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Thanks to [http://www.hackerspace.net/schedule Karsten Nohl presentation at Hacker Space Fest], there's an interesting DIY approach for reverse engineering.
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Thanks to [http://www.hackerspace.net/talks:reverse-engineering-rfid Karsten Nohl presentation] at [http://www.hackerspace.net/schedule Hacker Space Fest], there's an interesting DIY approach for reverse engineering.
  
 
== Features ==
 
== Features ==

Revision as of 22:58, 5 July 2008

Microscope

Thanks to Karsten Nohl presentation at Hacker Space Fest, there's an interesting DIY approach for reverse engineering.

Features

These are the features we're looking for:

  • 500x magnification
  • 2 MP to 8 MP camera
  • Objective table to move the chip slowly (i.e. not by hand, too much shaking and imprecision)
  • Reflected (incident) lighting

Feature we DON'T NEED:

  • Confocal microscope (it seems, because we'll abrase/grind away the upper layers anyway and the bottom layers are opaque anyway too)

Leads

Links

Substrate

  • What kind of glue to use to attach the chip to solid/manoeuvrable support?

Software