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

Friday, August 12, 2022

1st Review for My Latest Book

Since releasing my book Deciphering Schematics barely five days ago, a reader has posted the first review on Amazon:

This review alone is worth all the hard work I put in for the past one year, laboring with the text and many illustrations using Visio, as well as schematic diagrams that I have redrawn or overhauled to make the reading experience a top quality and enjoyable one. I have also pegged the book at an affordable price.

Being a non-US resident, I am subject to 30% withholding tax plus the cost of printing and logistics, so basically what I earn on royalty per book is enough for a meal and drink. I hope readers will support me with honest purchase so I can focus on writing my last book, PCB Diagnostics. Each book takes a lot of time and effort to produce, and careful thoughts go into how best to organize and present the content.

It is my desire that newbie and experienced engineers alike will benefit from my years of knowledge in the field of electronics. That's the legacy I wish to leave behind.


Ps: Thank you, Sebastian, for your generous compliment and support to my works.
 
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  1. Ng Keng TiongAugust 22, 2022 at 10:00 AM

    Thanks, Chris! Do leave a review after you've read the book. :)

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