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| deandadnaed:
Hi! I’m trying to understand and simulate a Power Supply. Wiring is very clear for me. But the PCB’s aren’t. Is there a way to reverse engineer a PCB and obtain its diagram/scheme? The first piece I want to describe is this: Enviado desde mi iPhone utilizando Tapatalk |
| viperidae:
Take a picture of the track side, print it out then draw the components on it. From there it's much easier to start drawing out the schematic |
| deandadnaed:
--- Quote from: viperidae on April 06, 2019, 10:07:11 pm ---Take a picture of the track side, print it out then draw the components on it. From there it's much easier to start drawing out the schematic --- End quote --- Thank you very much! Enviado desde mi iPhone utilizando Tapatalk |
| alex.martinez:
--- Quote from: deandadnaed on April 06, 2019, 09:55:05 pm ---Hi! I’m trying to understand and simulate a Power Supply. Wiring is very clear for me. But the PCB’s aren’t. Is there a way to reverse engineer a PCB and obtain its diagram/scheme? The first piece I want to describe is this: Enviado desde mi iPhone utilizando Tapatalk --- End quote --- At least it is a one-sided board. The problem with power supplies and several-model electronics is that they make a master PCB with all the features, then fabricate that one, and for lower-tier models they remove some of the sub-systems. The advice above is pretty solid, but take into account not all component hoels are populated... and probably there is a good portion of traces shorted to ground. I would start from there, use te continuity meter and start checking which ones are shorted, where do the "0 ohm" go and so on. |
| jerryk:
Here are some different views of your board that might be helpful. Jerry |
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