I discovered Ben Eater from another post on HN: "Let's build a circuit that displays an image on a VGA monitor [video]" [0]. If you're new to his content, I'd recommend starting with that video; it's currently his second most popular video on YouTube with 2M views. After watching that series I became interested in how display capabilities are communicated in modern systems and I learned a bit about DisplayID [1], which is a superset of an older (and apparently rather dysfunctional) standard.
A bit tangential, but I recently discovered the incredible Make: Encyclopedia of Electronic Components series (here's Vol 1 [2]) and immediately fell in love. It's one of those things which you don't know you need until you learn of its existence, and then you can't live without it. The topics covered by this series go far beyond what you learn as part of a computer engineering or electrical engineering undergraduate program, at least based on my experience and those of my friends.
Some commenters are asking about getting started with electronics. My standard suggestion is Make: Electronics [3], which is written for learning by discovery rather than learning by explanation. Read the first page of the Preface [4] for an explanation of what that means; consider picking up a copy if that resonates with you.
A bit tangential, but I recently discovered the incredible Make: Encyclopedia of Electronic Components series (here's Vol 1 [2]) and immediately fell in love. It's one of those things which you don't know you need until you learn of its existence, and then you can't live without it. The topics covered by this series go far beyond what you learn as part of a computer engineering or electrical engineering undergraduate program, at least based on my experience and those of my friends.
Some commenters are asking about getting started with electronics. My standard suggestion is Make: Electronics [3], which is written for learning by discovery rather than learning by explanation. Read the first page of the Preface [4] for an explanation of what that means; consider picking up a copy if that resonates with you.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20375702
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayID
[2] https://www.makershed.com/products/make-encyclopedia-of-elec...
[3] https://www.makershed.com/products/make-electronics-2ed4
[4] https://imgur.com/ZR3anzQ