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

Saturday, July 15, 2023

My Profile as an Author

In my seven-and-a-half year as a writer, I have written a total of thirteen books, half of which are engineering related while the rest are of personal and religious nature. Most of my readers are interested in PCB-RE and diagnostic stuff, so it's no surprise that my engineering books fare better in sales. But if you really like my writing style, and have a knack for theology or eschatology, then please take a look at my other book titles, which are available in e-book edition as well.

Self-Published Author

Jan 2016 - Present · 7 yrs 7 months
Authored the following books:

Engineering
1. The Art of PCB Reverse Engineering
2. PCB-RE: Tools & Techniques
3. PCB-RE: Real World Examples
4. Manual PCB-RE - The Essentials
5. Deciphering Schematics
6. PCB Diagnostics

Memoir
1. Love's Chronicles (English and Chinese)

Family
1. The Marriage Puzzle (English and Chinese)

Theology
1. Volume 1 - NT in 77 Days
2. Volume 2 - OT Law & Prophets in 157 Days
3. Volume 3 - OT Writings in 87 Days

Eschatology
1. Revelation - A Concise Study
2. NFS Laboratory

Available on Amazon and other online bookstores.

I'm still doing part-time writing at present, as I explore other options. In particular, I hope to write on fiction novel and politics. If you are interested in such topics, keep a look out in my Amazon store.

As always, stay safe and well, my friends! 

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