November 2017
Intermediate to advanced
452 pages
11h 46m
English
Once you have opened up the device, the next step is to look at the PCB and identify all the various chips present. To read the labels of the chip, use a USB microscope or your smartphone's flashlight while tilting the chip slightly. It is also recommended to have holders, which can hold the device steadily while you read the names of the various chips.
Once you have figured out the name of a chip, head over to Google and search for its manufacturer, followed by the model number and the word, "datasheet". This is also something we will do later on in this chapter.
Once you have the datasheet with you, you can use the information present there to figure out all the various properties of the target chip, including ...
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