Re:Show HN: Reverse-Engineering a Switch Lite with 1,917 wires
by hakfoo on Sunday February 25, 2024 @11:09PM
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I second the "crowdfund a particular circuit" process.
There are plenty of projects where a new PCB for an old device would be desirable:
* The vintage computers prone to capacitor/battery damage. There are a few Mac replacements, for example, but these are obviously hand-done labours of love.
* Classic Hi-Fi involves a lot of 40 year old boards with failing materials (for example, early two-sided PCBs where the second layer was literally painted on) An accurate netlist might also help improve quality of schematic info that's sometimes ancient service manual scans that are nearly illegible.
There are plenty of projects where a new PCB for an old device would be desirable:
* The vintage computers prone to capacitor/battery damage. There are a few Mac replacements, for example, but these are obviously hand-done labours of love.
* Classic Hi-Fi involves a lot of 40 year old boards with failing materials (for example, early two-sided PCBs where the second layer was literally painted on) An accurate netlist might also help improve quality of schematic info that's sometimes ancient service manual scans that are nearly illegible.