Description
For over a decade, Andrew “bunnie” Huang, one of the crucial world’s most esteemed hackers, has shaped the fields of hacking and hardware, from his cult-classic book Hacking the Xbox to the open-source laptop Novena and his mentorship of quite a lot of hardware startups and developers. In The Hardware Hacker, Huang shares his experiences in manufacturing and open hardware, creating an illuminating and compelling career retrospective.
Huang’s journey starts along with his first seek advice from to the staggering electronics markets in Shenzhen, with booths overflowing with capacitors, memory chips, voltmeters, and possibility. He shares how he navigated the overwhelming world of Chinese factories to bring chumby, Novena, and Chibitronics to life, covering the whole thing from creating a Bill of Materials to choosing the factory to best fit his needs.
Through this choice of personal essays and interviews on topics ranging from the legality of reverse engineering to a comparison of intellectual property practices between China and the USA, bunnie weaves engineering, law, and society into the tapestry of open hardware.
With highly detailed passages on the bits and bobs of manufacturing and a comprehensive take at the issues associated with open source hardware, The Hardware Hacker is a useful resource for aspiring hackers and makers.