tracing out schematics

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordon_at_gjcp.net>
Date: Thu Nov 18 07:25:59 2004

Bert Thomas wrote:

> I've read in the past that Tony called someone a whimp cause he said he
> didn't dare to reverse engineer a 4 layer board or something like that. I
> wonder, if _that_ is easy, how does one solve problems like traces that
> run under components? If its a simple and cheap component, it could be
> removed and replaced later.
>

When I traced out the circuit diagram for my Ensoniq Mirage sampler's
ailing analogue section, I just measured the DC resistance between two
points and guessed. With a bit of thought, you can usually judge what
makes sense to be connected to what.

Gordon.
Received on Thu Nov 18 2004 - 07:25:59 GMT