he is wrong for locking the thread and it must be unlocked.
On what basis do you make such demands?
What have you contributed to give you any special rights here?
I suggest you spend some time learning how things work rather than expecting others to do everything for you.
And maybe start asking people nicely for help, rather than demanding things.
Is asking for a list of components or circuit layout special rights, look at other threads on this forum, 80% of threads here ask for component identification or repairing. Why should I have contributed anything to expect the same kind of help others expect for product repair and component identification. And I did ask nicely in that thread.
You have Iceland's flag and you are insulted as if you are from US, are you ashamed of being from USA?
Shaming a user because of their stated origin is NOT acceptable and is in violation of rule #2 (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/forum-rules-please-read/). Racism here will NOT be tolerated.
My comment was in response to his racism. If you are talking about Racism, you should start with that user, look at his post without reason he trash-talked about H1B visa holders from India, and tarnished all the people from India as rip-off artists.
Asking members to potentially illegally reverse engineer a commercial product to create a copy is a violation of rule #6. In many countries including here in Australia, it is illegal to reverse engineer a product unless it's for interoperability, open sourcing the schematics for someone elses commercial product is not for "interoperability".
Rule #7, moderators can remove ANY topic deemed to be "potentially illegal information". Simon made the right decision here to lock your thread, if it were me I would have also issued you a warning for the above rule violations, which you have now earned yourself for this thread and the PM that was sent.
I respond very badly to threats, even civil ones. And I didn't ask for that information for commercial activities. If I had any interest in commercial activities, I would contacted the seller directly and see if I can get profit of 190 euros buy selling them when they cost less than 50 cents.
What does the fact that Simon claims to be from the UK have anything at all to do with any of this?
Again: Racism here will NOT be tolerated.
Because the user who replied before it was locked is from UK. That is why I had to mention the moderator is also from UK.
He is not wrong, you are, period. This forum is not a democracy.
You have no right NOT to be offended by something someone says. If you don't understand this, read it again until it sinks in.
I'm not wrong, you are.
As for your claim to being 50c worth of parts... what about the hours of R&D to create the device and any software it might be programmed with? The time & cost in getting sales approval, setting up a supply and manufacture chain... the total cost of parts may be 50c, but the total cost to produce may be in the thousands, and seeing as it's a niche device, the creator is not expected to sell a lot of them to recuperate their costs.
Microsoft Windows costs nothing to copy it, but millions to develop it, does that mean they are overcharging for it? Wake up and stop being so naive.
It was not my claim, it was Iceland user's claim that a Chinese knock-off would be less than 50 cents.
I doubt the creator of that spy bug would have spent hours of R & D to create it, anyone who has studied electronics engineering with a specialization in RF would have designed it when they are drunk, it is similar to most of the FM circuits freely available online but miniaturized with SMD components. In the thread I posted, there is only one device which requires programming and that too for setting it's transmitting frequency, not a complicated programming which would require a post-graduate or Phd degree.
Have you looked at those spy bugs, JLCPCB would give 10 PCBs of those sizes for less than $10, they make use off-the-shelf SMD components, not some exotic components, costing $100s. It is niche device, doesn't mean it is difficult to make. I bet it has more customers than television has, to list a few, law enforcement, intelligence, spouses, partners, business partners, etc.
Microsoft Windows costs electricity charge, computer, copying device and copying medium to copy. Yes, I think Microsoft is over-charging, I think everything is overcharged. And both Apple & Microsoft stole the idea for Windows from Xerox. You are making circuitous argument, because I can go back to my argument that West has stolen things from India centuries, which made the West rich enough to develop technologies, etc. So you have no moral right to expect me to pay for it.
My thread asking about list of components and circuit layout has been locked in a high-handed manner. The topic of the thread is not a violation of any rules of this forum.
But it was derailed by other users with talks about ethics and stealing, to which I replied with justified arguments, like what is stealing from stealer? When they have built their things on stolen things, they have no moral right to talk about stealing, etc.
But a moderator who claims to be from UK, has locked my thread in a high-handed manner. Who are other moderators and admins on this site, he is wrong for locking the thread and it must be unlocked.
Those comments are something a self-entitled twit would write. Gnif's and Simon's comments are appropriate.
IMHO (which is irrelevant, of course!) the other thread was correctly locked.
Where in the thread do I come across as self-entitled? This is an electronics forum where people ask for component which is damaged or they are not aware of, if those are not entitled, I'm not self-entitled.
Thank you for your charming PM, in which you described me (and Simon) as a scumbag. I'm sure the appropriate action will follow shortly. [EDIT: and as you mentioned them in such insulting terms, my ancestors were coal miners in the North of England].
To return to your OP. There is no way that anyone could reverse engineer that device from those photos. Maybe you can take more, at different angles, and measure all of the passive components (as they are unmarked). The IC part numbers are invisible too.
I don't have access to those devices, if I did, I would have done it myself. Those photos are from the seller's website, I can only post what they publish.