---
title: "Use Your Scope! | Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast"
description: "(https://mastodon.social/@alvaro) and (https://infosec.exchange/@RebelbotJen) invited me to discuss the reverse engineering aspect of the Mega IIe project on the…"
canonical: "https://www.baldengineer.com/use-your-scope-unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast.html"
author: "James Lewis"
date: "2023-12-19T19:34:28Z"
lastmod: "2024-04-03T03:29:52Z"
categories: ["events"]
tags: ["mega-iie"]
---

# Use Your Scope! | Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast


[Alvaro](https://mastodon.social/@alvaro) and [Jen](https://infosec.exchange/@RebelbotJen) invited me to discuss the reverse engineering aspect of the Mega IIe project on the [Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast](https://unnamedre.com/episode/66). We focused on some of the finer details about the Mega-II chip's operation. The discussion followed many rabbit holes. (Totally my fault and not theirs!)

We also talked a little bit about how to (not) identify unlabeled capacitors when reverse engineering hardware. The to-long-did-not-read (tldr;) is that for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), there isn't much you can do. You can use an LCR to determine the capacitance, but there isn't a non-destructive way to determine the rated voltage. I did offer one suggestion related to waterfall tables.

We also talked about a project I almost forgot about... the UnitiBlue.

If you are not familiar with [Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast](https://unnamedre.com), then I highly recommend adding it to your podcast list. Other episodes are great deep dives into reverse engineering hardware.

[Listen to Use Your scope!](https://unnamedre.com/episode/66)