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Re:Show HN: Reverse-Engineering a Switch Lite with 1,917 wires by alright2565 on Sunday February 25, 2024 @10:50AM (#39501757)
Did you take a panorama of the board after desoldering all the components? I'm curious (although not likely to want to dedicate more than minimal time to) if it would be possible minimize/eliminate your innovation #2 by using computer vision.

Or are you maybe aware of other images of depopulated boards?

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Re:Show HN: Reverse-Engineering a Switch Lite with 1,917 wires by uSoldering on Sunday February 25, 2024 @02:50PM (#39504131)
I didn't take a depopulated panorama because I did all the photography without an automated stage, which is what I'm currently working on. There are some boardscans that are depopulated, with the various layers you can go through here: https://balika011.hu/switch/

I am okay at programming, but slow. I think it's definitely possible, but processing of computer vision is still magic to me.

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