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Another option is to lay the PCB on a flatbed scanner. Check out the nice pictures at https://learn-cnc.com/reverse-engineering-pcbs/ https://learn-cnc.com/rev
by Tepix 4y ago
Another option is to lay the PCB on a flatbed scanner.
Check out the nice pictures at https://learn-cnc.com/reverse-engineering-pcbs/ https://learn-cnc.com/reverse-engineering-pcbs/ for example.
- ejolto 4y agoI'd be scared of scratching the glass of the scanner.
- laputan_machine 4y agoI'd imagine you should be able to place a thin sheet of perspex - or something similar - to protect the glass
- stavros 4y agoCling film on the bottom?
- ZiiS 4y agoPCBs rarely contain diamonds. For decent scanners with real glass this is not a major problem.
- stavros 4y ago> Another option is to lay the PCB on a flatbed scanner. That's detailed in the article.
- MartijnBraam 4y agoThe issue with this is you need flat PCBs due to the depth of field of a flatbed scanner. Even in that article they had to remove components from it. That's quite annoying since most of the boards I have have stacked USB connectors.
- Tepix 4y agoYep, that's the big drawback. It looks rather nice, however.