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The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen

authored by Andrew ‘bunnie’ Huang

By: Yeo Kheng Meng (yeokm1@gmail.com)Hackware v1.9 (29 June 2016)

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Who is Andrew ‘bunnie’ Huang?• Famous hardware hacker• PhD in Electrical Engineering from MIT• Lives in Singapore

• Famous projects:• Book on “Hacking the Xbox” (2003)• Reverse-engineering blog

• http://www.bunniestudios.com/• Novena (open-source) laptop• Wired Future Cities Documentary on Shenzhen

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Purpose?• “To help (English) non-Mandarin

speakers navigate the sprawling electronics market of Shenzhen”

• Personal opinion: • Useful even for Mandarin speakers• Reference Handbook when

conversing with Chinese suppliers

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(Resistor) Component terms translation

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Technical conversation• No Hanyu Pinyin at the top!!!

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Not so relevant for Singaporeans…

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Maps and name card holders

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Where to get the book?• 12 Geeks?• Adafruit at US$35• https://www.adafruit.com/products/3189