29 Dec
2006
29 Dec
'06
5:58 p.m.
In article <5.2.1.1.0.20061229144920.01517160 at pop.1and1.com>,
Grant Stockly <grant at stockly.com> writes:
The x-rays are cool, but I think if I was intending to reverse
engineer the board, I'd remove all the components from the board
first, although I think that probably also falls into the "have a 2nd
board you don't care about" category...
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Well, if the
board is just double sided (i.e. all tracks visible, except
where they pass under components), you can generally trace tracks by eye
and confirm with an ohmmeter. And if there are internal tracks, I think
tracing those from an X-ray image wouldn't be exactly trivial.
Before you read the text below, am willing to help anyone out who has
equipment they want to reproduce (as far as getting the x-ray goes)...but
its not a fast and easy method.
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