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Old 06-21-05, 02:09 PM   #1 (permalink)
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x50v quite expensive reverse engineering

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http://www.teardown.com/channels/pda...Axim_X50V.aspx
I remember I've seen it in EE Times some time ago...





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Old 06-21-05, 02:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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$2950.00!!!

What a bargain!!!

Or buy a ton of X50v's & trial and error it yourself.
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Old 06-21-05, 02:31 PM   #3 (permalink)
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It's $2,950*, Xanlexian...
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Old 06-21-05, 03:11 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Wow, i'm in the wrong job.....

Take something apart, write a few notes, take some photos, charge $x,000!

/me goes of and gets his screwdrivers and camera.............
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Old 06-21-05, 09:44 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Old 06-21-05, 09:59 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Do people really purchase these things?
I don't really see why anybody would. There is really no use for it. I guess maybe sometype of developer might find this stuff usefull...





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Old 06-22-05, 12:26 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Wow... What are those guys even trying to sell that for? Nearly $3k for 4MB... Wow...
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Old 06-22-05, 06:57 AM   #8 (permalink)
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A hi tech engineer's time is typically worth about $200/hour to a company No, they don't earn that, but that is what they can create for the company. Many companies are more than willing to pay a thirdparty to do this type of investigative reporting as it's not only cheaper than doing it themselves, but most companies don't have the tools or expertise to reverse engineer stuff.
The company I work for used to do this when it was designing products. That function however, has been shipped to Asia along with all of the manufacturing. Locally, we are now a software house - sign of the times.
Browse the website and look at what has been reverse engineered and you will get an idea of the type of companies that would be more than willing to buy the reports. If my memory serves me well, I seem to recall another firm offering these services. That firm actually sliced the circuitboards up to see how many layers were used, the amount of ground plane shielding, the quality of the solder joints, etc. This is very important info if you're a company looking to get an advantage on your competetors.

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Old 06-22-05, 06:59 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Methinks, they sell it to some Chinese companies which then would reproduce it with a simplier design and cheaper parts.
After that there would be new device called Qinquick PDA 2k5, which would be almost the same as X50v.

It is something what is used for industrial espionage.

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Old 06-22-05, 07:02 AM   #10 (permalink)
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This is very important info if you're a company looking to get an advantage on your competetors.
This is what I was talking about, when I said industrial espionage.


Hmmm.... Or was I thinking about, when I wrote?...

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Old 06-22-05, 08:33 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Hmmm...I wonder how much they will charge to reverse engineer a Ferrari engine?
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Hmmm...I wonder how much they will charge to reverse engineer a Ferrari engine?
I'll do it for free as long as I get to keep the car afterwards!

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