Disassembly: How Car Keys Achieve Low Power Consumption?

Disassembly: How Car Keys Achieve Low Power Consumption?

Introduction Car remote keys use practical button batteries, which can generally operate for a long time, so their power consumption is very low. How do they achieve low power consumption? Let’s disassemble a Buick Excelle to take a look. Disassembly Use a flathead screwdriver to pry open the battery cover. Unscrew two screws. Then find … Read more

Dissecting a Digital Clamp Multimeter Design

Dissecting a Digital Clamp Multimeter Design

Click👆Reserve the live broadcast to see the wonderful sharing from big company CEOs! Previously, we disassembled two low-cost multimeters, and also disassembled a more standard multimeter. We can see that the design of multimeters is basically similar, with differences in some design details and materials. This time we will dissect a different type of multimeter … Read more

Disassembling an Old Smartwatch with a Self-Destruct Switch?

Disassembling an Old Smartwatch with a Self-Destruct Switch?

In 2016, I remember that only time-telling wristbands were quite popular. At that time, companies like Xiaomi, Huami, and Apple hadn’t yet ventured into the smartwatch market. I randomly bought my first DIY watch face watch from a crowdfunding site. Now, let’s take it apart and see its internal structure! Here’s a picture of the … Read more

Identifying and Avoiding NOP Instructions in Disassembly

Identifying and Avoiding NOP Instructions in Disassembly

In the workplace, a significant amount of time and effort is spent analyzing NOP instructions, which has become a concern for reverse engineers and security responders. NOP instructions are a series of instructions that have no actual significance. Besides wasting time, I have found that some people are also shocked and excited by the NOP … Read more

A Non-Professional Comparison of Various Open Source Disassembly Engines

A Non-Professional Comparison of Various Open Source Disassembly Engines

Due to my personal interests and work requirements, I have researched and used various popular open source x86/64 assembly and disassembly engines. If you want to analyze and manipulate assembly instructions, you either need to study the Intel instruction set and write your own, or use existing open source engines. Writing your own is a … Read more

Chip-Level Disassembly of 5 Microcontrollers: 51, AVR, MSP430, Lingyang 61, PIC

Chip-Level Disassembly of 5 Microcontrollers: 51, AVR, MSP430, Lingyang 61, PIC

First, let me show you a dissection photo, cropped and enlarged, taken with a Xiaomi 1S macro shot, the 8-megapixel camera is impressive! Today, we are waiting to disassemble 5 microcontroller chips: (1) Lingyang 16-bit microcontroller SPCE061A, this was the first microcontroller I encountered, with a maximum clock frequency of 49MHz, 32KB of FLASH, and … Read more

Disassembly of Nikon’s Flagship Mirrorless Camera Z7 II

Disassembly of Nikon's Flagship Mirrorless Camera Z7 II

Recently, there have been rampant rumors about theNikon Z8/Z6 III being released in August. Some may ask, why not the Z7 III? Because this new model is likely to be positioned as a competitor to the Z7 series,the specifications circulating online for the new camera are: equipped with a 45.7-megapixel FX format stacked CMOS sensor … Read more