WOOT '14 - Printed Circuit Board Deconstruction Techniques

Printed Circuit Board Deconstruction Techniques

Joe Grand, Grand Idea Studio, Inc.

The primary purpose of printed circuit board (PCB) reverse engineering is to determine electronic system or subsystem functionality by analyzing how components are interconnected. We performed a series of experiments using both inexpensive home-based solutions and state-of-the-art technologies with a goal of removing exterior coatings and accessing individual PCB layers. This paper presents our results from the most effective techniques.

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