Here’s a question for you: How do you reverse engineer a circuit when you don’t even have it in hand? It’s an interesting problem, and it adds a level of difficulty to the already iffy proposition ...

There was a time when we would start our electronic projects with integrated circuits and other components, mounted on stripboard, or maybe on a custom PCB. This is still the case for many devices, ...

After my ultrasonic cleaner failed after not using it for two years, a teardown was in order. I once fixed a similar unit replacing two high-voltage transistors that drove the ultrasonic transducers.

New research paper titled “Hardening Circuit-Design IP Against Reverse-Engineering Attacks” from University of Florida. “Design-hiding techniques are a central piece of academic and industrial efforts ...