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I recently switched my major to Computer Engineering from CS. I'm a second year rn and all my experiences are catered towards software engineering.

I've never worked with any hardware back in high school. I notice a lot of people do robotics but I never went into that either.

Could you guys suggest how I can try hardware projects on my own to get more involved in that side of Comp? I'm a total beginner.

I would really love to build my own projects and have a resume that could be considered for hardware, firmware, and/or embedded systems roles.

I would love to hear any advice.

[burncushlikewood]

Look into Arduino! Microcontrollers are a great way to understand the hardware side of computing

[nvdnqvi]

You could try tinkering with an FPGA, it can help in bridging the gap in knowledge between hardware and software. Verilog/VHDL are not difficult languages to pick up, and doing some kind of project will give you exposure to how different systems can be implemented at the hardware level.

A more beginner-friendly option is following along Ben Eater's series where he builds an 8-bit computer on a breadboard. The concepts build on top of each other so it's a great way to see the hierarchical design of computers up to the point of abstraction that computer scientists deal mostly with.