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[[File:Xray.jpg|300px|thumb|right|X-Ray]] | [[File:Xray.jpg|300px|thumb|right|X-Ray]] | ||
[[File:Xray-sensor.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Sensor]] | [[File:Xray-sensor.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Sensor]] | ||
In discussing this, Mike Harrison has kindly offered the machine used for this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCc83fh1Mt8 teardown] for £200. We can afford this already with the pledges offered (if we want to accept that, I'd ask for half of all the pledged amounts). It's a pretty cool machine : simpler to hack and able to examine quite large packages. It's possibly got less magnification than the Faxitron : I'll get some more details so we can consider the choices. | |||
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Coolness, obviously. But also : | Coolness, obviously. But also : | ||
*taking things apart without breaking them as much | |||
*reverse-engineering potted electronics | *reverse-engineering potted electronics | ||
*checking hidden solder joints such as BGAs | *checking hidden solder joints such as BGAs | ||
