Spend some time hacking hardware and you'll eventually render a piece of equipment unusable either by accident or intentionally. Between us, we've got decades of bricking experience that we'd like to share. We'll document the most common ways of temporarily or permanently damaging your hardware and ways to recover, if possible. We'll also talk about tips on how to avoid bricking your projects in the first place. If you're getting into hardware hacking and worried about messing something up, our stories will hopefully prevent you from experiencing the same horrors we did. If you're worried about an uprising of intelligent machines, the techniques discussed will help you disable their functionality and keep them down.