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Electronics has this, more or less. Every device with a radio needs FCC certification, and the filings are public: internal photos (PCB shots good enough to read chip markings), external photos, test reports, manuals. Look up the FCC ID from the device label.

https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm

or

https://fccid.io

for a better frontend.

Nobody set out to build a teardown archive, it just falls out of the certification process. I wish cars had the equivalent.

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If the NTSB claims the car is safe on its interior in terms of certain kinds of crashes, you'd think that geometry & layout of the interior would be part of that claimed specification. That would prevent an A/B problem: the NTSB tests a car with 18" of padding, and the car manufacturer delivers a car with 18mm of padding. Or... whatever. Basically accountability & reproducibility.

Pretty sure you’re thinking of the NHTSA.

I am!



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