Update on Novena Open Laptop
I desperately want to learn more about board layout and system design. I think the costs of making custom hardware have fallen so much that a hardware renaissance is almost here, if not already. I've done embedded/kernel work before, so I theoretically have that side covered. :)<p>Does anyone know of a list of projects I should do to at least be able to pickup kicad/eagle to start laying out boards into gerber files into manufactured boards?<p>One suggestion I got was to design and implement one's own Atari Punk Console: <a href="http://www.makershed.com/product_p/mkjr2.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.makershed.com/product_p/mkjr2.htm</a><p>I also found this book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Build-Your-Printed-Circuit-Board/dp/007142783X/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Build-Your-Printed-Circuit-Board/dp/00...</a>