[nerdsniper]

These things should be manufactured to be IRIS-compatible. IRIS is the "Infra-Red, In Situ" technique which lets you image the silicon of a chip through the packaging to verify that you don't have a counterfeit.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.07406

Like, for example, the Boachip-1x MCU.

https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/04/dabao-board-features...