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by kf7njh 1912 days ago
> Why does one need to reverse engineer a Raspberry Pi?

For fun probably!

> Isn't it fairly well documented? In terms of installing linux to a sdCard, basic IO manipulation, serial interfaces like i2C SPI, sure. The GPU, no. It has actually always been famously a closed-source/closed-hardware black box.

This is fine for an intro to embedded systems and kids, but when you really want to take your hardware/low-level-software knowledge to the next level it can be frustrating.