I have an overmolded PCBA on a cable with passive components only. Some of the components are hard to identify, but I'm still concerned about the possibility of competitors trying to reverse engineer it. What are the best materials I can put on the components to make it extremely hard (expensive, time-consuming, etc.) for anyone to get to those components in-tact? I'm concerned that standard potting materials, conformal coating materials, and epoxies would be too easy to remove with heat, chemicals, sanding, or milling. Essentially I'd like to have something that bonds so strongly to the components that trying to remove the material also destroys the components. Of course if the material is too hard on the hardness scale, or has a high thermal expansion co-efficient, then the board components might get damaged during manufacturing or during use in the field.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
arduino - Can I use TI's cc2541 BLE as micro controller to perform operations/ processing instead of ATmega328P AU to save cost?
I am using arduino pro mini (which contains Atmega328p AU ) along with cc2541(HM-10) to process and transfer data over BLE to smartphone. I...
-
operational amplifier - What is the advantage of the inverting opamp circuit over non-inverting one?Op amp circuits are designed to achieve a specific gain regardless of the differences between individual op amps. One very common circuit ha...
-
Related question: Ceramic capacitors: how to read 3-digit markings? I have some ceramic capacitors with a 2-digit marking. How to read them?...
-
I'm having an issue with my Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) feedback circuit. The output is not behaving as expected. My board schematic ...
-
Can you please give me a definition, or at least a more specific context, of the term "point-of-load" converter/regulator? I have ...
-
My input is an FM carrier of 80.00MHz. It is FM modulated with 625kbpsec data. The deviation from carrier is about +/-700kHz. The data never...
-
My application has a small device, which draws about a watt, and is powered through a small dynamo, backed by a battery: The dynamo generate...
-
Looking at all the various schematics of op amps, regulators, etc. I see lots of multicollector or multiemitter BJTs (and why no multibase?)...
No comments:
Post a Comment