{"id":15,"date":"2026-10-23T18:50:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2026-10-23T18:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:50:49","slug":"what-is-pcb-reverse-engineering-copy-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/what-is-pcb-reverse-engineering-copy-board\/","title":{"rendered":"What is PCB reverse engineering (copy board)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/reverse-engineering-880x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/reverse-engineering-880x1024.png 880w, https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/reverse-engineering-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/reverse-engineering-768x893.png 768w, https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/reverse-engineering-1320x1536.png 1320w, https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/reverse-engineering-1760x2048.png 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many people ask me: I have a working PCB sample, but I do not have any design file like Gerber. Can I make more same boards?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, this is PCB reverse engineering, also called copy board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We take your physical board, scan and check all the circuit tracks and components. Then we make Gerber file and BOM list for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can choose different service:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only get Gerber and BOM document<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy board + produce blank PCB<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy board + PCBA assembly, ready to use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Important: We only work on the board that you own the right. We do not do copy for illegal product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many customers use this service when their old board is out of stock, or the original supplier stop support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have a sample and want to check the cost, send picture of your board to us. We will check for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people ask me: I have a working PCB sample, but I  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17,"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}