I know how much re costs in the amount of time spent. I've RE'd all kinds of things, and re-implemented in a better way, from weird payment terminals, camera se

I know how much re costs in the amount of time spent. I've RE'd all kinds of things, and re-implemented in a better way, from weird payment terminals, camera sensors, to really weird eInk/SoC combos where a big manufacturer is bitbanging eInk protocol over data lines of LCD interface from memory patterns, USB bootloader protocols, software protection schemes... Pre-RE research is valuable, but that's just a start. Anyway, at $200/h you can spend 500h making something work. ;)