--- product_id: 118397115 title: "The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware" brand: "andrew bunnie huang" price: "118 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/118397115-the-hardware-hacker-adventures-in-making-and-breaking-hardware store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware **Brand:** andrew bunnie huang **Price:** 118 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware by andrew bunnie huang - **How much does it cost?** 118 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/118397115-the-hardware-hacker-adventures-in-making-and-breaking-hardware) ## Best For - andrew bunnie huang enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted andrew bunnie huang brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware ## Images ![The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91gwpTq2jwL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for hardware hackers *by P***L on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 11, 2018* Great book for people who want to know what working with manufacturers in Shenzhen is all about.For anyone who doesn't know, there's a renaissance currently in computer parts. Maybe you're learning to program with Arduino or connecting parts to a Raspberry Pi. Maybe you're learning to solder a kit and need a cheap LCP screen. Maybe you have the next big idea for a connected IoT device. Any computer part you want- an mp3 player board, capacitors, SD card readers, sky's the limit- can be gotten from China at jaw-dropping-low prices. But, you have to know your sources. You have to be able to read a datasheet, to deal with ordering through Mouser or AliExpress, and to avoid dangerous counterfeits. If you're in this world, you must read this book. Do it now.Pros: Gives you real-world tours of Chinese factories and processes, warts and all. The author ended up working right on the line, teaching assembly line workers how to debug his product or how to install anti-RF "cans" to protect his chips. This is the 100% down and dirty of how Chinese knockoff electronics work, how they're made, and how you can take advantage of this market to get your product made. He talks about combing through racks of knockoff SD cards and discovering which were counterfeit- and sometimes even the company responsible was reselling these counterfeit parts! The counterfeit SD cards were breaking his devices, so there's a ton to learn and study on how supply lines work and how to operate safely when sourcing parts for a product.Cons: The product the author was making for most of the book is Chumby... which was terrible. It's an overly expensive internet device. It's wrapped in Italian leather and priced like a premium product, yet it has a terrible low-resolution screen seriously limiting its uses. It's just a bad idea all over. You kind of wish he was making a product that had some market feasibility, because it makes you distrust his judgement elsewhere. I think his hardware skills are all in order so I trust his factory stories, but the kid is/was terrible at reading the market before launching a product.Overall, it's a must-read for hardware hackers. I really want to do a field trip to Shenzhen and buy a $5 cell phone just to play with it. Maybe get a sleeve of SD cards just to see how many actually work. Who knows what you'll find. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific set of stories about what it's like to conceive, prototype, manufacture, test, and ship startup products. I loved it! *by A***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 11, 2017* Bunnie Huang, you're awesome! I am very grateful to the author for taking time to put this together. Even though I've had a career full of hardware, software, and intellectual property, this book makes me want to call him up and ask for a job. How can you not want to work with a guy like this? His obvious technical skill makes him someone to admire. Combine that with his enthusiasm and fearlessness about learning and experimenting, and you have someone that is truly inspiring. This book teaches you a lot about what it's like to take an idea from concept, to finished product. You also learn a good deal about the Chinese manufacturing culture. A real eye-opener for me. The really great part about this book is that you learn the lessons presented in the best way possible - painlessly. It feels like you are right there with the author, experiencing the discoveries, the highs and the lows, yourself. One of the best books I've read in a while - I really didn't want to put it down, but I had to sleep sometime!But wait - there's more! Near the end of the book, the author compares hacking hardware to hacking biology, and extends the analogy by comparing the structure and tools used to analyze DNA to those used for debugging a computer program. The end result is a demonstration that uses the H1N1 virus (swine flu) to show how many corrupted "bytes" it takes to make human sick. And how decoding the viral DNA sheds light on its strengths and weaknesses. Fascinating. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Bunnies Book "The Hardware Hacker" Applies to Biohackers *by M***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 23, 2017* Andrew "bunnie" Huang's new book "The Hardware Hacker" is full of surprises. The most notable is that the final chapter is all about biohacking from a reverse engineering hardware developer perspective. While you might know Bunnie as a guru of reverse engineering he admits at the end of the book that he flipped a coin when he went to MIT about his major. The EE side of the coin toss won, but biology was the road not taken.As an open hardware developer I loved the first nine chapters. Bunnie shares all of his trials and experiences offering many valuable lessons about designing hardware which he learned the hard way. He goes further than most and gets into laptop, phone and FPGA adventures where as many of us have not ventured passed simple microcontroller projects. The book is easy to follow as it is loaded with stories, people and factories from around the world."The Hardware Hacker's" final chapter blew my mind. Bunnie dives into H1N1 virus compared to computer viruses, analyzing DNA sequences with UNIX CLI tools, decompiling protein sequences and patching our genome. These topics are often explained by biologists, but it was much easier to absorb when the biology was explained with hardware analogies. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/118397115-the-hardware-hacker-adventures-in-making-and-breaking-hardware](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/118397115-the-hardware-hacker-adventures-in-making-and-breaking-hardware) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-04-28*