Reverse engineering the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W

Published: 12 August 2025
on channel: Level 2 Jeff
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Reverse engineering a PCB requires serious patience... or sometimes, cool tech.

Mentioned in this video:

Jonathan's Pi Zero 2W reverse engineering project: https://jonathanclark.dev/rp3a0
Lumafield's Pi Zero 2W reconstruction: https://voyager.lumafield.com/project...
My original video on the Zero 2W with some x-ray images:    • The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W review  
Ahmad's PC110 Reverse Engineering project: https://github.com/ahmadexp/Open-Sour...

I'd like to thank Jonathan for giving me a prototype of his Pi Zero 2W Pico-board, and Lumafield for helping me get scans of the Zero 2W!

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Contents:

00:00 - Pico Pi Zero 2 W
02:09 - It works (sorta)
03:04 - Why?
04:29 - Lumafield scans see everything
08:00 - Reverse engineering is wild


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