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

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Basics of PCB-RE

 There are two versions of my first engineering book, The Art of PCB Reverse Engineering, a full-color and a standard (non-color) edition:


Both are available on Amazon online store. Click on the pictures above to go to Amazon for a preview and read the reviews from readers who have purchased my book.


 Sequel to PCB-RE

The sequel to my first book, PCB-RE: Tools & Techniques, is released on December 28, 2017. Readers who have been following my blog can purchase it now online. Click on the book cover to go to the Amazon online store to order!


Secure your personal copy today!


Trilogy on PCB-RE

The third book to the PCB reverse engineering subject, PCB-RE: Real-World Examples, is finally released on February 28, 2019.

Available on Amazon!

It is retailed at $39.95 (USD) on Amazon online bookstore. Prices will vary slightly in other countries based on current exchange rates.


Essentials of PCB-RE

The fourth and final book, Manual PCB-RE: The Essentials, is available on Amazon online bookstore only in printed form:


This is an affordable edition with matted covers and is retailed at only $29.95 (USD). It covers all the essentials you need to know to start doing PCB-RE the manual way!


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