PCB Clone: The Best Way to Microcontroller Reverse Engineering

The need for printed circuit board cloning or simply called PCB clone comes about a variety of reasons. The prime reason to do PCB clone is the need to replace an obsolete PCB that is no longer available from the original manufacturer. 

Missing manufacturing files such as Gerber files are often cited as the main reason. Another reason to do PCB clone is the cost. Some PCBs are considered proprietary by the OEM when in fact they are not; they’re just too expensively priced. Such need generally consists of two parts of the job – copying the schematics and making the BOM (Bill of Material). 

People can easily make a PCB assembly with schematics and BOM but not PCB clone. Of course, there is another vital part – microcontroller cloning, since microcontroller cloning is only needed for PCBs with locked controllers, please refer to Shenzhen OROD Technology Co. Ltd for more information.

Create Same PCBs without Files: PCB Copy Service at Best Price

Are you missing the CAD or PCB files for that bare or assembled printed circuit board (PCB)? Do you have the physical electronic circuit board on-hand but don’t have the circuit design files? Don’t have any PCB Gerber drawing files for your PCB production and circuit assembly. Or want to reproduce the PCB board without any blueprint? There’s a solution to everything – PCB copy or PCB cloning!

So, What PCB Copy Exactly Is?

PCB copy service enables you to replicate the same copy of the electronic circuit board that you want for a simple electronic circuit. PCB copy isn’t too difficult. If the right circuit involves an intelligent controller, cloning should be the last resort that you should opt for as a solution for your engineering or business challenge. 

Technology included PCB copy enables the possibility of reversing the PCB module from the physical item to engineering drawings. Physical PCB modules will be translated into PCB Gerber (the production engineering file), PCB BOM List (PCB component list) and PCB Schematic Diagram. With these engineering files, the tech teams can re-produce/clone a PCB module. 

Reversing Steps to PCB Copy:

• ·         Remove all the components and record the placement of every component on the board
• ·         Scan outer layer PCB circuits to software for editing and comparison
• ·         Remove the dielectric layer PCB, and scan the inner layer PCB circuit to the software for editing and comparison
• ·         Remove copper layer scanned, and repeat step 3 until all layers are recorded
• ·         Reverse the images taken to Gerber file (the engineering file for manufacturing)
• ·         Convert the Gerber file obtained to PCB layout design, and add all the components in the drawings according to the placement recorded
• ·         Check the layout drawing to make sure there is not open/brake circuit
• ·         Convert the layout drawing to schematic drawing
• ·         Check the schematic drawing