The Hardware Hacker: Bunnie Huang's Tour-De-force

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Post by DemiGuru » Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 3:29 PM UTC

The Hardware Hacker: Bunnie Huang's Tour-De-force
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Re: The Hardware Hacker: Bunnie Huang's Tour-De-force

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Post by j_s » Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 5:23 PM UTC

Non-affiliate link to the pre-order for Bunnie's new book: https://amzn.com/dp/159327758X

OP is ~450 word announcment summarizing each half of the new book - if you're interested (hardware manufactring and hacking), you'll already know it and can skip the ads.

Re: The Hardware Hacker: Bunnie Huang's Tour-De-force

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Post by jaymcnuggets » Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 5:50 PM UTC

Excited to give this a read - he's also got a good reference book for non-native Mandarin speakers on navigating the Shenzhen markets[1]

Just bought mine from the publisher as an ebook + hardcover package for about $10 more than Amazon price for just the book, includes early access with code EARLYBIRD: https://www.nostarch.com/hardwarehacker

[1] https://www.adafruit.com/product/3189

Re: The Hardware Hacker: Bunnie Huang's Tour-De-force

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Post by beh » Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 5:59 PM UTC

If you haven't had the chance to read one of Bunnie's hardware teardowns, you're missing out. His teardown of the Form 2 3D printer (https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4641) is a great example of his work.

Re: The Hardware Hacker: Bunnie Huang's Tour-De-force

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Post by agumonkey » Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 6:30 PM UTC

His SoC ISA reverse engineering through FPGA MitM made me smile a lot.

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Post by zcarter » Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 6:35 PM UTC

Prominently featured in a recent documentary on manufacturing in Shenzhen. Recommended: http://www.wired.co.uk/video/shenzhen-full-documentary

Re: The Hardware Hacker: Bunnie Huang's Tour-De-force

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Post by eltoozero » Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 6:57 PM UTC

Bunnie is also responsible in no minor way for both Chumby[1], and the Novena[2] open laptop.

Met him briefly at Maker Faire and I made sure to thank him for all his excellent work.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumby [2]: https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/novena

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Post by anjneymidha » Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 7:07 PM UTC

In addition to this and the Wired doc, I'd recommend the keyboard.io blog post from October for those who haven't been to Shenzhen yet, but are in the 'deciding' stage: https://shift.newco.co/what-50-buys-you-at-huaqiangbei-the-w...

Re: The Hardware Hacker: Bunnie Huang's Tour-De-force

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Post by kasbah » Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 7:17 PM UTC

I believe this book is a print edition of a selection of blog posts that have appeared on http://www.bunniestudios.com/.

Re: The Hardware Hacker: Bunnie Huang's Tour-De-force

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Post by deutronium » Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 7:27 PM UTC

There's a table of contents of the book at: https://www.nostarch.com/hardwarehacker

I'm really looking forward to getting my copy :)