Now that you mention it I was actually messing around with that before commenthing this, I’m on Linux (Arch) already so the idea of writing utils replacement was already there haha, thanks for the suggestion, I’m doing that

I see! Well I’m going to take the suggestion and get a STM32 as another user pointed out and after some research I found it to be really good, and a kit with a bunch of resistors and other components, similar to the one you suggested but with less components (little by little I will buy more). I have actually done some soldering myself, not too complicated stuff I must admit, but atleast something. Also taking into account the DM since you are a welcoming person, thanks for helping me so much I have a way clearer plan now.

Oh wow thanks, I was actually searching for something like that because it is very useful to practice until I can afford all the parts I want to implement.

As a first time user in Lemmy, I’m so fascinated by the community, thank you all! I will be around so hopefully I can help others as much as everyone who commented here helped me.

Oh wow, ok I’m checking both of those kits, also well the userspace being on another repo makes sense, so contributing to it would still be nice for me, not only to contribute to the community but also to learn. QEMU sounds really fitting for my interests so I’m going to experiment with it, thanks! I appreciate all the help

Oh that sounds interesting, also thanks for suggesting the nRF5x series, it sounds quite interesting to experiment with bluetooth. And actually I was planning on also learning Rust as I’ve seen it is quite modern in the memory management and safety.

Thanks for the detailed reply, yeah I’m going with the microcontroller kit definitely, I kinda had it in mind before posting but wanted to make sure as I felt a bit lost given how extense (and interesting) the field is. I had no idea of the user space drivers, it is actually a really interesting concept and I’m definitely checking it out as it sounds like a good place to start contributing to the Linux kernel (which is something I wish to do + I daily drive Linux so most likely I will end up writing a solution for a problem I can personally have). Which software do you suggest for testing? The only one I’ve used for virtual ISO is VirtualBox.

You are right, that seems really interesting, thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks! Yes you completely nailed it, since I already have some circuitry knowledge (and I really find it fascinating) I guess I should start with microcontrollers, then the Raspberry Pi or similar SBC. I will gladly take into account your recommendations, my budget is kinda low since I live in a quite complicated country (Venezuela), so if you can give me the generals on what I should look for I would really appreciate it. Do you also suggest any book or learning resource?

Also (sorry if I’m asking too much) do you think it is viable for me to get a remote job in this field, or a similar one that can make use of this skills? As you can imagine in this country the local offer is pretty low, basically non-existant.

Oh I see, well I’ve done some circuitry so that helps I guess. Thanks for clarifying, it’s just a bit intimidating but exciting field, I’m starting rn with some arduinos and basic sensors then. Also from a job perspective, do you see viable to pursue low-level development remote job? I have worked with git, and I’m working to improve my github profile so that I can offer more while polishing my skills, but I personally haven’t seen much remote job offers for low-level junior dev, sadly in my country it is not common either so that’s why I’m interested in a remote one.