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