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Books and learning on hardware and electronics

Every link here is classified as books and learning on hardware and electronics.

Hall of Fame: 7
Candidates: 19
Median span: 8.0 yrs
First seen: 2009

Strongest Hall records

7 items

Modern Microprocessors – A 90-Minute Guide (2001-2016)

www.lighterra.com 14 submissions · 11 people · 14.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2018-10 Resurfaced 2021-05-02

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Build an 8-bit computer from scratch (2016)

eater.net 7 submissions · 7 people · 7.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-10 Resurfaced 2025-03-31

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Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2007)

britneyspears.ac 10 submissions · 10 people · 12.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-11 Resurfaced 2025-11-16

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How to Turn an IKEA Coffee Table into a DIY Server Rack

wiki.eth0.nl 6 submissions · 6 people · 7.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-01 Resurfaced 2022-08-19

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Guerrilla guide to CNC machining, mold making, and resin casting (2015)

lcamtuf.coredump.cx 5 submissions · 4 people · 13.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-04 Resurfaced 2026-04-04

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So you want to build an embedded Linux system?

jaycarlson.net 5 submissions · 5 people · 3.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-08 Resurfaced 2024-08-20

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What every programmer should know about solid-state drives

codecapsule.com 5 submissions · 5 people · 7.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-05 Resurfaced 2022-05-23

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Guerrilla guide to CNC machining, mold making, and resin casting (2015)

lcamtuf.coredump.cx 5 submissions · 4 people · 13.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-04 Resurfaced 2026-04-04

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Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2007)

britneyspears.ac 10 submissions · 10 people · 12.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-11 Resurfaced 2025-11-16

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Build an 8-bit computer from scratch (2016)

eater.net 7 submissions · 7 people · 7.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-10 Resurfaced 2025-03-31

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So you want to build an embedded Linux system?

jaycarlson.net 5 submissions · 5 people · 3.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-08 Resurfaced 2024-08-20

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How to Turn an IKEA Coffee Table into a DIY Server Rack

wiki.eth0.nl 6 submissions · 6 people · 7.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-01 Resurfaced 2022-08-19

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Candidates

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Reverse Engineering for Beginners

beginners.re 13 submissions · 12 people · 11.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2016-07-29 archived copy

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Gallery of Processor Cache Effects

igoro.com 13 submissions · 12 people · 16.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-07-14

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What every programmer should know about memory [pdf]

people.freebsd.org 15 submissions · 15 people · 10.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2026-02-05

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Homebrew Cray-1A

www.chrisfenton.com 10 submissions · 9 people · 13.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2019-11-01

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The Art of Picking Intel Registers (2003)

www.swansontec.com 12 submissions · 4 people · 15.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-02-07

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555 timer teardown: inside the world's most popular IC

www.righto.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 8.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-06-04

Needs:5 submissions

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Secret colours of the Commodore 64

www.aaronbell.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 8.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-03-12

Needs:5 submissions

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DB-19: Resurrecting an Obsolete Connector (2016)

www.bigmessowires.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 8.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-05-18

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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PlayStation Architecture

www.copetti.org 4 submissions · 4 people · 5.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2026-06-03

Needs:5 submissions3 active years

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Headphone and Amp Impedance (2011)

nwavguy.blogspot.com 4 submissions · 3 people · 8.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-02-17

Needs:5 submissions

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Why do CPUs have multiple cache levels?

fgiesen.wordpress.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 9.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-05-15

Needs:5 submissions

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Build Your Own FPGA (2012)

blog.notdot.net 5 submissions · 5 people · 9.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-05-30

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Apple iPhone charger teardown: quality in a tiny expensive package (2012)

www.righto.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 6.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-08-03

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Hard disk hacking

spritesmods.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 6.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-07-04

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Beating the L1 cache with value speculation (2021)

mazzo.li 4 submissions · 4 people · 4.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-10-10

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Architecture of the Playstation 2

www.copetti.org 4 submissions · 4 people · 3.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-09-26

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Preserving a floppy disk with a logic analyzer and a serial cable

www.chzsoft.de 3 submissions · 3 people · 5.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-07-06

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Turning an iPad Pro into a classic Macintosh

blog.gingerbeardman.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 4.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-08-18

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Intel Virtualisation: How VT-X, KVM and QEMU Work Together

binarydebt.wordpress.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 3.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-05-03

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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