Hardware Hacking

#1

Post by sohamdas » Thu, Jun 26, 2008, 5:23 AM UTC

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 :)

Re: Hardware Hacking

#2

Post by xirium » Thu, Jun 26, 2008, 6:15 AM UTC

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

Re: Hardware Hacking

#3

Post by jauco » Thu, Jun 26, 2008, 6:15 AM UTC

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

Re: Hardware Hacking

#4

Post by sigstoat » Thu, Jun 26, 2008, 6:46 AM UTC

Try starting with the Art of Electronics

http://frank.harvard.edu/aoe/

Re: Hardware Hacking

#5

Post by sohamdas » Thu, Jun 26, 2008, 7:15 AM UTC

@ 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...

Re: Hardware Hacking

#6

Post by VinzO » Thu, Jun 26, 2008, 12:20 PM UTC

General computer hardware : http://www.behardware.com

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 )

Re: Hardware Hacking

#7

Post by sohamdas » Thu, Jun 26, 2008, 12:31 PM UTC

VinzO wrote: post #6

General computer hardware : http://www.behardware.com 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 )

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

Re: Hardware Hacking

#8

Post by thaumaturgy » Thu, Jun 26, 2008, 1:36 PM UTC

I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned Hack-a-day (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/).