To My Readers



If this is the first time you're visiting my blog, thank you. Whether you're interested or just curious to find out about PCB reverse engineering (PCB-RE), I hope you'll find something useful here.

This blog contains many snippets of the content in my books to provide a more detailed overall sampling for my would-be readers to be better informed before making the purchase. Of course, the book contains more photos and nice illustrations, as evidence from its cover page. Hopefully, this online trailer version will whet your appetite enough to want to get a copy for yourself.

Top Review

I started doing component level repair of electronics with (and without) schematics more than 40 years ago, which activity often involves reverse-engineering of printed circuit boards. Although over the years my technical interests have shifted into particle beam instrumentation, electron microscopy, and focused ion beam technology fields, till this day——and more often than not——PCB repairs have returned multiple multi-million-dollar accelerators, FIB, and SEM instruments back to operation, delivering great satisfaction and some profit.

Many of the methods described by Keng Tiong in great details are similar to the approaches I've developed, but some of the techniques are different, and as effective and useful as efficient and practical. Systematic approach and collection of useful information presented in his books are not only invaluable for a novice approaching PCB-level reverse engineering, but also very interesting reading and hands-on reference for professionals.

Focus on reverse engineering instead of original design provides unique perspective into workings of electronics, and in my opinion books by Keng Tiong (I've got all three of them) are must-read for anybody trying to develop good understanding of electronics——together with writings by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill, Phil Hobbs, Jim Williams, Bob Pease, Howard Johnson and Martin Graham, Sam Goldwasser, and other world's top electronics experts.

Valery Ray
Particle Beam Systems Technologist

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Appeal for Reviews

Since it's release about a year ago, Manual PCB-RE - The Essentials has sold quite a few copies despite little publicity and no advertising. Unlike the first three books, the only thing lacking is reviews from readers. Would love to hear from my readers what they think about the content of this book, whether it has helped them learn or pick up essentials in this niche skillset and enable them to be more proficient in their PCB-RE work.

To encourage readers to publish their reviews on Amazon, here's the deal:

1. The ten best reviews will be included in the next print release of the book. This will give reviewers good exposure and publicity so please include your name and job title if you are employed, or company name if you own a business.

2. The top three reviews will get a free copy of my upcoming book, Deciphering Schematics, which will be released sometime in the third quarter of this year.


The deadline for acceptance of reviews will be the date of release of my upcoming book. If you have not gotten a copy of Manual PCB-RE, now is the time to place your order and put in your review. This offer is also extended to those who already own a copy so delay no more and submit your reviews today!

Your positive feedback is my motivation to write.

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3 comments:

  1. Ng Keng TiongJune 12, 2022 at 8:39 PM

    Hello Chris. Thank you for the wonderful review on my book! Glad it inspired you to share your own working experience in writing. I'm sure engineers in this field will benefit from your expertise. I'm currently slightly over 70% done on Deciphering Schematics. A lot of time is taken up drawing illustrations and circuits to make the content more consistent in quality and presentation, so readers will not only have a better and enjoyable experience reading it, but knowing that it is well worth the price of the book.

    Your review has definitely made it to the top ten and will be included in the next release of Manual PCB-RE. It is also in contention for the top three reviews.

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  2. Biotech97June 19, 2022 at 5:16 AM

    Posted my review already ! :) Been following your blog for a while and can't wait for this masterpiece to come out ! My review is under Kindle user but I added my name under it ( Sebastian Garcia )

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  3. Ng Keng TiongAugust 3, 2022 at 9:48 AM

    Hello Chris! I've just completed writing Deciphering Schematics. I would like to give you a complimentary copy for your review. Appreciate if you can email me (ngkt@engineer.com) your shipping address. Thanks!

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