Building hardware

Building hardware was one of my hobbies alongside with my first job at the university. Just as I did with RyzykFizyk, I believed that in order to really understand a computer system, one might as well build one. At many universities one has everyting to do it, including support from people who work there.

I want to understand computers. I don't only want to see one layer (like front-end or back-end), I would like to see the bigger picture instead. Therefore, to understand computers better, I started building them. Behold...

Atium Integrated Library

This library is meant to be used with Altium Designer. If you like to hack hardware at home, you may find some interesting components here.

The library contains the following components so far:

• 0805 Resistor SMD
• 7805 Voltage Regulator
• Original power contact
• Atmega32
• Atmega88
• Atmega328
• Atmega644th
• Atmega1284
• Atmega AT89C5131PLCC (?)
• ATX Power plug
• Debug Wire (ISP)
• FTDI
• JTAG
• LEDs
• NE555
• Custom Debug Wire
• Female pinout 10x1
• Resistor through holes
• Capacitor through holes
• TL082CP
• USB-B
• USB-A
• USB-A SMT
• Crystal oscillator

Finally, it turned out that the big picture is too big to be understood by one person.