| Some good advise on this thread already, but a couple of hints I could add. Dig through sites like EETimes. There's a lot there to give you many leads into hardware. There's a wealth of information out there, but it helps to categorise a little. A rough guide would be, off the top of my head, hardware parts, and hardware fabrication. For hardware parts, think platforms ( beagle, PI, arduino etc ), System On Modules, and chips ( MSP430, LPC435x etc etc ). You'll often get quickly to the related point of interest by searching on a part, just as you would searching by software language. Look at Edaboard as well. An example of hobbyists and up working with hardware. Search on Altium and Orcad software. Or Eagle at hobby or trial level. Peer through trade materials and magazines. For example PCB Design Magazine [1] [1] http://www.pcbdesign007.com/pages/thepcbdesignmagazine.cgi |