Resources for the Beginner Hardware Hacker?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday January 29, 2002 @09:47AM from the just-graduated-from-heathkits dept.

StandardDeviant asks: "What would be good resources for a programmer looking to start a hobby in hardware hacking? By that I mean circuits, microcontrollers, computer controlled hacks, and such...sort of like a hobby-level EE education. It's just this itch I've had recently to dig down to the other extreme of the 'tower of abstraction' they bleat about so much in CS, also I find it ironic that I know more about the math (Maxwell's laws, and so on) behind electric widgets than I do about using them to build things. I'd be interested in pointers to good websites, books, magazines, parts sources, you name it! As an example: I've been looking recently at the microcontroller/circuit stuff from Iguana Labs, and of course browsing through Radio Shack. Thanks!"

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Yes, I'm whorring... by cavemanf16 · 2002-01-29 17:33 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Ok, I've said this a couple of times before on slashdot, but I guess it deserves saying once again: Check out Virtual-Hideout.net for some ideas on little (or big expensive!) mods you can do to your computer from a hardware standpoint.
I found this site which looked promising for some of my needs in the quest to make cool gadgety add-ons to my computer.