In the same way that a doctor often needs to take a non-destructive look inside a patient to diagnose a problem, those who seek to reverse engineer electronic systems can greatly benefit from the power of X-ray vision. The trouble is that X-ray cabinets designed for electronics are hideously expensive, even on the secondary market. Unless, of course, their sensors are kaput, in which case they’re not of much use. Or are they?
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://hackaday.com/2024/01/26/reviving-a-sensorless-x-ray-cabinet-with-analog-film/