This teardown is great!

At my work, we have an X-ray machine for PCB reverse engineering. On Fridays we throw in random stuff from around the office, and sometimes make videos about what we find inside.

A few weeks ago we released an X-ray teardown of several other, older chargers. Very interesting to compare with these fancy new ones!

https://youtu.be/4h4qabPsPfI

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tecleandor 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Ha! I laughed at the "my left ear enjoyed it" comment.

Note that the audio mix for the microphone fell in the left channel only.

Apart from that, interesting images!

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jstrieb 2 days ago | parent [-]

I'll let the right people know, thanks to you and the YouTube commenter!

What a funny, positive way to point out our error.

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comice 2 days ago | parent [-]

The right and left people should probably work together in future ;)

	▲	l8rlump 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Might be a lesson for us all.

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jstrieb 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Here is the other video we've released so far if anyone is curious:

https://youtu.be/z09X_ZnAcLs

Happy to take recommendations for other stuff to drop in there and film!

Also if this sounds cool to you, we're hiring US citizens.

https://redballoonsecurity.com/company/careers/

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amelius 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> At my work, we have an X-ray machine for PCB reverse engineering.

Curious, does this machine get past the top copper layer?

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copperx 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Would a CT scanner work better for your use case? (ignoring cost)

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Aurornis 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

A high res 2D X-ray is preferable for a PCB, which is nearly a 2D rectangle itself.

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arccy 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

don't those have giant magnets....

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tecleandor 3 days ago | parent [-]

That'd be an MRI.

A CT is, simplifying, an x-ray machine that takes lots of images in slices, then analyze them with certain algorithms to reconstruct 2D and 3D images of the interior of the 'subject'.

	▲	cenamus 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Well, not really in slices, but from all angles. So with a computer you can reconstruct the density of whatever you're imaging and also do the slices