CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@poleguy @jaseg
Yea I think I'll try that.
There is no button it's based on infrared. But I'll take a look and see what I find out with the tips and tools.

Also I think I see it partially as an exercise

@jaseg @poleguy

I'm not literally using pen & paper i was using inkscape to try to mark things and follow traces. Though it quickly got to complicated and i lost the overview and made a lot of mistakes. The Graphics tablet would be a great addition though

Regarding the XY Problem....
I think your right i don't need such a Tool to solve my issue. My interests just steered my into that direction
The complexity is not high, but the right toolset is often a benefit to learn for future projects.

In the meantime i also found a nice interesting tool that helps with alignment and can even output a Net-list (i still need to look further into how it works though)
Maybe interesting:
https://pcb.etaras.com/

And yea my brain just did not notice the wrong hashtag it just autocompleted it to electronics in my head

@mxshift That's an interesting Workshop, Thanks for the link.
Especially the searching of the Chip marking was something i did not think of.

#askfedi Hiii, I'm trying to reverse engineer a PCB. But doing this by hand with a pen and paper is not working out. Does anyone know of any good free tools to help me trace both sides and somehow end up with a shematic?

I'd love to be able to inject signals with a ESP to remote control the system makeing my old soap dispenser into a plant watering system.

#reverseengineering #pcb #electronics