I don't have any precise requests, but I would like to be able to pretty much hook up an oscilliscope or logic analyzer anywhere and in principle be able to understand what's going on.
I'm looking to get into hardware by way of tinkering and my mental model is of open software. Currently, any time I have a burning question about one of my tools, I can just open a man page as well as start digging into the source. I think it would be cool to do the spiritual equivalent with hardware.
For example, I am currently digging into the bootup process--everything after CPU POST until a fully ready userspace. However, the details that between pressing the power button on the power supply and CPU POST are completely opaque to me, and some are completely opaque even in principle on my current system. I'd like to have the ability to fully grok the electrical underpinnings of what's going on or at least as close as possible.
I don't have any precise requests, but I would like to be able to pretty much hook up an oscilliscope or logic analyzer anywhere and in principle be able to understand what's going on.
I'm looking to get into hardware by way of tinkering and my mental model is of open software. Currently, any time I have a burning question about one of my tools, I can just open a man page as well as start digging into the source. I think it would be cool to do the spiritual equivalent with hardware.
For example, I am currently digging into the bootup process--everything after CPU POST until a fully ready userspace. However, the details that between pressing the power button on the power supply and CPU POST are completely opaque to me, and some are completely opaque even in principle on my current system. I'd like to have the ability to fully grok the electrical underpinnings of what's going on or at least as close as possible.