Re:Show HN: Reverse-Engineering a Switch Lite with 1,917 wires
by uSoldering on Sunday February 25, 2024 @11:44AM
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The original goal was to just turn an idea I thought was possible and figure out exactly how to execute it. The current goal is something like improve and iterate, while seeing what the market interest for something like this actually is.
I think most of the value is in the imaging technology, and could easily be offered as a mail-in service. I can also bulk manufacture the extractor PCBs and sell them at a small markup, while open sourcing the rest.
Re:Show HN: Reverse-Engineering a Switch Lite with 1,917 wires
by nativeit on Sunday February 25, 2024 @03:58PM
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People like Ken Shirriff (who routinely posts here on HN, and collaborates with @CuriousMarc on YouTube) and Eric Schlaepfer (aka @TubeTime, published Open Circuits: The Inner Beauty of Electronic Components) would probably have some unique insights for this endeavor.
It's not really clear to me what your goal is here. It seems like this would make for a great open source project. Even if you want to make money from it, I think you can generate a lot of value from the process rather than the tools (which only you can really use anyway).
You mentioned in a comment below automating the process further like a bonding machine. There's been a ton of work in this general space in a mechanical sense for 3D printers. I bet you could fairly easily adapt it for probing.