What is PCB copying?

PCB copying, also commonly referred to as circuit board copying, circuit board cloning, circuit board * *, PCB cloning, PCB reverse design, or PCB reverse research and development in the industry, has multiple definitions of PCB copying in the industry and academia, but none of them are complete. If we want to provide an accurate definition of PCB copying, we can refer to the authoritative PCB copying laboratory in China: PCB copying, that is, on the premise that there are already physical electronic products and circuit boards, The reverse analysis of the circuit board is carried out by means of reverse research and development technology. The original product's technical documents such as PCB documents, Bill of materials (BOM) documents, schematic diagram documents, and PCB silk printing production documents are restored 1:1. Then these technical documents and production documents are used for PCB manufacturing, component welding, flying needle, and circuit board debugging to complete the original circuit board template. Due to the fact that electronic products are composed of various types of circuit boards that form the core control part for operation, the process of PCB copying can be used to extract any electronic product technical information and simulate and clone the product.



For PCB copying, many people do not understand what PCB copying is, and some even believe that PCB copying is a copycat. In everyone's understanding, copycat means imitation, but PCB copying is definitely not imitation. The purpose of PCB copying is to learn the latest foreign electronic circuit design technology, and then absorb excellent design solutions, which can be used to develop and design better products.