The Art of PCB Reverse Engineering: Tools & Techniques

Recently, I've given my first sci-fi novel book cover a major makeover. That's when I revisited the question: Why did I write HAVAH?...

Not everyone loves to write, and fewer still take writing as a calling. In a world where literacy is on the rise, more and more people are a...

BREAKING NEWS!  My first science fiction novel "HAVAH" has just been conferred the  Gold Book Award  by  Literary Titan ! This awa...

I submitted my novel to Reader's Favorite for review a week ago and today they came back to me with the following 5-star review: The nee...

I'm happy to announce that my first sci-fi romance novel is finally released and ready for order. It is available on Amazon in print and...

(Click on picture above to go to the blog) I've been away from this blog for quite a while, but I'm not completely disengaged from i...

These days, book reviews are hard to come by. So when there's one from a reader, it's always a joy to share. Here's two recent o...

For the most part of my engineering career, I performed repairs (surgeries) on countless PCBs. It didn't dawn on me that one day, I woul...

Two days ago, I received an email from a guy by the name Jason Richard out of the blue.  Here are his words: A few months ago, I sent Joe a ...

A novice starting out to learn PCB reverse engineering usually begins with a multimeter and the simple notion that it's all about findin...

One of the questions I often get asked during my tenure as a test and repair engineer in my former company was: what's the most difficul...

Soon after Antrisksh and Aseem's recent visit to Singapore and our meetup, I noticed an increase in sales of my books in the Netherlands...

A few days before I flew off to Taiwan for holiday with my wife, I received a message from Antriksh, founder of Hardwear.io, via LinkedIn. H...

Formerly, I worked as a test engineer in the home-grown defense industry, Singapore Technologies under the Engineering arm. I was privileged...

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 ...

Since it's debut in November 2015, The Art of PCB Reverse Engineering has been a consistent best seller among my books, though not the ...

This year's Hardwear.io event featured nearly thirty speakers from various fields relating to hardware and security: Interested readers ...

Just last Sunday, Antriksh Shah from Hardwear.io contacted me on LinkedIn and expressed interest in procuring two sets of my PCB-RE books, h...

Just this morning, I received an email from someone who attended Joe Grand's Basic Hardware Hacking course and was given a signed copy o...

Again, Amazon doesn't seem to post reviews by readers from other countries across its online platforms. This time, it's a review for...

Following closely on the heels of PCB Diagnostics , I have released the full-color Kindle edition of Deciphering Schematics . Here are some ...

Just when I thought I'm done with updating this blog, about three weeks into releasing my final engineering book, PCB Diagnostics , two ...

Just felt a need to include the following review from an UK reader who downloaded Deciphering Schematics from Kindle Unlimited, which did n...

From the initial conception to its release, PCB Diagnostics has taken me close to two years to complete, though the actual intensive writin...

Currently I am doing a final proofread of my book, PCB Diagnostics . Caught several typos and rephrase some sentences upon re-reading. Just ...