Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago

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Reverse engineering a printed circuit board may begin with a high resolution image of the PCB. In this video I show my setup for photographing a PCB that I'm reversing, use of Photoshop for stitching and aligning the images of each side of the board, and muse about how software may improve the process.

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Photograph hardware I used (Amazon Affiliate links)
Canon 100mm macro lens: amzn.to/3ag5L6j
Canon 80D camera body: amzn.to/3fOWzXI
Planar touchscreen monitor: amzn.to/3agDFrV

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:26 - Photography setup
07:37 - Stitching images
13:24 - Aligning board sides
22:25 - Isolating tacks and vias

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