gun (http://www.hackaday.com/2005/09/21/robotic-sentry-gun/ http://www.hackaday.com/2005/09/21/robotic-sentry-gun/).