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Hello, please how can someone start the journey of understanding hardware and software building for a project.

I am a software developer, I do develop mobile apps but I want to understand hardware development just as I can link software and hardware development together.

This is the idea I got. I want to develop an app for examination but I don't want it to be an android app. I want it to be a standalone hardware with it's independent software.

This the vision that led me to become android developer. Right now I need to rock it fast to build an independent mini computer for this purpose. Maybe I sound weird but that's why i need counsel.

How will i start this journey? Are there courses, online books, links I should read? What institution is recommended? In summary what are the criterias? Thanks in anticipation.

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My first thought upon reading this is "costly" - if you want to build your own tech device without operating any known free software such as android or linux.

Is the motive for this device to be "secure" from hackers?

Unless you have already developed your own platform/software, the investments in time and manpower is your biggest hurdle.

You will need to first define your products mission. What problem is it aimed to solve? What is the current solution to that problem? Once you have that defined - I would use YouTube / KickStarter to let the world know.

Hopefully that helps and maybe there's a Product Manager on here who can give you more on the specifics/costs.

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First place is for you to build your mind set and setting goals and looking at key factors step by step to achieving it. Open to more hands on discussion

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Quite a nice step in the right direction, for me self realization is key, leading to driven passion.that been said hardware is the physical part of the things you can see and touch, software it's those things you can see and touch but both embedded in a computer system and it's cumbersome. Lastly it's for you to daily working with the tools by so doing yoi would get competence

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Do you mean hardware? Android is not a hardware, it's an operating system which can be programmed. Get this right and know what you want. Remember apps are built for a specific OPERATING SYSTEM and operating systems are built for specific HARDWARES. Eg. A phone and calculator don't have the same system or hardware.

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