Good luck - If you have a bare board and a starting idea of a schematic
and/or net list a bare board testor will tell you the errors. Correcting as
you go, after several passes you may be able to get to a complete and
accurate net list.

I've done this manually with a continuity testor but it was painful in the
extreme.

Ray Klein

-----Original Message-----
From: McGlaughlin, Jeffrey A [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:48 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] Reverse Engineering


I have been given the opportunity to (Stuck with the task of :-{ ) reverse
engineering a number of through hole PCB's. We do not have original
schematics or  unpopulated boards. I am looking for a quick and hopefully
painless way of generating a netlist from circuit card assemblies. Any
suggestions?

Jeffrey A. McGlaughlin CID
Sr. Designer
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus Ohio
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