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.

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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

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

TCM Anyone?

I've just completed translating a book for my friend from English to Chinese. While the first draft is under review, I thought it'll be good to catch up on my writing PCB Diagnostics. As I mentioned in my previous posts, diagnosing faults on a PCB has parallel similarities with the practice of TCM. This makes for some interesting analogies like in the two-page sample below:

There are many books on how to troubleshoot a PCB or electronic equipment, so I'm not about to write another of the similar, predictable stereotype book on this subject. Of course, PCB Diagnostics will involve troubleshooting techniques as well as the various type of tools used to diagnose electronic faults. But I hope to take it one level higher by incorporating a holistic approach using TCM analogies.

I don't want to write books just to present facts. I want to impact readers and change their perspective and philosophy regarding the topic they are interested to learn, so they can pick up a life skill in the process of acquiring that knowledge. If I can achieve this objective, then I will have leave behind an invaluable and lasting legacy.


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  1. Biotech97September 1, 2022 at 3:54 AM

    When is PCB Diagnostics expected to be released? I do like the TCM analogies. Personally it helps me understand it more and I hope it does for others as well.

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  2. Ng Keng TiongSeptember 1, 2022 at 9:17 AM

    I hope to get it release by Christmas this year, if not earlier, depending on my schedules and commitments.

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    1. Biotech97September 1, 2022 at 9:25 AM

      Awesome I'll be looking forward to this one as well 🙏💯🔥

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