I've reverse engineered PBCs before, it's very time consuming, especially for PCBs over 2 layers. Now with PCB fabrication being affordable, building multiple boards to fit various hardware is quite doable. Commercial board designs will need to start using black epoxy to make this harder.
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I've reverse engineered PBCs before, it's very time consuming, especially for PCBs over 2 layers. Now with PCB fabrication being affordable, building multiple boards to fit various hardware is quite doable. Commercial board designs will need to start using black epoxy to make this harder.