Modifique, transforme, dê novas funcionalidades
e uma nova cara aos seus eletroeletrônicos!

 

Este livro é voltado tanto para usuários iniciantes sem nenhuma experiência em eletrônica ou programação como para "geeks fervorosos". O intuito é transformar peças comuns em verdadeiras obras de arte.

Hardware Hacking traz diversos projetos de modificação, tais como: trocar a bateria de iPod sem assistência do fabricante, construir um disco rígido FireWire com capacidade de "n" terabytes, adaptar um controle de Atari para canhotos, modificar o console Playstation 2 para desenvolver jogos, construir um Home Theather para PC baseado em Linux ou Windows, dobrar a capacidade de armazenamento do Palm de 8MB para 16MB e muito mais!

"Se eu tivesse este livro há 10 anos atrás, o FBI nunca teria me encontrado!"
- Kevin D. Mitnick

"This book you are about to read was written by a true hacker, Joe Grand, and it speaks mostly to the class of hacks that address the need to adapt and improve on existing consumer solutions."- From the Foreword by Andrew "bunnie" Huang, author of Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering

This book has something for everyone---from the beginner hobbyist with no electronics or coding experience to the self-proclaimed "gadget geek." Take an ordinary piece of equipment and turn it into a personal work of art. Build upon an existing idea to create something better. Have fun while voiding your warranty!

Some of the hardware hacks in this book include:

• Don’’t toss your iPod away when the battery dies! Don’’t pay Apple the $99 to replace it! Install a new iPod battery yourself without Apple’’s "help".
• An Apple a day! Modify a standard Apple USB Mouse into a glowing UFO Mouse or build a FireWire terabyte hard drive and custom case.
• Have you played Atari today? Create an arcade-style Atari 5200 paddle controller for your favorite retro videogames or transform the Atari 2600 joystick into one that can be used by left-handed players.
• Modern game systems, too!Hack your PlayStation 2 to boot code from the memory card or modify your PlayStation 2 for homebrew game development.
• Videophiles unite! Design, build, and configure your own Windows- or Linux-based Home Theater PC.
• Ride the airwaves! Modify a wireless PCMCIA NIC to include an external antenna connector or load Linux onto your Access Point.
• Stick it to The Man! Remove the proprietary barcode encoding from your CueCat and turn it into a regular barcode reader.
• Hack your Palm! Upgrade the available RAM on your Palm m505 from 8MB to 16MB.

...Many more hacks and modifications inside!