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Hi All,

Not sure if this is the right forum ... please point me if otherwise.

I am a hobbyist and making my first foray into building custom hardware. I am interested in building my own VoIP device say using a Broadcom chip

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As a total novice in this area, I would appreciate it if one could tell me how to to go about building a device (step-by-step)?

1) Raw material required - PCBs, components, etc. 2) How to combine them correctly? 3) Expertise - although I am a novice, I am always willing to read up, or is it that an expert is definitely required

Basically, I am unhappy about the current state of hardware, where I have to pay for separate devices for every small feature I need.

Thanks.

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be.geek
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Hmmm, brain surgery made simple...

What is your present level of expertise?

What types of projects have you already done?

You need to tell us more about where to start to answer this question.

Luhan

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Luhan

How about you go f*ck off and do it for yourself and then come back when you are obsolete and take the piss out of someone asking the same question.

I assume you are happy with the software like it must be a real toilet f*ck when you have to place a ONE on pin five and inheritance doesn't give you the opportunity so you need an invertor.....

DNA

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Genome

I am not a hardware person by default, although I have some background in basic VHDL, circuit design, and understand terms like impedance, power circuitry, grounding, etc. On the plus side, I have extensive low-level software programming experience (registers, DMA, etc). I understand if/when the hardware is complete, software will be the next challenge.

Are there are starter kits out there I can begin with?

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be.geek

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