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, August 3, 2022

A Special One-Off Anniversary

Exactly one year since I mooted the idea of writing Deciphering Schematics, I'm happy and relieved to inform my readers that I've finally completed the final draft of the book. The last mile has been a great challenge for me, mentally and emotionally on personal grounds. Currently it's in the proofreading phase.

Here's the updated cover without the Foreword (I took it from a reader's suggestion to drop the idea. Well, at least for the time being):

The former release will be on August 9 which is the National Day (or Independence Day for the US) of our island nation, Singapore. I will probably resume writing PCB Diagnostics sometime end of this month, but there could be further delays as I'm involved in the translation of a book by a friend.

There is so much to do with so little time, I just have to prioritize and manage the tasks at hand. If everything works out well, I hope my final masterpiece will be birthed on Christmas Day.

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3 comments:

  1. Biotech97August 5, 2022 at 10:43 AM

    Yes ! FINALLY ! I will be ready to place my order on the 9th. Thank you for being a one of a kind author and sharing all your years of experience through great writing and expression. Your books have helped a lot of people and will continue to do so for the curious mind in the field of electronics. I hope all is well and my sincere condolences for the loss of your friend.

    P.S. Is there anyway I could obtain a signed copy of the book from you ? looking forward to a response.

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  2. Ng Keng TiongAugust 6, 2022 at 5:12 PM

    Thanks for the kind thoughts. I'm afraid it's not possible to get a signed copy since I don't mail out the books myself. Amazon does the logistics (printing and delivering). I can write you a personal note and have it mailed to you though, if you don't mind providing an address. (ngkt@engineer.com)

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  3. Biotech97August 9, 2022 at 7:30 AM

    Thank you for the reply. I have sent you an email already. Btw I already placed an order for the book. Hopefully I could be the first to give you 5 stars.

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