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Re: Another Boeing Vertol saved (without an apostrophe)
Author: fkrock
Date: 04-05-2016 - 10:36
crmeatball Wrote:
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> It can be done and it can be done by EE students.
> I recall while working on my undergraduate EE
> degree, the local IEEE chapter at the school would
> put on a contest each year during Engineering
> Week. The objective was to take a black box and
> generate a schematic of what was inside the box.
> The first to come up with the right schematic won.
> I also know this is a common technique to reverse
> engineer a system. So given the fact the boards
> are accessible (not in a black box) and signals
> can be traced, I bet some bored electrical
> engineer could "troubleshoot" this board and
> recreate its functionality. In fact, I bet they
> could improve it and even reduce much of the
> capability down into smaller, more robust FPGAs or
> microprocessors so less expensive replacements
> could be manufactured. Its not my cup of tea, but
> I've met plenty of guys who might have fun with
> something like this.
You are correct if you know exactly the composition of the incoming signals and outgoing signals for a circuit board. However I don't know how much proprietary information is publicly available about the signals between circuit boards on Boeing Vertol cars.
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> It can be done and it can be done by EE students.
> I recall while working on my undergraduate EE
> degree, the local IEEE chapter at the school would
> put on a contest each year during Engineering
> Week. The objective was to take a black box and
> generate a schematic of what was inside the box.
> The first to come up with the right schematic won.
> I also know this is a common technique to reverse
> engineer a system. So given the fact the boards
> are accessible (not in a black box) and signals
> can be traced, I bet some bored electrical
> engineer could "troubleshoot" this board and
> recreate its functionality. In fact, I bet they
> could improve it and even reduce much of the
> capability down into smaller, more robust FPGAs or
> microprocessors so less expensive replacements
> could be manufactured. Its not my cup of tea, but
> I've met plenty of guys who might have fun with
> something like this.
You are correct if you know exactly the composition of the incoming signals and outgoing signals for a circuit board. However I don't know how much proprietary information is publicly available about the signals between circuit boards on Boeing Vertol cars.
