Reverse Engineering of legacy PCB gerber Data

 

     You may need to reverse engineer your bare or assembled pcb board whenever the product needs to undergo a engineering change.

     As the name implies the reverse engineering of a an existing pcb design , is the process of recovering the design database from the board gerber data . This requires the adaptation of intelligent techniques along with an in-depth understanding of manufacturing and design skills .Whenever your existing board requires an engineering change (ECO) for which you don’t have design file, you will need to backward engineer/generate the design database from the gerbers or from an already manufactured boards. We specialize in the conversion of your old design gerber files to create intelligent CAD system database format by adding parts and netlist information.

Service features

we have state-of-the art hardware and Software facilities for back processing of Gerber data. Our Engineers have in-depth knowledge in PCB manufacturing process and have vast experience in converting the pre-production files into electronic design database . Hence our 24X7 hour service features quality and quick turn around resulting shortened product cycle time with the aid of cost-effective in-house developed productivity improvement tools and advance cam software's like Valor Genesis(for ODB++),Ecam 350,Camtastic and GCcam.

Circumstances necessary for re-engineering

1) Losing original design file
2) The native design database EDA software is not available in the market
3) When the OEM does not support a board
4) To improve the performance of the existing board for which you do not have a intelligent database.

Requirements for a reverse engineered pcb

Schematics if available /raw netlist.
Bill of materials
Gerber data
Working pcbs if available (if none of the other data is available)

What we Deliver for reverse engineered design

1. Complete Schematic diagrams
2. Complete bill of materials and
3. Design database in the require format
4. Gerber and drill files for fab



Note: Reverses engineering is “legal” and we don’t infringe copyright or privacy practices.